Reddit reviews Belkin 1000-Foot Cat5e PVC Stranded UTP Bulk Networking Cable (Blue)
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Category 5e performance rated for any 10Base-T and 100Base-T NetworksEasily create your own custom length cablesWhite conductor has color band for easy pair identificationPowerSum testedStandards Compliance: ISO/IEC 11801; TIA/EIA-568-B.2Conductor Size: 24AWG x 4pairs. Conductor Construction: Bare Stranded CopperInsulation Material: HDPE. Jacket Diameter: 5.5±0.15mm. Jacket Material: PVC. Rating: 75°C, 300V. Conductor Resistance: 89.2Ω/km/20°C maxRJ-45 connectors sold separately
Not true, you can buy stranded cable in bulk
You can also buy patch cables in virtually any length (and color) for next to nothing.
If you have the option, why wouldn’t you terminate a “field cable” to a jack so that you could use a patch cable to plug in your equipment? Someone moves that equipment and destroys the end of the cable, all you do is swap it out with replacement two seconds no additional work. If you’ve got a RJ-45 connector on the end of the run, now you have to cut the cable strip it back and re-terminate, much more difficult.
If you’re working inside a network closet, why not just purchase the appropriate patch cable for a couple of dollars.
Really, in 2019 it’s not worth paying a tech for their time to make custom cables when you can buy them for a few dollars a piece.
RJ45 connectors do not exists, because RJ45 is not a connector--it is a jack. If you will search for the correct name for the product, which is an 8P8C connector, as well as whether you're crimping it onto solid (yes, they exists and work fairly well) or stranded wire, you will get higher quality connectors.
Edit to add more: And this brings me to my next concern, that you're probably making cables out of riser cable--if you bought it in a 1000 foot spool and didn't seek out "patch cable material," you're almost certainly using lateral (usually designated CM, or CMG), riser (CMR) or plenum (CMP) cable. The blades in these ends are not designed to crimp into the solid wire in any in-wall-rated cable. Does it work? Mostly, but not terribly reliably. They do make ends designed for solid wire, where the blades are flared a bit from side-to-side, but they're not something I can say a lot about as far as reliability. Our wiring guys would either refuse to put a mod-end on solid wire, or we would certainly refuse to warrant it if the customer insisted on it.
You can buy stranded wire in 1000' boxes. That is just the first link I found and in no way is a recommendation for Belkin cable.
Lastly, you may just not be getting a good crimp and the cable just might not be seating properly. A good ratcheting crimper from a major manufacturer might help you out a lot.