Southwire SW-JHK-21 6" Cable Support J-Hook, Holds 450 Cat 5E Wires

Southwire SW-JHK-21 6" Cable Support J-Hook are a very useful piece of hardware for installing low voltage cable (especially ethernet Cat cable) to keep the cables secure as well as make cable runs neat and organized. The j-hooks are formed to minimize sharp edges. They are easily attached to walls, studs, joists or ceilings with screws (recommend pan head screws). The j-hooks can be repositioned if needed, even if cables are in them as long as they are not crammed full. The rollers are in a separate bag so they can be installed after cables are laid in the j-hooks, and the rollers work if having to thread more cable through the j-hook or keeping cables contained in j-hooks attached to a joist /ceiling. Even the simplest cable install looks great when these j-hooks are used. There are several sizes of j-hooks to fit different sizes or numbers of cables.

I was a little wary of these due to price - I was looking for something quick and cheap to mount some cable. I tried quite a few cheaper cable-mounts for running cat-6 and sprinkler cable, but finally broke down and got these since the cheaper mounts did not work well due to flimsy metal or odd mounting or poor cable seating.After running these, I wish that I had started with these. The screw hole is placed well, such that the hook does not block the screwdriver. The snap-in holding bar works great, holding the cable in place once installed, but also easy to insert in or remove (you push the metal J-hook out and pop the bar into the two holes in the metal). The metal is thick, just flexible enough to pop-in the bar but not so flimsy that the bar would pop out on its own. I can't comment on rust if they were used outside, but for indoor running of cable between joists in an enclosed area, they seem ideal now that I have tried a few alternatives.

Perfect for running smaller batches of twisted pair wiring. I hate using the giant 2" J hooks to cradle 5 CAT6 wires, waste of money and too big. These J-Hooks are the perfect size for anything under 20 wires. I was able to use then recently for 24 CAT6 wires but had to use a zip tie to keep it all contained. I will be using these exclusively in the future for anything 20 and under (5 and 6).

Used these J Hooks for running CAT6 network cable in one of our offices. Package arrived on time and in good shape. The J hooks are very well built and are easy to install. The included posts (probably wrong word) worked very well to keep cable locked into the J hook and even assisted with stringing new cable through by turning with the cable, lessening drag. Will definitely buy more of these for future projects. Thank you.

These are primarily made for install in commercial spaces to hold communications and control wiring and/or optical fibers. I guess I am sort of a "neat freak" about cabling and I bought some to put up in my attic at home to run coaxial cables and CAT6 ethernet cabling. They are very sturdy and easy to mount on the rafter studs with just a single screw. I have added new cables and re-routed existing ones easily through these brackets. There are probably more low-cost alternatives to these type of cable supports, but this is what I am used to having installed at my workplace so I just went with what I knew would work for the task.

I used these to when retrofitting a lot of new CAT6 drops into my home. Rather than laying the cables on top of the insulation in my attic, I attached these brackets to all of the attic studs/trusses to create nice routes for the cables to run overhead in the attic space. I have much less concern now about people accidentally stepping on / damaging the cables in the attic if we need work done up there in the future.I had to spend a lot of time planning out the ideal cable routes in the attic and then and screwing these brackets into appropriate locations, but once that was done it made installing the actual cable much faster and yielded a clean well-organized result. The pins are easy to install but have good retention, and they're able to spin on their axis which makes them sort of act like a roller when pulling cable. The edges of the brackets are curved away from the inner surface and didn't snag or cut into my cables.I used almost all of the 50 pack of 2" hooks that I'd ordered, which surprised me... I didn't think I'd need so many, but I did! Good buy.

I used it to string cat 6 in the attic. It work well and I would recommend then to anyone.

These are very well made and worked great for holding a bundle of around 20 CAT6 and RG6 runs in my attic with room to spare. They were easy to mount on the trusses, but unfortunately don’t come with screws.These do come with the retainer bar, like what’s noted in the description. When I first opened the box, I didn’t think they were included, but they were buried in there. You’ll have to dig around to find them.On a similar note, each of the bars are individually bagged for some reason. A complete waste of plastic and is quite annoying to open each when the hooks themselves are not packaged at all.Overall, these are a great value and much cheaper than other similar hooks.

Easy to install and keeps the cables neat and tidy

the best j hooks I have ever bought, I got 6 boxes. too bad they are out of stock 5 stars

Didn't received the " Includes snap in retainer bar " as promised within the Product Listing. I'm very disappointed since I will need to find and install nails to compensate for the missing Retainer Bar, that's actually why I choose to order this product because it had this feature but didn't came with it.