2 Pack 1U Horizontal 19-Inch Rack Mount Cable Management Support Bar Bracket Cross Bar Panel Black 1U Cable Manager-T Hook Type-Made in Taiwan

5 reviews for 2 Pack 1U Horizontal 19-Inch Rack Mount Cable Management Support Bar Bracket Cross Bar Panel Black 1U Cable Manager-T Hook Type-Made in Taiwan

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – February 19, 2024 Prof. Columbus Bogan III

   I am writing a common review for both the JINGCHENGMEI (B0BJ5XB8KR) & Metamas Lab (B0C7TSW33S) cable management bars. The JINGCHENGMEI has 19 flats between the (20) slots for cable management, while the Metamas Lab has 31 flats between the (32) slots. the Metamas Lab flats are just slightly wider than cat6 ie they are much easier to zip tie down a single cat6 to it. the JINGCHENGMEI on the other hand, the flats are about 1.75x wide in comparison to a cat6 cable, making it awkward whether you tie down one or two cables to a single flat.The Metamas Lab is the more useful between the two, even having more flats than necessary if you take a standard 24 port patch panel, which is separated into 4 groups of 6, the spacing is nearly correct if you leave a blank between each bank (24+4=28). Otherwise you would be doubling up on 5 of the flats (24-19=5) AND the spacing doesn’t like up exactly right. Whether we are talking about phone/RJ11 or data cat6/7/8 the spacing is still much easier to work with on the Metamas Lab arm. I do not have any half-width panels to compare the spacing, I know those don’t line up the same as a 24 port unit would, which is sometimes a good thing and the JINGCHENGMEI may line up better in other situations or equipment than I have.In my main rack I have both AV and data equipment, and the spacing of the JINGCHENGMEI could be more useful if you are primarily wiring HDMI, component, DVI etc. these cables are thicker, although still none of them are quite as wide as the flats on it. On the setting closest to the rack ears, the support was too close to the patch panel and the cables had to go up then flat, causing too severe of a bend than I was comfortable with. The middle was a little better, in my view if being installed behind a punch-down patch panel, the furthest setting is the only correct one. I did not try with my other patch panel which uses keystones and cat6 couplers as I already have an arm on that one, but maybe these settings could be more useful in that case or with mounting it to the front of the panel.The adjustability of the JINGCHENGMEI arm’s depth is a nice feature, though not one that I found was necessarily useful in my case. Both of these arms can fit behind my cat6 patch panel (TRENDnet TC-P24C6, B0000AZK72) although I have had to modify the patch panel by removing some unnecessary vestigial tabs in the metal frame. Likely TRENDnet included them to attach a cable management arm, but mine did not come with one and I don’t know for sure they ever actually sold an arm bundled or separately. This modification is likely not necessary with most patch panels, and is not a negative about either of these two arms.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   – July 19, 2024 Prof. Shea Parker

   I’m putting together a server rack for my home lab. It’s not entirely together yet but this is one of the pieces that has come in. I’ve used this type of system in another setting though. The design of this cable management is simple but effective. Inspecting the newly received item, it is plenty rugged enough with enough holes to provide the flexibility of attaching your cables with zip cords as desired. At the current price point for the set of 2, it seems like a pretty good value. They are just chunks of metal of course, but decently designed and functional for the task at hand.

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   – October 16, 2024 Alberta Waelchi V

   This support bracket will work great to help manage cables (and relieve strain) on my Ethernet switch. The bracket itself is well made. It came with screws (1/4-28, I think), but no square nuts. The screws weren’t helpful to me, as my rack system uses #10-32 screws. It also came with a pack of clear zip ties, which is nice, although I’ll probably use black ones I already have because I’m VERY particular about wiring/cable management.All in all, a great cable management solution at a good price!

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   – November 7, 2024 Bryon Maggio

   Funny I’ve seen this used on the front of a rack. I’ve always thought it was for the back, and my use in that way works out well. It did take a few minutes to install it as I have network lines already connected and a switch mounted underneath it. However, it looks like it will work well to keep the back connection on the patch panel from stressing so much. I have noticed when I go back and work on something a side can pop off (the hook comes loose) but it is easy to set it back in place once done.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   – December 1, 2024 Rosella Murazik I

   I recently switched from using a closet, to using an actual 19 inch rack for my homelab. This rack is on wheels so I can roll it out when I need to get to the back of it. While this is working out great for me, the issue I have is with the cables that are attached to the patch panel inside the rack: When the rack moves, the cables move, so this is a recipe for failure if one of the wires comes loose from the punch-down connectors at the patch panel.These cable management support bars allow me to tie down the cables with zip-ties, which stops the connections from moving when I move the rack.These T-hook support bars can be double-stacked with a patch panel. I use a Trendnet patch panel, and when I mount the patch panel AND the support bar in the same level, the mounting holes line up perfectly. While I am using them as a REAR-mount support, I can see that some would use this as a FRONT-mount support for something like fiber-optic cable. Both would work fine.The package comes with 2 of each: 2 Bars and 2 baggies with zip-ties and 4 mounting screws each (the rack-mount nuts are not included, which I find a bit odd since the screws *are* included).Good quality, versatile and easy to use. Recommended!