Klein Tools VDV500-820 Cable Tracer with Probe Tone Pro Kit for Telephone, Internet, Video, Data and Communications Cables

I got a cheap Chinese knock off awhile back which is LOUDER than this one! I got this one thinking it would be better but I was wrong. The features are nice but it’s not loud enough! I had to chop a cable and solder the ends, then used the alligator clips to make it loud. The RJ45 plug is not loud enough or it’s running on a few lines and not all 8.

Great value for the price and great tool to find the problem if you know how to work it.

Get your self one of this tools will save you lots of time

Good product

works and i have found lots of uses for it worth the money.

I had ethernet installed into a home and the installers looped a ethernet cable so it had no end go into a room where all the cables met so there was alot of ethernet cables about 15 different cables I was plugging in and out ethernet into all of the ends cause the customer wanted internet to go into a specific room found out that the cable we were looking for was up further into the wall and it was looped it had no end and I couldnt find the end so I ended up cutting the cable in half to get it to reach the room just barely and now there is a dead cord that goes to nothing in the walls that I cant even get out but this solved the problem for that person. Also if anyone is wondering no you cant wave it against tge wall like some stud finder you have to have full contact or about 1 cm away from cable to hear anything and by full contact it can touch the shielded cable jacket and still buzz however if it was naked copper it is louder about 5x louder but its still good and loud without bare copper. I cant see much use for this if its not a fresh install maybe if you bought or it included a ethernet coupler so it can become a female end so when your at a data center and your trying to find a certain cable it will pick it up because you cant tone thru an active data line cable. And the device is pretty straight forward you dont need to read the instructions at all to use it. Only things youd want to know later on after purchasing it it wishing you knew it does a certian feature cause you didnt read the manual is the plastic toner tip is replaceable red on cont means its an active data line blinking red battery light means battery is dying. Other obscure infomation you might want to know but probably are buying solely for rj11 or rj12 or rj45 ethernet anyway is the electrical wire toning at the bottom of the handle there is a spot for positive and negative bare wire to plug into and their is button releases the two clip probs have spikes and have to touch bare copper and wont read thru wirelessly at all like the ethernet toner does the clip prob spikes are tightening adjustable. Only things I would buy along side this purchase your deciding on may be a ethernet coupler since it comes with aaa batteries if your buying a used one I would add aaa batteries. Also if you think the beeping noise might upset those around you buy some 3.5mm jack headphones to go with em. As far as the price is concerned if the customer just bought this instead of hiring someone to do it for him he would of saved more money is technically dummy proof if your helping someone who is a firm believer that iPhone is better than Android then this tool would be easy to use for that person who may not be tech savvy.

I have used this tracing wires, finding breaker’s in unmarked panels even found found a broken wire under a house that had been pinched by a wire staple and burnt in two. Great tool for the money!

I like my tester so far I have used it twice, I hope it will last me for a long time

This item works great. More functions than ones that cost more money

works good and like the bag