C019 Telephone Phone Line Network Cable Tester Butt Test Tester Lineman Tool Cable Set with Connectors and Joiner

This inexpensive butt set does the job - testing circuits and dialing in and out.

Works great! Great value compared to expensive linemans butt set. I argue it actually works better, is lighter, and is a faster tool

This is a simple test phone to do occasional phone line testing. Its not a professional phone butt set that linemen use daily. Its comes with alligator clips for a 66 block and a 110 block test head, both worknfine. If youre looking for a durable day to day tool that can be used in the rain and survive a drop from a telephone pole dont buy this, spend $100 and get a professional test handset with the bed of nails clips. This is for your occasional troubleshooting and it excels at that for the price.

Pros - Display lights up if typical line voltage detected, usually means dial tone. Easy to use and more compact and cheap compared to other buttsets. Performs the typical tasks for a handset quickly and easily, rj11 plug on unit is a handy component for quickly swapping between clips and probes or other attachments. Cons - clipset booties make using the clips cumbersome and solder on clips Will break under normal usage. The FtF Rj11 adapter does not always seat properly, replace with a rj11 line splitter or another adapter. Over all, after the loss of an expensive lineman handset [theft] I was loaned one of these, I then ordered this unit to replace my stolen tool. Why? Aside from the issue with the clips and the adapter, it does the same job at less than a tenth the cost.

As a field technician with spectrum this thing really works! Everytime a customer orders a landline I test the modem with this and it receives and makes calls perfectly fine with the VOIP system. Also a lot easier to carry around than the butt set

Lasted 9 months with very little use. Numeral 1 key doesn't work any more. Alligator clips of slightly-less than average quality.

sure its "cheap" if i wanted a 200 dol unit to check a phone line id have hired it out --- it did the job with flying colors, our land line gets gutted by critters down the line half a mile - but it still needs to be verified that the issue is outside or there can be a charge, this little unit took care of that issue - yrs ago could make do with a spare phone - but who has one of those laying around - and if you do its still a pain in the neck - this is a plug n go

Manual in Chinese i don't speak Chinese How to know how to instructions