Comparing Three Fiber Optical Transceiver Manufacturers – Monoprice, Fluxlight & Fiberstore

If you search reliable fiber optic transceiver module manufacturers on Google, you will get thousands of results in a few seconds. But, where should you get the high-quality and low-price fiber optic transceiver modules? Monoprice, Fluxlight and Fiberstore as the representative of reputable optical transceiver manufacturers, are frequently recommended by many users. Are their fiber optic transceiver module worth any penny you spend? This article will decode these three companies and provide a vivid comparison between their fiber optic transceivers.

Monoprice—A Reliable Cable Supplier

Founded in 2002, monoprice used to be famous as a leading cable manufacturer, but now it develops to allow customers pulling together the whole computer system. Monoprice has built a stellar reputation for product excellence and customer services. The following are the screenshots of monoprice’s feedback. “The great part of monoprice is that we allow our customers to do things they want to do with price far below what competitors charge” says by the CEO of monoprice.

According to monoprice, they offer over 6,500 high-quality, affordable electronics and accessories to professionals and consumers worldwide. Cables such as the HDMI cables, networking patch cables, bulk networking cables are offered in variable standards and different cable length. As for the fiber transceivers, they recently do not offer many types of fiber optic transceivers. Their existing compatible fiber transceivers are from Ironlink. For example, the Ironlink Cisco SFP-10G-SR from monoprice is the Cisco Compatible 10GBase-SR SFP+.

Fluxlight

Fluxlight, established in 2003, manufactures and sells optical products for use in communication fields. Products like optical transceivers, media converters, jumper cables, and patch cables are welcomed by users. FluxLight only offers brand-new, top-quality optical interconnect products that are guaranteed to be compatible with vendors like Cisco, 3com, Dell, D-Link, Extreme, Juniper, HP, and Finisar.

Fiberstore—A Cost-effective Optical Transceiver Manufacturer

Founded in 2009, Fiberstore (FS.COM) gradually becomes a leading company devoting to research & development, and offer fiber connectivity network solutions for carriers, ISPs, content providers and networks. With a few years of development and accumulation, Fiberstore have owned a whole series of optical communication products including the WDM equipment, transceivers, fiber optic assemblies, racks & enclosures, bulk fiber cables, enterprise network and so on.

Their wholesale fiber optic transceiver products are offered at the lowest price and fully compatible with the original devices. They assured to every customers that every fiber transceiver offered by Fiberstore before shipping has to go through strict test to assure 100% compatibility and high performance.

Fiber Optic Transceivers From Monoprice, Fluxlight and Fiberstore

Monoprice, Fluxlight and Fiberstore are offering several types of fiber optic transceivers. Where should I get the fiber transceivers? The following part will draw a brief comparison between them from the aspects of price, selection, and reputation.

• Fiber Transceiver Price—Monoprice Loses

Price is the number one factor that people would take into account. We can’t list all the products from their website and compare them here. So let’s take the 10G SFP+ modules as an example, the Ironlink Cisco SFP-10G-SR from monoprice is sold at $136.75. Fluxlight SFP-10G-SR is only $54.00. The price of Cisco compatible SFP-10G-SR from FS.COM is $16.00.

In the above image, Ironlink Cisco SFP-10G-LR from monoprice is $315.00. SFP-10G-LR from Fluxlight is $134.00. However, Fiberstore Cisco SFP-10G-LR is $34.00. Note that the above price do not include the delivery fees. You need to consult with salesmen about your final payment.

• Products Options

Both Fiberstore and Fluxlight offers a full range of fiber optic transceivers that are fully compatible with many brands. While monoprice, nowadays do not have many selections of optical modules. But if you need HDMI, Video or power cables, you can definitely have a look at their website.

• Reputation—Fiberstore Wins

Fiberstore is known as the cost-effective optical transceiver manufacturer that offers high-quality and low price compatible products. Monoprice is mostly recommended for its patch cables. If you don’t buy it, you can have a look at the following screenshots.

Conclusion

Can I order any branded fiber optic transceivers? Or should I buy the cheap OEM optical modules? Customers often ask about the similar questions when selecting reliable optical transceivers. This article compares the fiber optics from Monoprice, Fluxlight and Fiberstore. I bet readers must know how to make their choices.

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[Thao]

Thanks for your info. It is really helpfull to me. I am searching on the quality transceiver module manufacturers around Asia to use for the big projects in Metro, Network projects.... How do you think about Finisar? As far as I know, Finisar is the leading one in this feild, but not mentioned.
Fiberstore's price is extremelly competitive and lower much than Finisar, and others. I really wonder about Fiberstore's quality. Could you pls give me more you ideas and comparision if possible. Thanks so much!

[Arnold]

agree with what kiril said, All traders - is easy to get shit candy in a nice package, they always source cheapest product with inconsistent quality, if you got to their web - all feedback are so nice :) i used some products in my network from such companies, at the end had to replace all sfps ...nightmare.

[Kiril]

…..this is trading companies advertisement or what? We bought BIDI QSFP 40km SR model from FS in 2017, when we opened PCB ir was 2009 and made by AVAGO, complete used module in a new shell, you get what you pay for, buy from manufactures like Finisar, Neophotonics, WTD, Eoptolink, Source Photonics – they will not play with quality.

[Angelilie]

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