Q-See QS100B Video and Power 100-Foot BNC Male Cable with 2 Female Connectors
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Customer Review: Looks Good ... "But No Cigar!"
Summary: 1 Stars
I installed 3 Q-See QSC48030 surveillance cameras on the outside of my house. The first two installations went without a hitch (the cameras are great) using the provided 60 foot cables but the third camera needed an 80 foot cable so I purchased the 100 foot Q-See brand cable. After reading the comments in Amazon, I was not surprised to receive a white cable instead of a black one and really didn't care one way or the other.
The cable came with two female-to-female adapters and a short (a few inches) power extension cable which I thought was a nice unexpected plus. Again because of reading the comments, I was extra careful in running the cable so as not to stress it and cause a break in the cable (the wires are very thin).
After completing the installation, I had no video signal and after troubleshooting, found that the cable had an intermittent short in the video cable next to the stress relief junction on the camera end. I did not want to go through the trouble of installing another cable and since I am an Electrical Engineer decided to just repair it. After connecting the cable again, there was still no video so after another hour of troubleshooting found that the power connector on the camera end had an intermittent open so I repaired that connector as well.
Everything checked out so I energized the system again and there was video but there were also unwanted bans of interference marching down the screen on that camera view. The problem is that (other than problems associated with a cheap cable) the cable has no shielding and therefore is very susceptible to pick-up from other wires and circuits. So here is my solution: I will leave the power part of the cable in place to supply power to the camera but will install a separate 100 foot shielded BNC-Male to BNC-Male cable for the video which can be gotten from Amazon for less $30 (do a search on Amazon for "Cables To Go 40032 100ft" and click on the Used and New link). Sure that is an extra expense but my time is worth something too; I spent hours of extra time installing this third camera that I could have been doing something else with all because of that cheap cable!
Customer Review: No really that good
Summary: 2 Stars
I have q-see 8 camera DVR and 1 of my camera's was too far for the 60 feet cable included. I ordered this from amazon even with the so so reviews. The cable came, I checked it with my easy to get camera. The BNC extension worked just fine, but the power did not work. Sent back to amazon that day (1 hour after receiving), amazon sent me a new one the next day. Tested it on the short camera everything worked just fine.
Ran the 100ft extension + 60 ft of original camera. All worked fine during the day. Problem comes at night. The camera requires more power at night for night vision. Sure enough this camera does not work at night. All the other cameras work just fine at night. Too the A/C adapter and plugged directly in camera (everything in easy to get to attic) and works fine. Plugged power directly into the 100ft cable (minus the 60ft to the dvr) and it did not work. Even with the a/c adapter in my attic, just for this camera, the 100ft is too long and does not carry enough power for the cameras at night. The 60ft cables work just fine, but if you need to get power down this 100ft cable for night vision forget it.
Night vision is not really that important since it is only good for a short distance and the cable works during the day so I am using it because other cables are more expensive and who knows if the A/C adapter with the q-see system will go 160ft???
For me I needed to buy another A/C adapter, just for this camera. Plug in with extension cord to the camera in the attic. Then all works fine since BNC cable runs to the DVR.
So 1 worked barely, the other didn't at all and I tested right out of the box.
Customer Review: SAVE YOURSELF - DO NOT BUY THIS!
Summary: 1 Stars
My husband spent an entire weekend installing a security system with this 100 cable. Finally finished, turned everything on and IT DIDN'T WORK. He's an electrical enginneer so has the ability to quality test the unit, cameras and cable and determined the cable was bad. Poor quality control and a piece of junk! Spend a few extra bucks, buy something else from somewhere else. I suggested to my husband to not buy this based on the bad feedback from others who had the idential problem, but you always think you'll be the exception. You're not. My husband will spend a day taking everything down and redoing all of his work. Reinstalling everything! What a waste of time for a $20 product that clearly has poor (probably zero) quality control. With this many people all having the same problem how can they sell this. Save yourself, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! With this much negative feedback with the same problem Amazon should REMOVE THIS PRODUCT FROM THEIR INVENTORY.Customer 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.
Customer Review: NO Shielding and very noisy cable !
Summary: 1 Stars
I installed the original Q-see 100ft(Q-See QS100B) and 50ft cable on my 4 cameras and all suffer huge noise especially on the 100ft one. There is no shielding at all for Q-See cable, so the video quality suffer.
Then I found the Swann 100ft (SW271-S30 )from Frys store and the result is amazing ! All the noise is gone for all my 4 cameras. There is no more annoying scanning lines at all. The shielding on Swann cable is doing a great job. Trust me. Save you some time. Don't buy the Q-See cable. Five more dollars will give you much better video quality. Now I have to remove all the Q-See cables from my wall and replace all them with Swann cable. Again, shielding really makes different !