DIGITUS patch panel – modular – for Keystone modules – 19-inch – 24-port – shielded – 1U rack mount – black

Excellent value for money and works as intended. Looks quite nice in the rack too.

Let me preface this by saying I got a amazon warehouse, used patch panel. It looks brand new with the only fault of it being the side was bent a little so the cable management rail wouldn't click in to place securely. Something that I corrected just by pressing on the side of the front to push the side back in a little. It required little effort and is working as expected. I can only assume this is why it was sent back to the warehouse as the ports headers haven't been written on and nether the lug or keystone holes had any marks around them. This might even be how it comes.Once it was put together - by placing one end of the cable management rail in the slots on the front plate, and pushing the other side of the rail into the other front plate end it was secure and ready to mount in a rack... something I didn't do.I used a mixture of RJ45 and OM fibre keystones. They fit very snug and had no problem populating the empty holes across the front plate, even with the cable rail fitted.I am using this as a wall mount solution for a small back unit. Two L brackets were used to secure to the wall, and nuts to hold the front plate onto the L bracket. The cable rail is far enough off the wall, and has raised loops to accept cable ties so what ever you're running to the patch panel will stay secure without issues.I would have liked a cover for the cable rail, but this is designed for use in a rack. Again something I didn't do in this case, and was one of the reasons why I went with the warehouse option for a cheaper used unit.The patch panel came in it's original box from what I can tell, and was in two parts, with Styrofoam holding it in place. No outside damage to the box, so the bent part might be there to facilitate installation or not. Didn't get any thing else in the box, but this was not a problem either way.

They were easy to install into my rack and keystone jacks fitted in easily with no room for them to pull back out.