Product Description

Use the Zip-Linq 59" Retractable CAT5E Ethernet Cable 350 MHz RJ-45 to connect your computer to a network, or to any other computer. This compact spool of high quality Cat 5e cable is less then 4" long when retracted. It easily extends to 59" by pulling both ends. Made with Evernew flat twisted pair CAT5E.

Product Details

• Brand: Cables Unlimited
• Model: zip-data-rjn5
• Dimensions: 3.00" h x 1.00" w x 3.00" l, .15 pounds

Features

• Retractable 10/100 Ethernet cable
• RJ45 Connectors w/568B pinout
• Evernew Cat5e, 350Mhz
• Expands from 4 to 59

Customer Reviews

Convenient but not road-hardened
Very convenient to keep in your travel kit for those just-in-case events where only wired ethernet is available or hotel staff can't figure out why the wireless doesn't work. The vendor should get a clue that a road warrior oriented item like this has to be of more durable build. I've gone through several -- either the ratchet breaks, or one of the connectors goes wonky, or something else. Five stars for concept and convenience and one star for durability averages out to three stars.

Not as good as a $5 fishing reel
This cable reel suffers from binding and jamming if you do not carefully extend both ends at the same time. On retraction it will jam the majority of time it is difficult to execute a simultaneous retraction of both end, thus one side of the reel will bind (we fisherman call that a backlash).

I connected this cable to 5 different devices, 3 computers (2 Dell, 1 Mac) and 2 printers (Brother and Canon). Four of the devices rejected the connection despite my reconnecting several times. This has been referred to in other submissions.

In summary, this is a good idea poorly executed, I definitely would not travel with this thing. Save your money, look elsewhere.

average
Unfortunately, one of the cables I purchased has already broken. That is why I bought two I guess. It is a good product in theory - but the plastic on the connectors is too thin - I anticipate the second one to fail. I recommend going with a higher quality short cable for travel.