Cable Matters prints the qualification next to the claim
What Cable Matters supplies here
A 2.5-gigabit Type-C network adapter, a 2.5-inch aluminium drive enclosure and a hundred-piece tub of Cat 6 pass-through plugs.
The socket given back
The adapter carries a second Type-C socket that passes up to 140 W of charging under USB-PD 3.1, so a laptop with one port still has one. Its controller is named by its maker, though without a model — which is closer than most of that shelf gets.
Millimetres, and one disagreement
The plug publishes a conductor diameter of 0.97 to 1.07 mm and an outside diameter up to 5.8 mm, and states plainly that it is for unshielded cable. The enclosure’s ten gigabits arrive with their conditions printed alongside — a compatible computer, a compatible drive — rather than as a bare promise. Against that, the plug’s title and its bullets disagree about stranded conductors, and that is the line to settle before ordering a hundred of them.
up to 2500 Mbit/s · USB-C · a second USB-C socket for charging to 140 W under USB-PD 3.1 · aluminium body · braided pigtail lead · controller maker named without a model
A 2.5-gigabit adapter that gives the single Type-C socket of a laptop back by carrying up to 140 W of charging alongside the network.
Best for: A modern laptop with a single Type-C socket that has to be charged and wired at the same time, on a desk where the adapter stays plugged in.
The only plug on this shelf that publishes both a conductor diameter and an outside diameter in millimetres, and the only one that says outright it is for unshielded cable — with a title and a bullet that disagree about stranded.
Category rating
Cat 6 — stated in the title and the first bullet, rated in the third for a gigabit Ethernet channel and described as backwards compatible with Cat 5e
Solid or stranded compatibility
Both, in the bullets — the second states that the plug terminates solid or stranded cable with a three-point contact. The title says it is for solid wire, so the page carries two answers; the wider one is the maker’s own and is reported here with the difference noted
Shielded or unshielded
Unshielded — stated in the first bullet, which says the plug terminates unshielded twisted-pair cable. It is the only plug on this shelf to state a screening answer of either kind rather than claiming a screen
Accepted conductor diameter
0.97 to 1.07 mm over the insulation, 23 to 26 AWG — both stated in the first bullet. It is one of only two plugs here to publish a millimetre figure for the conductor
Accepted cable diameter
Up to 5.8 mm outside diameter — stated in the first bullet. It is the tightest of the three outside limits published on this shelf
Load bar presence
Not published on the listing — the second bullet describes feeding the wires through openings in the pass-through body instead, which is the function a load bar performs on a standard plug
Pass-through or standard body
Pass-through — stated in the title and in the first two bullets, with the conductors fed through the front and the plug crimped afterwards
Pack quantity
One hundred — stated in the title and the fourth bullet, supplied in a screw-top storage tub with a moulded handle
Amazon reference
B07PXMN2VK (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0818707025734
Both diameters are published in millimetres, which no other plug on this shelf manages
States that it is for unshielded cable instead of leaving the screening question open
The title says solid wire and the second bullet says solid or stranded, which is a page arguing with itself
Best for: A large run of leads made from unshielded Cat 6 stock, by someone who already owns a tool that trims pass-through plugs.
The aluminium enclosure on this shelf, ten gigabits with the qualification printed alongside, and the only 2.5-inch listing here that names the drives it has been matched to.
Supported drive size
2.5-inch SATA SSD or HDD — stated in the first bullet, with the fifth naming Samsung 860 EVO, Kingston A400, SanDisk SSD Plus, Crucial MX500 and WD Blue 3D NAND as compatible drives
Supported drive height
Up to 9.5 mm, including 7 mm — stated in the fifth bullet, which gives the two heights as a range rather than as a pair
Bay count
One — a single 2.5-inch drive, described in the first bullet as held in a robust aluminium housing
Interface standard
USB 3.1 Gen 2 — stated in the title and in the second bullet
Stated link rate
Up to 10 Gbit/s with a compatible computer — stated in the third bullet, which adds that this is twice as fast as USB 3.0 and that the maximum SATA III rate of 6 Gbit/s is supported. The compatible-computer clause is the nearest thing on this shelf to a published condition
Connector type
Type-C — stated in the second and third bullets, which name a USB-C cable and say a Thunderbolt 3 computer is compatible with it
Power source
From the lead — no mains adapter is named, which is the ordinary arrangement for a 2.5-inch enclosure. The fourth bullet calls it a way of adding storage without opening a laptop
Case material
Aluminium — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which credits the robust aluminium housing with protecting the drive and supporting heat dissipation
Cooling
Passive — the first bullet credits the aluminium with heat dissipation and no fan, vent or thermal pad is named
UASP support
Stated — the fourth bullet names UASP, TRIM and S.M.A.R.T., adding that they are supported on compatible computers, drives and operating systems and give higher transfer speeds, better processor use and error detection
Tool-free access
Tool-free — stated in the third bullet, which opens by naming the enclosure a tool-free SATA USB-C housing
Amazon reference
B07PBD1K4M (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0818707025154
Aluminium at ten gigabits, which is the pairing a fast solid-state drive wants
Writes the compatible-computer clause into its own rate claim
No thermal pad named, so the drive reaches the aluminium however it happens to
Best for: A fast 2.5-inch solid-state drive doing long copies, where the metal case is the reason to pay more than the plastic ones here cost.
