00:00If you've ever spent 20 minutes chasing a dead link only to find out the connector was just dirty,
00:04this one's for you. I've been digging through the fiber tool world, hunting down the gear that
00:09actually earns a spot in your kit, and I've pulled together the top five fiber optic cleaning tools
00:14and power meters, all of them proven, thousands of units sold, and honestly, cheaper than you'd
00:19expect. Let's get into it. Starting off with the Comptico A07 Optical Fiber Core Wiping Clip.
00:27This is the little clip-style cleaner with the built-in alcohol storage bottle,
00:31and that's the part one really like you press down, it dispenses just the right amount of alcohol onto
00:35the cleaning cotton, then you wipe the bare fiber clean before splicing. No more soggy wipes,
00:41no more spilling alcohol all over your workbench. It runs about 2450, it's got a 4.9 rating with
00:48nearly 5000 sold, and if you're doing fusion splicing regularly, this thing pays for itself
00:53and saves splice attempts alone. Next up, and this is the one I tell absolutely everyone to grab,
00:59the FTTH Optical Fiber Cleaning Pen. $1.53. That's it. It's a click-style pen cleaner that
01:08handles 2.5mm SC, FC, and SC connectors, and swaps down to 1.25mm for LC and MU. Push it
01:16into the port,
01:16you hear the click, the internal ribbon wipes the end face clean, good for hundreds of cleanings.
01:22At under 2 bucks with a 4.7 rating, there is genuinely no reason not to throw a couple of
01:27these in your bag right now. Then we've got the 4-in-1 optical power meter with the red light
01:33pen
01:33built in. This is a mini unit, fits in your shirt pocket, and it combines a high-precision power meter
01:39with a visual fault locator that'll push 5 to 15 kilometers down the fiber. So you can measure your
01:45signal level and physically see where the brake or the bad bend is, all from one tool. It's 1427,
01:51and it's sitting on a perfect 5-star rating. For a tech who's tired of carrying two separate devices,
01:58this is a really easy yes. Now if you want to step things up, look at the FTTH 2-in
02:04-1
02:04rechargeable power meter in visual fault locator. The big win here is the range it reads from negative
02:1070 up to plus 10 dBm or negative 50 to plus 26 on the other mode, so it covers everything
02:16from tiny
02:16FTTH drops to hot amplified links. And the fault locator comes in output options from 2 mW all the
02:23way up to 50. Plus it's rechargeable, so no hunting for batteries mid-job. $21, 5-star rating,
02:31$4,400 sold. That's a lot of tool for the money. And rounding out the list, the optical fiber and
02:39face cleaning box. This is the cassette-style cleaner with the reel of cleaning tape inside,
02:44you flip the lever, fresh tape advances, and you wipe your SC, FC, LC or SA connector or pigtail across
02:50it. It's the cleanest, most consistent way to do it, and one cassette lasts you somewhere around 500
02:56wipes. It's 3272, which makes it the priciest here, but if you're in a data center or a patch panel
03:03all
03:03day, this is the one that lives on your cart permanently. Alright, that's the 5. I've dropped
03:10links to every single one of these down in the description, so go check the current prices,
03:14they move around a lot. If this saved you some time or some money, do me a favor and hit
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03:24and I'll catch you in the next one.
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