Bluejeanscables is a cable manufacturer, so they're probably exaggerating how hard it is to make a good cable. In particular, their "buy american" schtick is not very applicable to cabling. Monoprice is functionally equivalent, even if it's from China.
This. The article has some very decent and scientifically valid advice regarding terminations, and they unnecessarily throw in this protectionist voodoo about Chinese cable being "almost always terrible" (with an American jobs reference to boot), without backing up their assertions with tests of cables. This makes me somewhat mistrustful of the rest of their article, for no good reason.
So, given the context they may have actual conclusions they reached about Chinese made cables.*
I have had alot of experience in the recent few years with Chinese made wire, and I am unsurprised when it comes out bad. The most common issue I have had is buying a particular gauge and getting something smaller, but marked as the gauge I'm expecting, ex: buying 22awg and getting 24awg.
I don't have much recent experience with network cables being bad, mainly because I only use cables from 3 manufacturers (Belkin, Carlisle Interconnect and Ortronics). But my takeaway from the world of patchcables is that alot are more flakey than people really notice.
* The problem with the phrase "Chinese made" and its like is that between two things made in China you might see wildly different quality. The real thing that drives how well something is made is the quality standards the goods are expected to meet. Typically the case with bad Chinese made goods is that the quality was not met, either it was not expected, it was not tested or not enough pressure was put on the manufacturer to meet the standards.
What the previous test BJC did mainly reveals is that cables are not being tested to meet the standards they are expected to meet. A number of factors are probably contributing to this, such as the industry not really caring to test cables and the price points driving down QA expectations.
To add to the whole Chinese made issue is that factory scrap and seconds is often resold as product. This is stuff that failed QA and should have been torn down to be disposed of but is instead either sold as is or refurbished on a second shift.
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This. The article has some very decent and scientifically valid advice regarding terminations, and they unnecessarily throw in this protectionist voodoo about Chinese cable being "almost always terrible" (with an American jobs reference to boot), without backing up their assertions with tests of cables. This makes me somewhat mistrustful of the rest of their article, for no good reason.
They did test alot of cable recently: https://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/is-your-cat6-a-dog.h...
So, given the context they may have actual conclusions they reached about Chinese made cables.*
I have had alot of experience in the recent few years with Chinese made wire, and I am unsurprised when it comes out bad. The most common issue I have had is buying a particular gauge and getting something smaller, but marked as the gauge I'm expecting, ex: buying 22awg and getting 24awg.
I don't have much recent experience with network cables being bad, mainly because I only use cables from 3 manufacturers (Belkin, Carlisle Interconnect and Ortronics). But my takeaway from the world of patchcables is that alot are more flakey than people really notice.
* The problem with the phrase "Chinese made" and its like is that between two things made in China you might see wildly different quality. The real thing that drives how well something is made is the quality standards the goods are expected to meet. Typically the case with bad Chinese made goods is that the quality was not met, either it was not expected, it was not tested or not enough pressure was put on the manufacturer to meet the standards.
What the previous test BJC did mainly reveals is that cables are not being tested to meet the standards they are expected to meet. A number of factors are probably contributing to this, such as the industry not really caring to test cables and the price points driving down QA expectations.
To add to the whole Chinese made issue is that factory scrap and seconds is often resold as product. This is stuff that failed QA and should have been torn down to be disposed of but is instead either sold as is or refurbished on a second shift.