Cable Matters Rackmount or Wall Mount 2U 48 Port Keystone Patch Panel with Cable Management and Support Bar (19-inch Blank Patch Panel for Keystone Jacks/Keystone Panel)

Great product. I may start using these at small businesses for their equipment to minimize how much stays behind when a company moves. Plus you can customize the colors of the ports and match them to the walls to make things easier.

This truly is one of the best patch panels that is available. You can use any keystone connector you want, works with CAT5 or CAT6. Helps for very neat installations because there is a place to attach a zip tie behind every connector. I order extra black blank keystone covers for the ports that I do not use. Value, ease of use and professional looking job every time. Have and will order again.

I bought this over a competing brand because of the cable management arm which is an excellent plus. Turned out even the slots for the keystones are far superior compared to competing brands. Would buy this again.

Huge fan of this style of “punch panels”. Though using individual jacks are more pricey, it’s great to be able to easily configure panel line-up. Also, if a single jack were to go bad or become damaged, you merely need only replace that individual jack, vs the entire panel.

Ive used several punch-down style patch panels over the years. While this is more expensive (including the keystone jacks), it is well worth the extra expense. Being able to move keystones around (easily done with this panel) as well as the built-in strain relief make this panel worth it. I have no problem recommending this.

This patch panel fits perfectly, the cable support is nice and it is very sturdy. I was going to order a few more but it appears to no longer be in stock. Quality build and the ability to place whatever standard keystones I want makes it very easy for me to centralize all my media devices within my network rack.

Cost a little more because you need to also buy keystone jacks but way easier then doing punch down versions (DIY guy, not a pro) and love the flexibility to move jacks around or use different color jacks (yes I color code my jacks depending on data, video, or control). You still have to punch down the keystones but with proper slack you can do that on a flat work surface with plenty of light and access.

I cant speak to the strain-relief bar as I didnt use it, but I used the VCE keystone couplers and VCE blanks on this patch panel and they all worked perfectly together.

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The paint is a non conductive paint which means that jacks will not be properly terminated on this panel. I would need to run a ground wire to sort this out. Had I known I would have purchased something else, my bad for not doing more research though. Writing this so other might not have to go through my trouble.