Network sockets - anything special to pay attention to?

I think it is simply a matter of taste. I installed a network socket for the first time 3 weeks ago and did not use keystones there. The double socket cost me €9.90 and the LSA €4.41 on Amazon. I put the cable into the socket in 1 minute. For my installation cables, however, I used tool-free RJ45 connectors, analogous to keystones. Crimping an RJ45 would not be something for me as a layman. But I still needed a good 5 minutes for one connector because it was very fiddly.

Tool-free RJ45 connectors

But they cost a fortune, right?

I've already wrecked 2 LSA tools. I'm considering whether I should still get a Knipex LSA.

Yes, they are not cheap. 8 pieces around €18, so a little more than €2 per plug.

The Krone LSA tool is really good.

What are the tool-free RJ45 connectors actually for? I hope not as a patch panel replacement.

Strange, spending 500,000 on a house and property and then wanting to rely on cheap goods for network sockets. Doesn't make any sense?

Brand-name products generally work more reliably. Whether LSA (insulation displacement contact), Keystone, or proprietary. If you have switch programs from Jung, Gira, etc. and want to use the matching covers, not just any cheap socket will do.

With the small number of network sockets in a "normal" single-family house, usually no more than 10 network sockets and therefore a 24-port patch panel are needed.

There are now Cat8 network cables available, but the standard (as of now) is CAT7 / PIMF. For sockets and patch cables (because of the connectors) there is "only" Cat6 (the raw cable can still be Cat7). My recommendation after thousands! of patched and terminated connections: Metz Connect (BTR), as a socket in the wall (LSA) and modular patch panel in the utility room. For up to 6 sockets, the 12-port wall panel from Telegärtner.

Good tools (Krone / Quante termination tool and a small Fluke for testing) can possibly be borrowed too? At least I do that for a deposit and fee.

We have only been using LSA Plus sockets in exceptional cases for years. We have long since switched to module technology.

We use UC Home cables from Draka and Metz Connect modules.
Surface-mounted housings, if needed, also the Metz Connect module carriers.
This way we can certify the sockets to Cat6a with 500 MHz (even if Cat 5e is currently sufficient).