RJ45 Waterproof Connector IP68 Cable Connector, Panel Mount Coupler Female to Female, with Shielding Cable Coupler-CAT5E-YMP20-Green-2 PCS

For the money I would expect easier threads. The thread are manufactured extremely tight and the are fine plastic. So if the cap is used more then once or so it will likely cross-thread and it doesn't seem to even thread fully tight... Very difficult to assemble the part and I am an Auto Mechanic and thread bolts every day. Seller insists there is no issue, and if you never use it and don't need the cap on and off, like its designed for, it will be ok... but getting the cap on and/or off correctly will likely make you curse... This needs "real" reviews and not fake/ paid ones which are up now.

These appear to be well enough made but there is one flaw in this outdoor rated coupler that makes it useless for my application. These couplers do not pass ground from one side to other as the pic may suggest. The metal surround pictured around the rj45 ports is purely cosmetic. There are no internal clips that would engage the shield of a grounded Cat5/6 cable. Another issue is that the hole in the compressible rubber grommets are rather small compared to typical outdoor rated network cable. This makes it difficult to install on such cable.

I used this to repair a cat5e cable that runs to one of my POE IP cameras on the outside of my house. There is a short section of cable that is exposed to the weather elements and a sure enough, after about 2 years a small abrasion happened to the cable and it wore through the outside sheathing AND the solid orange wire inside the cable and it killed my camera. (yes, only one of the 8 conductors was wore through and it killed that camera) This coupler device will actually solve two problems for me. One, it repaired the cable so the camera now works great again..... and two, the body of this coupler will now prevent future abrasions from happening to the cable in that same spot again. The coupler itself seems to assembly onto the cat5 cable very well and seems like it would keep 100% of the moisture out of the RJ45 connection inside the coupler. However, I also used several pieces of shrink tubing to build-up the diameter of the cat5 cable on either end of this coupler, then covered the entire coupler with one large piece of shrink tubing. I only use shrink tubing that has the glue inside which also helps insure a 100% water tight seal. Between this coupler being 100% sealed itself, then completely covering it with adhesive lined shrink tubing , I am fairly confident this repair will last for a very long time.

The description states that this is a shielded coupler. It is not. If you are using a shielded cable on both sides of the coupler and expect the shield to be bonded through, you should not use this coupler as that is will not meet that requirement.

Broke one trying to remove wire. Seems to work ok as long as you don't try to take it apart after assembly.