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19 Sep, 2025







£22.97 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
For £19.10 ex-VAT you’re paying a bit of a premium, but this is the kind of patch lead that’s actually worth it in a real install—especially where you care about noise/EMI. The shielded, snagless build and strain relief are the small details that tend to save you headaches when you’re terminating in tight racks or moving patch leads around day-to-day. If you’re running 10GbE in an environment with lots of cable density (or where you’ve had interference issues before), I’d say this is a sensible “buy once, stop fussing” option.
Who should buy it: someone wiring a proper 10GbE patch panel/rack setup, running PoE (because you want the cable to be reliable and well-built), or anyone who needs STP because the environment demands it. Who should not: if this is just for a quiet office run where unshielded Cat6a would work fine, or if budget is tight—cheaper non-shielded patch leads usually do the job with less cost per link. Either way, StarTech’s “individually tested” angle is a comfort thing: it won’t make a bad deployment good, but it does reduce the odds of getting a flaky cable in the bundle.

STARTECH
StarTech.com 100ft CAT6 Ethernet Cable, 10 Gigabit Snagless RJ45 650MHz 100W PoE Patch Cord, CAT 6 10GbE UTP Network Cable w/Strain Relief, Black, Wiring is UL Certified/TIA - Category 6 - 24AWG (N6PATCH100BK) - Patch cable - RJ-45 (M) to RJ-45 (M) - 30.5 m - UTP - CAT 6 - snagless - black - for P/N: IES101002SFP

STARTECH
StarTech.com 100ft CAT6 Ethernet Cable, 10 Gigabit Snagless RJ45 650MHz 100W PoE Patch Cord, CAT 6 10GbE UTP Network Cable w/Strain Relief, Red, Wiring is UL Certified/TIA - Category 6 - 24AWG (N6PATCH100RD) - Patch cable - RJ-45 (M) to RJ-45 (M) - 30.5 m - UTP - CAT 6 - snagless - red - for P/N: POEEXT1GAT, POEEXT2GAT

STARTECH
StarTech.com 7.5m CAT6a Ethernet Cable - White - Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) - 10GbE 500MHz 100W PoE++ Snagless RJ-45 w/Strain Reliefs S/FTP Network Patch Cord - Patch cable - RJ-45 (M) to RJ-45 (M) - 7.5 m - S/FTP - CAT 6a - IEEE 802.3bt - halogen-free, molded, snagless, stranded - white

STARTECH
StarTech.com 15m Black Slim CAT6 Ethernet Cable, Snagless, 28AWG, LSZH - Patch cable - RJ-45 (M) to RJ-45 (M) - 15 m - 3.6 mm - UTP - CAT 5/5e/6 - IEEE 802.3bt - halogen-free, snagless, stranded copper - black