Q-See QS100B Video and Power 100-Foot BNC Male Cable with 2 Female Connectors by Digital Peripheral Solutions
|
List Price: Our Price: $11.56 You Save: $5.43 (32%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Digital Camera See more digital camera details and other models |
|---|
Digital camera reviews of Q-See QS100B Video and Power 100-Foot BNC Male Cable with 2 Female Connectors
Digital camera Review: Cheep Cheep Cheap?
Summary: 2 Stars
These are the only cables on Amazon that are 100' long and include power so I picked up a few (four). They arrived, white, and with all connectors but let me tell you something - they're not "Tamper resistant" by any means like it says on the box. They're cheap little headphone wire style sheathed cable attached to BNC connectors.
DO NOT STRESS THEM AT ALL OR THEY WILL BREAK!!
Having said that, if you just plan on laying them on your attic floor or dropping them down a pipe they're fine. They do what they're supposed to.
Just don't try fishing them through a wall, pole piping, or a hole.
Seems like their connectors are held on with bubble gum and imagination.
Digital camera Review: Exactly as advertised
Summary: 5 Stars
Came in retail packaging, works fine.
If you want to make sure there's no problem before you're all done with installation (like others have had happen) you can plug in a camera at the end and watch the signal as you work and attach the cable. If you put a staple through it, or over stretch it, or nick it, or pull an end off...you'll see the signal die right then...and won't have to search for the problem spot after all is done afterward.
Duh.
Digital camera Review: Good value and small cable = good
Summary: 5 Stars
I was surprised how thin the cable is, but it's been laying out in the cold for a month now with no problems. It also comes with two M-M BNC connectors. Very good value. I'm going to bury, so hopefully I get a few years out of it.Digital camera Review: Great Inexpensive Cable for inexpensive security system
Summary: 5 Stars
After a kidnapping at a local church, we installed a security camera system at our church to protect our own children. This cable helped us achieve the distance we needed to cover and maintained a great camera picture.Digital camera Review: Horrible cables.
Summary: 1 Stars
This 100 foot cable is extremely thin and cheap. I bought 3 of these extensions to work with the Q-See-QSD6204-250 and 3 Q-See QSC48030 High Resolution Weatherproof CCD Camera. Out of the box 1 of the 3 100 foot cables were bad and as of the date of typing this review, 2 of the 3 60 foot cables that came with the cameras were bad.
The following is a quote from my review of the cameras, but because the cables are the same, and I had the same problems with both sizes, it is necessary to include it.
[To say they were bad doesn't explain fully what you as a consumer will face when/if you purchase this equipment. The cables (60 foot & 100 foot) are very thin, slightly thicker then a toothpick. The video feed is actually a braided wire for shielding the signal and the power feed obviously has both positive and negative running though it. So far the power feed has only given me problems by the connector popping apart (I mounted one camera about 10 feet up in a tree and the weight of the wire pulled the power connection apart). The video feed cable connectors (bnc) are the weakest link. I would think bnc connectors are fine in most areas, the ease of attaching them with their locking ability makes them very nice. However, the cables are so thin, when the cables are assembled both conductors can accidentally be so close or actually touching, they short together. After the first cable gave me problems I cut it open to examine the connection inside where the wires are soldered to the bnc connector. From the factory they fuse the plastic cover/grip at each end of the cable to the wire running through it. This is supposed to hold the wire from being pulled out when handling them, but because they are so thin the conductors can touch when the plastic insulation melts, thus rendering the cable useless.
The only options I have, as I see it, are either:
(A) Making my own cables, this WILL end up being very expensive, at least a few hundred dollars (cable/wire, connectors, and any tools needed). Also, the bnc connectors are readily available, but the power connectors they use is not. I would need to change the power connector on the camera side as well.
(B) Convincing Q-See into sending me replacement cables. I haven't contacted them yet, but I would think they would want me to return (at my expense) the faulty ones.
(C)Returning all the equipment to Amazon for a full refund less shipping (both ways). I am not happy with not having my shipping refunded. Faulty merchandise should not financially burden the consumer ever, produce quality stuff and don't sell crap.]
-end quote-
Other info: Both 60 and 100 foot cables are white, making them a bit harder to hide.
Links to other Q-See items I bought with this order:
Q-See QSD6204-250 4 Channel MPEG4 DVR with Remote Internet Monitoring and Pre-installed 250GB Hard Drive
Q-See QSC48030 High Resolution Weatherproof CCD Camera w/80ft of Night Vision (Color)
I will edit this review when new information arises.