I had a similar experience with their double jacketed shielded cable, it’s like they took indoor shielded and overjacketed it and called it outdoor. I’ve had no problem with their unshielded cable though. If Shireen made an unshielded dry tape version I would probably use it. I think they have gel filled, or shielded with dry tape, but not unshielded with dry tape.
We also tried the latest Apex9 unshielded awhile back, it was OK, installers said the extra force required with the reel-in-a-box was a bit of a nuisance although the cable did come out less kinky. We use the DC-1042 now at towers, for that I like the Shireen reel-boxes a lot. From: George Skorup Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 7:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Shielded connector preferences We bought a few reels of Primus double-jacketed shielded cat5e to replace some old unshielded crap on a couple towers. It all started leaking within a year. That was 4 or 5 years ago. Maybe they fixed it. I don't know. But never again. We do only Shireen DC-1042 on towers now. On 9/8/2016 3:21 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: What's wrong with their cable? What do you use? On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 2:52 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: We use Primus plugs. http://www.balticnetworks.com/primus-shielded-cat5-connectors-100-pack.html The wire channels are larger than the UBNT plugs. Plus the pins don't fall out or slant when crimped. I hate Primus cable, but their RJ45s are pretty good. Wouldn't surprise me if they don't even make them. On 9/7/2016 2:26 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: RF Armor preferred. Ubnt is OK. ARC is good, too. Never seen this myself but maybe it's the salt? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: Can't say that I've seen that happen, but I don't know that I'd blame the connector. As far as I can tell the UBNT, RF Armor and Arc connectors are all pretty much exactly the same - we've been using RF Armor, for no particular reason other than that they're the cheapest of the three. On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Jay Weekley <[email protected]> wrote: What is everyone's preferences for shielded connectors at the moment? We discovered at least one corroded/rusted connector last week at a site which had taken a direct or nearly direct lightning strike which melted pig tails as well as destroyed an omni among other things. It was a site we bought so we don't know the manufacturer of the connector or if it's something we installed and it's the first one I've seen on our network. Has anyone else seen this happen? Lately we've been using RF Armor have used Ubiquiti shielded connectors in the past.
