APC NetShelter WX AR112SM - 19 inch Wall Patch Cabinet, 12U/U, 800MM deep, Side mounting, Mounted

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

For £761 ex-VAT, an APC NetShelter wall patch cabinet is a solid “sensible, not flashy” buy if your use case really is wall-mounted patching/termination and you need it to look and behave like enterprise gear. The big practical win on these is organisation and access: tidy routing, proper patch panel mounting, and a form factor that stops cabling becoming a spaghetti disaster in comms rooms, offices, retail sites, or smaller sites where you don’t want a full rack footprint. APC’s name also tends to make life easier when you’re mixing with other APC gear and buying from mainstream channels in the UK.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it just because it’s APC. Wall patch cabinets are only great when you have the wall structure and access to mount it properly (and you’ve thought about where the cable routes come from). If you’re expecting to house active switching/servers, heavy UPSs, or frequent add/remove work, you may end up wishing you’d gone for a proper floor-standing rack instead—comfort, cooling, and service access matter. If you tell me what you’re planning to mount in it (patch panels, patch leads, switch size/purpose), I can sanity-check whether this is the right cabinet approach or a costly compromise.