Spent $200 on a fancy cable tester and it paid for itself on one job

I picked up a Fluke cable qualifier last month for a big commercial network install in Phoenix, and it caught a bad batch of Cat6 before we terminated everything. That single find saved me from ripping out 48 drops after the drywall went up, which would have cost way more in labor. Has anyone else dropped serious cash on a tool that ended up saving your butt on a single project?

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hannah_wells1h ago

Wait, @the_jake isn't that exactly what I was thinking too? $200 is pocket change compared to that much drywall work.

the_jake1d ago

$200 seems cheap for a tool that saved you from 48 drywall repairs, that's insane!

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walker.julia1d ago

Right? @the_jake that's exactly what I was thinking. I dropped $150 on a similar tool after my third hole in the wall and it's paid for itself ten times over by now. Honestly, it's wild how fast those little mistakes add up without the right stuff.