YUTIANHOME 500 Feet (150 Meters) 4 Core Industrial TPU LC to LC Outdoor Armored Fiber Optic Cable, 4 Strands OS2 Single Mode Fiber Patch Cable with LC Connectors, 9/125um, OD-5mm, Direct Burial LC-LC

excellent cable quality works fine.

I installed 300 meters of this in my driveway. I rented a trencher and dug a trench 18 to 24 inches deep, ran the fiber through the trench and covered it up. I installed this about 6 months ago now and we have a great 10 gig connection between my home and our office. The cable seems durable and I had no trouble with it, though we did handle it carefully. This driveway gets a lot of traffic, and heavy equipment traffic as well. I did have connection problems at first, but we figured out that some dust got in the end cap as we pulled the fiber under the house. I bought a fiber cleaner and an inspection microscope, and after it was cleaned the fiber has been working perfectly.

While I normally prefer to use 6 or 12 strand fiber and terminate the ends myself, I have used these pre-terminated fiber optic cables on multiple occasions to save money for my clients. Things to consider if you are needing to run a new fiber optic connection: -The environment you are running the cable in. Is it going inside a plenum area in the ceiling, or does it need to be buried underground between 2 buildings? Could it be hit or crushed by accident? I have accidentally stepped on these fiber cables, every time I have used one and have not had any issues with performance. They are made with a TPU jacket, so they are not appropriate to be inside of a plenum area unfortunately. -The need for future expansion. Are you going to need more connections between these locations later? If so, how many? These pre-terminated cables can be purchased up to 12 core (6 duplex connections) so you can get a link up now, and have plenty of dark fibers to spare. -How fast do you need it and at what cost. Is a critical link down and effecting production, or are you setting up a connection for a new leg on your network that won't be used for weeks? Are you able to spend thousands on the connection or is a few hundred dollars all you can afford? While some configurations of the cables can be ordered and received within a day, others take a little longer to arrive. So, if you have to get it up today, you might have to call a contractor to come out to deal with the emergency but if you have some time to spare then you cant beat the value here. Compare having a 2 fiber OS2 connection installed by a contractor at $1400 to the $400 you'd spend on using one of these cables. That is $1000 saved and you can use that budget elsewhere. So TLDR, these cables are a great way to save time and money implementing a fiber connection on your network. I highly recommend.

Received just as described - tested and it worked just as expected

Wowsa! Who doesn't like connecting their various buildings with FIBER!?! This worked awesome. 4 strands of fiber, well constructed and rugged. I buried mine in a trench with just plain earth, no conduit. Works great for 10GBit. You can either use two strands with a normal Single-Mode Optical Module LC connection, OR one strand with a Bidirectional Single-Mode Optical Module (which is what I do).