Proster Wire Tracker RJ11 RJ45 Finder Ethernet LAN Multifunction Toner Tracer Network Cable Collation Telephone Line Tester Continuity Checking (Red)

I bought this to use the cable trace function, running a ‘cable fishing rod’ behind a dot and dab wall down to the ceiling below with a 2 cores of a lan cable attached. Sending the signal down the wire and tracing below meant I only had to cut a small hole in the ceiling to find the rod easily. My cat 5/6 tester then finally broke the day after (about 25 years old!) and it turns out it also tests cat 5/6 cables very well too! It reports on individual wires not just pairs so brilliant all round!!

Does what it says on the tin

The tool feels cheap and nasty but for the price it is well worth it as professional version would cost ten times more. I have a boundary signal cable running around my property and it became broken in the woods. I could not find the break but this tool enabled me to locate it. Where the cable was underground the signal was weak and hence a very quiet tone in my ears and I found it difficult to follow the cable when there was any disturbance such as the noise of a car going past or plane flying over.

Worked perfectly. Used to find break in boundary wire for robot lawnmower found the break in under 5 mins with this.

Did the job ok , one led was faint on the receiver but still ok for tracking and scanning.

Great product

Possibly the worst cable tracer I've used. The button on the receiver fell out after one day. Picks up interference more then the signal from the transmitter. The supplied test leads are flimsy and not up to the task.Frankly I would stick to the more expensive brands such as Greenlea and Fluke.

So this tester is made from cheap plastic, it feels cheap, it looks cheap and I imagine it will probably eventually break in my tool kit, but it was cheap and it does actually work very well. You get what you pay for and I am happy with this purchase.