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Length marked on the boot, and the shield spelled out

BIGtec 10 m Cat 7 cord, S/FTP PIMF, copper named, length printed on the boot

The cord on this shelf whose screening is written as a code rather than as a letter or two, with copper named for the conductor and the length printed on the boot so a bundle can be read a year later.

BIGtec white 10 m Cat 7 patch cable with blue shielded RJ45 plugs and moulded boots

BIGtec 10 m Cat 7 cord, S/FTP PIMF, copper named, length printed on the boot

The cord on this shelf whose screening is written as a code rather than as a letter or two, with copper named for the conductor and the length printed on the boot so a bundle can be read a year later.

Category
Cat 7 — stated in the title and in three bullets, with claimed compatibility downward and upward to Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6 and Cat 6A. No operating frequency is printed anywhere on the page
Conductor material
Copper — stated in the first bullet, which calls the cord a copper cable, and again in the third, which names a high-grade inner conductor. No purity figure and no strand count are given
Conductor construction
Not published on the listing — the maker names the pairs as twisted and screened individually, and never says whether each conductor is a single core or a bundle of strands
Shielding code
S/FTP with PIMF — stated in the title, and explained in the first bullet as one screen per pair inside one overall screen. It is the only shielding statement on this shelf written as a code with its arrangement spelled out beside it
Length
10 m — stated in the title, and printed on the cord itself: the third bullet says the length is marked at the plug, and the fourth says it appears on the boot
Sheath material
Not published on the listing — the outer jacket is given a colour, white, and never a material
Boot type
A moulded strain-relief boot with a latch guard — stated in the third and fourth bullets, which name both the kink protection and a guard over the retaining tab
Connector plating
Gold-plated contact surfaces — stated in the third and fourth bullets, on shielded RJ45 plugs the fourth bullet describes as blue. No plating thickness appears
Amazon reference
B00IHIZK9S (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4051687014367
  • The shielding is written as a code and then explained, rather than left as three capital letters
  • Copper is named for the conductor, which two cords on this shelf never do
  • No operating frequency, so the category stands on its own with no number behind it

Best for: A cabinet or a run behind a desk where cords get traced by hand later, and where a screened cable is meeting screened hardware at both ends.

≈ 10 €
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Specifications

Category
Cat 7 — stated in the title and in three bullets, with claimed compatibility downward and upward to Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6 and Cat 6A. No operating frequency is printed anywhere on the page
Conductor material
Copper — stated in the first bullet, which calls the cord a copper cable, and again in the third, which names a high-grade inner conductor. No purity figure and no strand count are given
Conductor construction
Not published on the listing — the maker names the pairs as twisted and screened individually, and never says whether each conductor is a single core or a bundle of strands
Shielding code
S/FTP with PIMF — stated in the title, and explained in the first bullet as one screen per pair inside one overall screen. It is the only shielding statement on this shelf written as a code with its arrangement spelled out beside it
Length
10 m — stated in the title, and printed on the cord itself: the third bullet says the length is marked at the plug, and the fourth says it appears on the boot
Sheath material
Not published on the listing — the outer jacket is given a colour, white, and never a material
Boot type
A moulded strain-relief boot with a latch guard — stated in the third and fourth bullets, which name both the kink protection and a guard over the retaining tab
Connector plating
Gold-plated contact surfaces — stated in the third and fourth bullets, on shielded RJ45 plugs the fourth bullet describes as blue. No plating thickness appears
Amazon reference
B00IHIZK9S (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4051687014367

On the listing

A 10 m Cat 7 patch cable in white, described as a copper cable, double screened to S/FTP with PIMF — one screen per pair inside one overall screen; claimed compatibility both downward and upward with Cat 5e, Cat 5, Cat 6 and Cat 6A components; two shielded RJ45 plugs in blue with gold-plated contact surfaces, a moulded strain-relief boot, a guard over the retaining tab, and the length marked at the plug and on the boot; a high-grade inner conductor; and a list of what the maker sees it feeding, from switches and patch panels to consoles, network printers and print servers.

S/FTP and PIMF, printed as a code

This is the only cord on the shelf whose screening arrives as a code with its meaning attached. Two of the seven say STP, one says SFTP, one says triple-screened SF/FTP, and this one says S/FTP PIMF and then spends a bullet explaining that it means a foil around each pair inside a screen around the bundle.

That is worth something for a specific reason. A screen is only continuous if everything it touches is screened as well, and it needs a path to earth to be more than a metal jacket. Knowing which layers exist is the first half of deciding whether a screened cord belongs on a particular link at all; the second half is what is at each end of it, which no cable listing can tell you.

Copper on the label, construction left off it

The first bullet calls it a copper cable and the third names a high-grade inner conductor. That is more than half this shelf publishes, and it settles the question the buying tip for this hub raises — whether the metal is copper or copper-clad aluminium, which is normally answered only in the small print.

What it does not settle is solid against stranded. The bullets talk about professional work in a cabinet and about servers, which is language from the fixed-run side of the house, and a fixed run wants solid conductors terminated into a panel. But the product is sold as a patch cable, and a patch cable wants stranded, because stranded is what survives being coiled and moved. The listing does not choose, so this line does not choose for it.

The boot, and the figure printed on it

Two mechanical details are named and both are the sort that only matter later: a moulded strain-relief boot, and a guard over the retaining tab so the tab does not snap off against a bundle. The third feature is the useful one. The length is printed at the plug and on the boot, which means a cord pulled out of a drawer identifies itself, and a cord traced in a cabinet identifies itself too.

Before ordering

Decide first whether the link is screened end to end — screened cable into unscreened sockets buys nothing at all. Then read the plugs at both ends of the run rather than this page: the listing says the cord suits cabinets and patch panels and also consoles and televisions, which are two different jobs, and the conductor construction that would separate them is the one line it does not print.

Availability

Priced from 10 € to 16 € across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores the day this page was checked.

It is stocked on the British Amazon store as well, in that country’s own currency. The range above leaves those out: it counts euro stores and no others.

The American Amazon store returned nothing at all, so the buy button there opens a search in that country rather than a page that would not load.

Every figure in this section is what Keepa held on the day this page was last updated. Stock and prices move without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 10 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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  • CSL 10 m Cat 7 patch cable with a cotton-braided jacket and moulded RJ45 boots

    CSL-Computer 10 m Cat 7 cord, cotton-braided jacket, S/FTP PIMF, copper inner conductors

    The one cord on this shelf wrapped in a cotton braid instead of a moulded jacket, screened to S/FTP with per-pair foil, and carrying the maker’s own second brand name in every bullet while the title carries the first.

    Category
    Cat 7 — stated in the title and the first bullet, with a transmission figure of up to 10 Gbit/s. The fifth bullet claims downward compatibility with Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6 and Cat 6a. No operating frequency is printed
    Conductor material
    Copper — stated in the third bullet as high-grade copper inner conductors. No purity figure is given
    Conductor construction
    Not published on the listing — the third bullet names pairs twisted together with several pair screens inside one overall screen, and never says whether a conductor is one wire or many
    Shielding code
    S/FTP with PIMF — stated in the title, and described in the third bullet as a double-screened cable with several pair screens inside a common screen
    Length
    10 m — stated in the title and repeated in the first bullet as ten metres
    Sheath material
    Cotton braid — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which calls it a jacket of braided cotton. It is the only textile sheath on this shelf
    Boot type
    A strain-relief boot with a latch guard — stated in the fourth bullet, which names kink protection, a guard over the retaining tab for strain relief, and a protected latch lever
    Connector plating
    Not published on the listing — the fourth bullet describes the plugs entirely in mechanical terms, and no plating of any kind is named on the contacts
    Amazon reference
    B07WG8TNDL (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4061474030210
    • The shielding is written as a code and explained layer by layer
    • A textile jacket is named as the sheath, where four cords here name nothing at all
    • The title and the bullets carry two different brand names for the same cord

    Best for: A visible run across a desk or a floor where the cord will be seen, and where a braid looks like something other than a cable.

    ≈ £14 / 17 €
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  • DDMALL flat white 10 m Cat 8 patch cable with shielded snagless RJ45 plugs

    DDMALL 10 m flat Cat 8 cord, 2000 MHz stated, 50-micron gold plating

    The only Cat 8 cord here and the only one to put a thickness against its gold plating, sold flat for the same reason the cheap cords on this shelf are — and quoting a bandwidth figure that nothing in a home network asks for.

    Category
    Cat 8 — stated in the title and the first bullet, with a bandwidth of up to 2000 MHz and a data transfer figure of up to 40 Gbps. It is the only cord on this shelf above Cat 7
    Conductor material
    100 per cent bare pure copper — stated in the third bullet as a highly conductive core, and again in the fourth as four pairs of pure thick copper wires
    Conductor construction
    Not published on the listing — the fourth bullet counts four pairs of copper wires and describes them as thick, which is a section rather than a construction. Neither solid nor stranded appears on the page
    Shielding code
    STP — stated in the fourth bullet, with shielded RJ45 plugs at both ends and crosstalk, noise and interference named as what the screen is there for. No letter code separates the overall screen from the per-pair one
    Length
    10 m — stated in the title, in a flat ribbon profile the second bullet describes as sitting flatter on a floor or a desk
    Sheath material
    Not published on the listing — the second bullet calls the cord flexible, thin and durable, and names no material for the jacket
    Boot type
    Snagless — stated in the fourth bullet, which names hook-free RJ45 plugs and credits them with durability and a secure connection
    Connector plating
    50-micron gold plating — stated in the third bullet on the RJ45 plugs. It is the only plating thickness published on this shelf
    Amazon reference
    B08G4K6KHC (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0677222570125
    • The only cord here to publish a plating thickness rather than the bare word gold
    • Names its conductor as pure copper twice, in two different bullets
    • The 40 Gbps and 2000 MHz figures describe the class, not anything a household link produces

    Best for: A run that has to lie flat and stay flat, bought by someone who wants copper named and does not mind paying for a category the ports will never use.

    ≈ $14 / £9 / 16 €
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  • HB-DIGITAL orange 10 m Cat 7 installation cable with an unterminated end

    HB-DIGITAL 10 m Cat 7 installation cable, AWG23/1 solid, S/FTP, LSZH, Eca

    Not a patch cord at all but a length of installation cable, and the only listing on this shelf that publishes a conductor gauge — AWG23/1, a solid core, in a halogen-reduced sheath with a fire class printed beside it.

    Category
    Cat 7 — stated in the title and the first bullet, with an operating frequency of up to 600 MHz and support for 10 Gbit/s Ethernet. PoE compatibility is named separately, to IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at
    Conductor material
    A copper mix — stated in the first bullet, which names the conductors as a copper compound rather than as pure copper. It is the only listing on this shelf to describe the metal as a mixture, and no proportion is given
    Conductor construction
    Solid — stated as AWG23/1 in the first bullet, where the figure after the stroke is the conductor count per core. It is the only conductor construction published on this shelf
    Shielding code
    S/FTP — stated in the first bullet as an overall screen with foil around each pair
    Length
    10 m — stated in the title. The cable is sold as a simplex run rather than as a made-up cord
    Sheath material
    LSZH — stated in the fourth bullet as a halogen-reduced outer sheath with reduced smoke and gas emission in a fire, and given a construction-products class of Eca
    Boot type
    Not published on the listing — there are no plugs on this cable and therefore no boots. The fifth bullet names what the ends are meant to meet instead: punch-down terminals, keystone modules, patch panels and network outlets
    Connector plating
    Not published on the listing — nothing is fitted to either end. Whatever plating the link ends up with comes from the modules or plugs an installer terminates it into
    Amazon reference
    B0G5YNNQKT (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4063328066871
    • The only listing on this shelf that publishes a conductor gauge, and it publishes the construction with it
    • Names a sheath material and a fire class, which nothing else here does
    • It is not a patch cord: nothing is fitted to either end, and the buyer supplies the termination

    Best for: A fixed run being pulled through a wall or a trunking and terminated into keystone modules or a panel at both ends.

    ≈ 13 €
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Others worth having spare

  • deleyCON black 24-port Cat 6 shielded patch panel for a 19-inch rack

    deleyCON 24-port Cat 6 shielded panel, 19-inch 1U, LSA+ termination, earthing lead supplied

    The full-width panel on this shelf, twenty-four screened Cat 6 ports terminated by punch-down, sold with its earthing cable named and its outer dimensions written out to the millimetre.

    Port count
    Twenty-four — stated in the title and in the first and second bullets, described as twenty-four screened LAN ports
    Rack units
    1U — stated in the second bullet. The fourth names 19-inch rack installation and gives the width as 48.3 cm, and the fifth gives the full outer dimensions as 483 mm wide, 44 mm high and 110 mm long
    Termination method
    LSA+ insulation-displacement — named in the second bullet as the connection technique and detailed in the third as an 8-pole IDC contact at the rear for rigid installation cable up to Cat 7, accepting solid conductors of AWG 22 to 26. Stranded conductors are not named
    Category rating
    Cat 6 — stated in the title and in the first and second bullets, with a transmission rate given as 1 Gbit and 250 MHz. The first adds compatibility with Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 6a and Cat 7 cable standards. It is the lowest category on this shelf
    Shielded or unshielded
    Shielded — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which describes twenty-four screened ports. The fourth names a metal housing and an earthing cable providing a secure connection, the only earthing lead named on this shelf
    Rear management bar
    Not published on the listing — no cable management bar is named at the rear. The third bullet describes the IDC contacts and the conductor range and stops there
    Labelling provision
    Not published on the listing — no labelling strip and no marker field is named. The colour markings for TIA568A and TIA568B described in the first bullet state a wiring order rather than identifying a port
    Fixings supplied
    Not published on the listing — no screws and no cage nuts are listed. The earthing cable named in the fourth bullet is the only accessory the page mentions, and it is described as a feature rather than as a contents line
    Amazon reference
    B01N5OB4B2 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4250580128724
    • Every outer dimension is printed, so it can be measured against a cabinet before ordering
    • An earthing cable is named, which no other panel on this shelf mentions
    • Cat 6 with 250 MHz, the lowest rating on this shelf, at the same price as a Cat 6A panel beside it

    Best for: A 19-inch cabinet where two dozen fixed runs come home to one place, and where the installation is gigabit rather than ten-gigabit.

    ≈ £56 / 50 €
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  • HB-DIGITAL black twelve-port keystone patch panel populated with Cat 6a RJ45 modules

    HB-DIGITAL twelve-port 1U keystone panel supplied with twelve Cat 6a modules, GHMT certified

    A keystone frame that arrives populated rather than empty, with twelve 360-degree screened Cat 6a modules in the same box and a case thickness published in millimetres.

    Port count
    Twelve — stated in the title and in the fifth bullet, which lists a twelve-port panel and twelve Cat 6a RJ45 keystone modules as the contents of the set
    Rack units
    1U — stated in the title. The fifth bullet gives the panel as roughly 220 × 110 × 44 mm, and 44 mm is a rack unit; the 220 mm width matches neither of the two rack conventions the other panels here name, and no mounting width is published anywhere on the page
    Termination method
    A keystone frame with clip-in modules — the fourth bullet describes a clip-in installation needing no special knowledge, and the fifth supplies twelve Cat 6a modules with the panel. How the modules themselves terminate the cable is not published on the listing
    Category rating
    Cat 6a — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which gives up to 10 Gbit/s and 500 MHz. The second says the panel supports installation cable of category 5e, 6, 6a and 7
    Shielded or unshielded
    Fully shielded — stated in the title as STP, with the first bullet describing 360-degree screening on the Cat 6a modules and giving their standard size as 14.5 × 16 mm. No earthing point is named
    Rear management bar
    Not published on the listing — no cable management bar is named. The third bullet describes a metal housing of 1.7 mm thickness and stops there
    Labelling provision
    Not published on the listing — no labelling strip and no marker field is named anywhere, on a panel that arrives with twelve identical modules already fitted
    Fixings supplied
    Not published on the listing — the fifth bullet lists the panel and the twelve modules as the contents of the set, warns in capitals that cable is not included, and names no screws, cage nuts or earthing lead
    Amazon reference
    B0BLZL3TH5 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4063328043551
    • Arrives populated: twelve modules and the frame in one order, at one price
    • Publishes the case thickness in millimetres, which no other panel here does
    • No mounting width anywhere, and the dimension given matches neither rack convention

    Best for: A twelve-port installation being built in one go, by someone who would otherwise be ordering a frame from one place and twelve modules from another.

    ≈ 47 €
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  • DIGITUS 10-inch twelve-port shielded Cat 6A patch panel in a black metal housing

    DIGITUS 10-inch 1U twelve-port Cat 6A shielded panel, 500 MHz, PoE+ rated

    The only 10-inch panel in this hub, and the only listing anywhere on this shelf that publishes mating cycles, pull load, dielectric strength, insulation resistance and contact resistance.

    Port count
    Twelve — stated in the title and in the second bullet, which describes the housing and the IDC strips of a 12-port panel
    Rack units
    1U — stated in the title. The first bullet gives the width as the 10-inch standard for rack mounting in a matching network cabinet, which is the narrower of the two rack conventions and the only one of its kind on this shelf
    Termination method
    Insulation-displacement strips — named in the second bullet for mounting fixed installation cable, and detailed in the fourth, which says patching follows EIA/TIA 568 A and B with the strips colour-coded accordingly and accepts network cable of AWG 22 to 26 in both solid and stranded conductors
    Category rating
    Cat 6A, Class EA — stated in the title and in the first bullet. The third gives 500 MHz and 10GBASE-T, names PoE+ to IEEE 802.3at, and adds backward compatibility with Cat 5e and Cat 6 cable and with PoE to IEEE 802.3af
    Shielded or unshielded
    Shielded — stated in the title, and the second bullet describes a closed metal housing with a central earthing point providing the screening of both the ports and the IDC strips
    Rear management bar
    Not published on the listing — no cable management bar is named at the rear. The second bullet describes the housing and the strips and stops there
    Labelling provision
    Not published on the listing — no labelling strip or marker field is named. The colour coding described in the fourth bullet is on the IDC strips and states a wiring order, which is a different thing from labelling a port
    Fixings supplied
    Not published on the listing — no screws, no cage nuts and no earthing lead are listed. The earthing point is named in the second bullet without saying what connects to it
    Amazon reference
    B07T63CTDM (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4016032454861
    • Publishes five electrical figures, which no other panel on this shelf attempts
    • Names PoE+ by its standard number rather than saying the panel supports power
    • A 10-inch panel does not fit a 19-inch cabinet, and the title is the only place that says so

    Best for: A small 10-inch wall cabinet in a flat or a home office, where twelve ports is the whole installation and the panel has to be screened end to end.

    ≈ £32 / 26 €
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