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£20.75 inc. VAT
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For £17.32 ex‑VAT, this looks like a sensible “just works” option for anyone building or tidying a fibre patching setup where you need a **single‑mode LC‑to‑LC duplex** link and you care about clean, consistent performance. The fact it’s OS2 and marketed as bend‑insensitive/low-loss is exactly what you want in the real world of patch panels, cramped cabinets, and lots of cable management—where poor bend tolerance is usually what kills throughput, not the transceiver itself. If you’re a reseller/IT team supporting 100G optics, this kind of short jumper is a cost-effective way to avoid unnecessary drama when you’re making moves, adds, and changes.
That said, I wouldn’t buy it blindly if you don’t already know your environment is **single‑mode and uses LC duplex**. OS2 is correct for long-run data centre/ISP style links, but if your system is actually multi‑mode (or expects a different connector type), you’ll waste time fast. Also, because it’s only an **8m patch lead**, it’s ideal for inside racks between patch points—not for anything longer or “structured cabling” style runs. If your goal is flexible patching in a cabinet, it’s a good buy; if you’re not confident on the end-to-end optics and connector standard, look elsewhere first.

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