I had the opportunity of installing one of these fresh-to-the-market Neat-Patches.  At the time it was new anyway.  One of our vendors informed us of this product to get rid of unsightly cable vomit notorious in wall mounted racks if the wrong length of cable is used.  So, it was a choice between: a)  Allow cable vomit with inventoried cable, b) purchase all new proper length cable, c) utilize a suggested product.  Always wanting to gratify my OCD with new ways of organizing, I pushed for us to get one of these.

The Before

Before-NeatPatch

This was the unsightly cable vomit we just installed at the time.  Actually, it was in place for awhile and there was another network drop installed at this location.  If you look closely, there is a switch in between two patch panels.  Probably not the best way to organize this wall mount rack.  So this wall mount was in desperate need of reorganizing.

The After

After-NeatPatch

Way better looking than the before!  I did reorganize the patch panels and put them over the switch as well.  All the same cables were used.

The Product

The Neat-Patch did exactly what it claims to do, make a wall mount rack look clean.  It does what a Panduet product does for a rack for cable management. It has about a 10 inch “cubbie” hole to store and hide excess cable.

What I didn’t like about this product:  a) it was made out of a cheap plastic.  It was somewhat thin and flimsy.  It is not mobile once installed so I guess you wouldn’t have to worry about breaking it. b) the huge logo on the front of the product.  It just looks like an eye sore to me in light of the whole rack. c) I think it is a little over priced.  It was about $90 when we purchased it about a year and a half ago (I have seen one on Amazon for $70 now).  It definitely does not feel like a $90 product.

Even with the dislikes, I would purchase another one strictly based on what the Neat-Patch does.  It does what it does very well and I was very satisfied with the outcome.