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Magnepull
The problem. A large ft.² ranch house which required cat five cable. There was a single main router location from which a base station distributed to multiple satellite base stations connected wirelessly.
I recently purchased high speed internet service. With all the new devices, a PlayStation, Internet connected televisions, Cloud backups and the length of the property, I was seeing no real increase in speed on speed test.net. I was getting sick of seeing the Netflix wheel spinning. I knew the only way to increase the speed was to put a wired backbone down the length of the house connecting all the wireless base stations, PlayStation and Apple televisions. There are plenty of sites on the Internet showing how to do this. It is big time faster than connecting them wirelessly. For the small bit of effort the payoff has been huge.
I have laid cable and electric in a number of houses. Despite the complexity of the house, multiple subsequent renovations, a new double brick endwall and several false ceilings this was the easiest run by far. Obviously I had all the usual cable running tools available including fish tape and extension rods. The difference was that this time I had a Magnepull and Magnespot available.
These two devices saved around 30 -50 percent of the time and a huge amount of the stress.
Yes I did balk a little ( lot )at the cost, but cable laying is not my day job and evening time is limited. I looked around on Craigslist but none available. If this was my day job, I would want these devices even more. They save multiple additional cutouts in the drywall, I always had a very good idea of where the end of the cable was and when it came to putting a through hole in a double brick end partition, the Magnespot is dead accurate.
My longest uninterrupted run, 37 feet over two levels, way more than I could get with rods. I did not even have to get into the ceiling.
I had read the review online regarding using a fish tape to guide the Magnepull. A lot of our house is insulated with cellulose fiber. Rafters would often block the device as it fell between the rafters. This is where the Magnepull really came into its own. You run the tape from the cellulose insulation. Then connect the Magnepull and the device will sit on the tape and not fall between the rafters. This save tons of time, tons of stress and minimized contact with icky cellulose cellulose.
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1. On one occasion the Magnepull detached from the nylon string. Got to blame my poor knots. I had also purchased the Magnespot. I was able to easily locate the maximum magnetic point and carefully cut a small hole through the drywall in this location. It was bang on. I was very pleased to see my Magnepull back. The job was only one third done.
2. Our house is built on slightly different levels. There is a 14-inch step. Because of the step I needed to run the device along one wall, secured temporarily in position and then run it up the opposite side of the wall. Securing it temporarily in position posed a problem. One option would be to buy another Magnepull. I elected to purchase some Neodynium magnets online. Having got the bullet into the ideal position on one wall, I used the magnets to secure it in position temporarily. Then I could remove the roller, walk around to the extraction side of the wall, attach the roller magnetically and remove the magnets. I could then complete the run to the extraction point.
The Magnespot came into its own when running the cable through the walls. With the multiple different renovations in the property it was sometimes difficult to determine where the corresponding point on a wall was. There were several sections of false wall or additional covering. On several occasions I ran the cable for the top plate of the roof and dropped it into the wall. I was able to bring it out and a discrete point on one side of the renovation. Using the Magnespot I could then locate the corresponding point on the opposite side of the renovation. This saved me from making several mistakes. All of the Cat5 through points have been cut in the drywall at exactly the height of the existing outlets and have been covered with blank electrical wall plates. This has made my wife a lot happier. It's not ruined her great room.
Having completed the task, what a huge difference in network speed I am seeing. Communication with the nearest base station is just as fast but communication with the main router is now dramatically faster, webpages just appear and count upwards and backups take one third of the time. There is a single network throughout the whole house with all deadspots gone and one less basestation used. On Speedtest, I am getting what my ISP promises, both upload and download.
It's always great when a device delivers on what it promises.
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