BestDealUSA Phone Telephone Butt Test Tester Lineman Tool Cable Set with Connectors and Joiner

It is perfect for my needs. It is very small, about 2"x6" but does what I need very well and is lightweight. I have only wireless phones so this is nice to just plug-in. It has great attachments. True, it is made in Asia and I cannot read a word of the instructions or what is on the box or phone, but it is inexpensive and works well. Great price, especially for occasional use. No one seems to know if the 'Butt' is because it is carried on the Butt of linemen (has a belt/pocket clip), or it is because you can 'Butt-in' to a phone conversation. But, it works well, so I recommend, would buy again, and I hope this helps someone.

This works great but the butt set it only works on analog lines. It's very small and light weight. I had had it for several months and haven't had an issue with the butt set. Both of the test cords broke but I was able to fix them by soldering the wires back to the test lead. I use them almost on a daily basis.

This unit is excellent for those times I need an analog phone for testing BUT the unit is best described as flimsy and cannot be handled like regular tools. It will break.On the plus side, it is nice and small taking up very little space in my cabling toolbox along with various cable testers, crimpers and connectors.Good value if you are careful not to subject it to normal operations. Yes that is an oxymoron but what do you want for so little money?

I'm basing my rating on my needs and the price point. There are Butt sets that are a LOT more money, more durable, and more features, so I'm not really comparing to those. If you have minimal use needs for some occasional testing and you're not going to be tossing it in a large bag of heavy telcom tools etc. then this is a great tool for your needs. It comes with alligator clamps and a 66 block tip as well as a coupler, so you've got what you need to test with various termination blocks/wires/jacks. I was able to hear the volume fine in a large data center too, so that was impressive. It does what I need and I didn't have to spend a few hundred on it, so I'm thrilled. Would I like to have a full fledged rugged butt set? Sure! Do I need it? Nope, not in my case. I just need to find a zipper pouch or something to store it in as I've been using the original little box, which is hard to cram everything back into. But for the price, I don't really expect a case to come with it.

Pros - price. also has adapters for screw type terminal blocks and 66-blocks (punch down type) and includes an inline coupler.Cons - instruction sheet is useless (minimal and in ChineseFor occasional use and basic troubleshooting this is just fine. I'm not a phone guy but it was easy enough to learn the basics with a little research on the web. One item I added to my kit was a DSL splitter (the kind you typically get with a DSL modem). If checking conventional home wiring, just remember which wires are positive (tip) and negative (ring). A basic connection is just two wires, By convention, black or green are 'tip' and red or yellow are 'ring'. If your wiring is twisted pair with banded stripes, then for each color, the white with colored stripe wire is the 'tip' and the colored with white stripe is 'ring.

Received a USED product that performed inconsistently, so I had to return it. I have a very technical background so I can get this device to work on occasions, but too much time was spent getting the product to work that I had little time for the testing. Because the wires are very thin, the volume level is very low and difficult to hear. The phone cable is very short and made for a one line phone. All cables are made for two line system. The connectors should be Black and Yellow OR Red and Green, not black and red. NOTE: The black and red cable, usually designed for post 1 are under the black cover, and the green and yellow, usually used for post 2 are on the RED connector. The item that I received was scratched and connectors were slightly bent. If the product works as intended, it would be worth the money. An equivalent product would cost much more. I hate giving a bad review to a product that may have worked, but was used and perhaps abused and returned. In any case I will seek to find a NEW product because for the price it is worth having. Hope that helps.

This is the perfect throw around buttset for any telco/data tech.This unit does the basic functions of any buttset you will need. Test phone dial out from, bare cooper, 66 blocks RJ11 jacks and even VOIP from RJ45's. It includes somewhat good leads to connect your device to any type of troubleshooting or installation equipment. The alligator clips I replaced with ones that featured a bed of nails however the ones that come with the unit work just fine.

I work as a PC and LAN tech for a 1000+employee company and I wanted my own butt-set so I wouldn't have to worry about borrowing the company one. I got this as a temporary measure and now 2 years later it's still in my pack and getting regular use. I figured I'd have upgraded to a fluke by now but I just haven't had a good reason to yet.My only complaints:The cord gets caught on stuff a lotThe double female connector it comes with and the clips are complete junkPick up some good alligator clips and put together a double female jack. For a fraction of the price this thing will work and be useful for wayyy longer than it should at this price.