Many reviews trashed on these that their wires don't fit, well Cat5e is 24AWG wires and many Cat 6 or above are 23 or even 22 AWG wires. If you try and put the wrong connector on the cable, it isn't surprising it won't fit.

I purchased a roll of Shielded Cat5e wire from Monoprice as well, and put one on the inside end of the 1000foot spool. Then put one on the loose spool end. This way I can test my end connector before I run it up a tower or through a conduit knowing the first connector is good. Then tester can be placed on the end up the tower, cable can be flown and secured, then spool end cut and fed to equipment. After installing inside connector, I can test right away. After it tests good climber can install into radio, and we know cable is good before any PoE is put on it.

First time making my own custom length cat-6 cables. Very happy I chose these Monoprice accessories. Great price and super fast shipping. Items were exactly as described. No cons at all. Great purchase.

I've tried a lot of tips and these are great. Quality product, easy to install and durable.

Great easy to use .

I installed over 60 of these ends on two dozen runs of CAT5e shielded cable (STP) for a digital audio distribution network. I tested all cable runs after installing these connectors and they checked out great - mind you I'm not a novice at making custom CAT cables with RJ45 male connectors.
I had a standard RJ45 connector tool and these shielded plugs fit the tool and crimped together just as easy as a non-shielded cables I made up in the past. This was my first time doing CAT5e shielded connectors and it went great.
The photo is from an actual cable end from this installation. I heat shrunk a yellow and black tubing over the white jacketed CAT5e cable.

exactly as described, and cheapest prices around

I'm an Internet service installer and I go through hundreds of these plugs. I've found only one or two out of maybe a thousand with defects (like missing contacts). They are every bit as good as the ones the big boys sell for an order of magnitude more money. This is my go-to plug for shielded work.

these are well worth the price. pay attention to stranded vs. solid wire and realize while you should be purchasing the HQ kind that handles both in ways the other's simply don't

Works with shielded round cat6 cable. Able to use standard connector crimp tool.

These plugs are excellent for all cable types, shielding is easy to use with FTP cable; love them !