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18 Mar, 2026






£62.57 inc. VAT
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For £52.22 ex-VAT, this looks like a fairly sensible “patch lead” style fibre jumper if you’re building out 40G links and just need reliable short runs between active gear and patch panels. StarTech’s low-insertion-loss positioning is exactly what you want in real deployments where you don’t want to gamble on cheap jumpers causing headaches later (intermittent link drops, marginal optics, annoying troubleshooting). The OFNP plenum rating is also a genuine plus in UK offices where people forget to plan routes until late in the day.
I’d recommend it to anyone wiring up a data rack or structured cabling patching environment—especially if you’re standardising on OM3 multimode and need a tidy 10m run. That said, I wouldn’t buy this if you’re not 100% sure your network is using the same multimode/cabling approach; fibre mismatches are the kind of mistake that waste hours fast. Also, if you need bulk lengths for longer permanent runs, you’ll usually get better value by buying proper fixed cabling and making patch leads yourself (or using prebuilt leads only where it counts).

Lenovo
Lenovo - Network cable - LC multi-mode to LC multi-mode - 5 m - 5 m - fibre optic - OM4 - for ThinkSystem DB630, NE10032, NE2580, ThinkSystem DE4000H Hybrid, DM3000, DM5000, SD630 V2

STARTECH
StarTech.com MTP Fiber Optic Cable - 30 ft / 10m - OM3 - 40Gb - Push / Pull Tab - Plenum - MPO / MTP Connector - Fiber Patch Cable (MPO12PL10M) - Network cable - MTP/MPO multi-mode (F) push/pull to MTP/MPO multi-mode (F) push/pull - 10 m - fibre optic - 50 / 125 micron - OM3 - plenum - aqua

STARTECH
StarTech.com 3m (9.8ft) SC to SC (UPC) OS2 Single Mode Duplex Fiber Optic Cable, 9/125�m, Laser Optimized, 40G/100G Zipcord, Bend Insensitive, Low Insertion Loss - LSZH Fiber Patch Cord (SMDOS2SCSC3M) - Patch cable - SC/UPC single-mode (M) to SC/UPC single-mode (M) - 3 m - 3 m - 2 mm - fibre optic - duplex - 9 / 125 micron - OS1/OS2 - halogen-free - yellow

STARTECH
StarTech.com 15m (50ft) LC to LC (UPC) OM5 Multimode Fiber Optic Cable, 50/125�m Duplex LOMMF Zipcord, VCSEL, 40G/100G, Bend Insensitive, Low Insertion Loss, LSZH Fiber Patch Cord - Patch cable - LC/UPC multi-mode (M) to LC/UPC multi-mode (M) - 15 m - 15 m - 2.9 mm - fibre optic - duplex - 50 / 125 micron - OM5 - halogen-free, up to 100 Gbps data transfer rate - green