Poor color application on the pairs leads to errors
If you're building a patch-panel or trunking twisted pair cable for a distance, going with a 25 pair cable makes sense. You can get this 25 pair cable in about the same space as it takes to tightly bundle 6 regular CAT5 cables. It's a lot neater in the racks and a bit easier to manage. But that's only if the cable is of a good quality. I have one major complaint with this particular cable and that is the coloring of the twisted pairs. The color choice is more or less standard, based on the other 25 pair cables I have used. However, the application of the color is done in such a way so that once you untwist the pairs (as required to punch into a patch panel or 66-block) it's hard or impossible to determine which is which. For instance, on a pair that is brown and red, if you untwist the pair you will find that one of the wires looks brown and red while the other looks red and brown. How can you tell which is which? It matters! This leads to errors when installing that have to be corrected. That is tedious and time-consuming, not to mention frustrating.
The wire itself seems to be fine. But based on the application of the colors on the pairs, I will not be purchasing more for our projects. It may be smart to pay slightly more for better quality-control.