50ft - 1/4 inch & 1/2 inch PET Expandable Braided Sleeving – Black – Alex Tech Braided Cable Sleeve

This stuff looks really good and is pretty sharp underneath the hood has a contrast to typical wiring wrap. Once I figured out how to expand it fully you can actually put over an inch sized material through this loom.

Great stuff, use it on wiring harnesses all the time and they look amazing. Good price and good quality.

My new kitten is of the opinion that power cords are great chew toys, so I've gone through about 350ft of braided and split tubing to cover pretty much every exposed wire/cable in my house. Since I struggled to figure out the appropriate size of the braided tubing to buy for which cables, I wanted to leave a review with some standard items for reference. I started with 3/8", and that fit my laptop chargers (one Dell with a straight end and one HP with a small L end), GameCube controllers, TV power cords (the kind that unplug from the TV), and several other similar cords perfectly. It fit the more streamlined Metabridge HDMI cables like a glove (the only tricky part was getting it started over the plug), but was just a bit too small to go over the squared-off ends of the Amazon Basics HDMI and generic HDMI that came with my DirecTV setup. It probably would have fit those except it got jammed up in the gap between the metal plug and the bulky plastic casing so it was impossible to get started. It's too small for a standard wall outlet plug. I used 3/8" for my assorted device chargers (iPod, Kindle, Samsung phone, etc), but you would probably be safe getting 1/4" if that's the only thing you need to cover. I don't know what else you would use 1/4" for except if you have a cable with no connector on the end. It has to be tiny. To make sure I could cover some larger plugs, I ordered 3/4" next. That is HUGE compared to 3/8", expands much more for its width, and was total overkill for the few standard wall outlet plugs and Nintendo 64 controllers I used it for. For bulkier plugs like RCA cables, bigger wall plugs, and a power cords with accumulators, it was still a bit big, but that meant it was much easier to get started. If you don't mind the weird look of a huge flat ribbon over smaller cords, 3/4" should fit pretty much anything in your house. I'm saving the rest of that for whenever I get behind my larger TV and want to bundle its wiring together. Update: 1/2" does NOT fit standard wall outlet plugs. It would barely fit over the plugs on my N64 controllers. That size would be good for larger HDMI cables and the like, I'll have to stick with 3/4" for everything else. Random notes after having spent a week of my life kitten-proofing more cables than I knew existed in my house... Make sure you have a lighter and preferably needle nose pliers on hand. Run the lighter under the end right after you cut it, then use a pair of needle nose pliers, the closed end of your scissors, or something metal to push open the end while the plastic is still melty. (You don't have to go overboard melting it to keep it from fraying.) I'll echo a couple other reviews and say that, to make it easier to get started on big plugs, wedge a pair of needle nose pliers in the end as far as they'll go, then run your lighter around to melt the edges, let it cool, and it will stay open. I used zip-ties to hold the ends in place, and those pulled the widened end back together nicely. If you're not sure whether to get the split or braided sleeve, the first question to ask is if you need to fold up or tightly coil the cord. If yes, get braided. Split is great if you will frequently need to remove the sleeve or where you want the sleeve the same size as the cord without having to account for a plug, and much easier to bundle multiple cords together in, but split will start to come apart if you fold/bend it tightly. Braided is also a lot cheaper. Lastly, do NOT try to pull the sleeve to get it to move! PUSH the sleeve onto the cable, letting it expand and wad up to where you're holding the cord with your other hand, then let it expand down the cord. It should be pretty self-explanatory, but I'm sure there are YouTube videos if you need more help.

A little smaller than I expected - next size up would have been far too large. I thought they might expand a lot, and they will but will start fraying and ruin the "clean" look I was going for. Still, a very nice looking product and I will use it all for sure.

great quality materials, I fit 2, 10awg solar cables through this with a little wiggle room. hold the cables in place great. cut with scissors or hot knife, the use a lighter or butane torch to seal the threads. im not sure but id say 8awg would be compatible with this particular sleeve, be a tighter fit but Id say it'll work. unless your wiring is sliding around and rubbing on any surfaces this sleeve should be plenty strong enough to protect your cables/wires. thickness is very good, not to difficult to cut but whatever you use you definitely want it sharp! happy with this purchase and hopefully it'll last for yrs to come!!

I installed security cameras awhile ago, and they are the kind you have to take down every few months and charge the batteries. That got old after a while and I decided to switch to solar panels to charge the batteries. I have a black roof with black eaves and black gutters. The solar panels were stark white with white cables. I decided to paint the panels black, but I still had the white cables connecting to the camera. I purchased this sleaeving to concieal the white cable and it was perfect. So easy and so cheap. Easy recommendation.

Good quality wrap. Used in a heavy equipment application and it looks nice and feels like it will hold up. If you’ve never worked with this stuff before, be aware that anytime you cut it (make sure you have some good sharp scissors) it will try to fray apart immediately. You’ll need heat shrink tubing, electrical tape, or something of the like to secure the end. Heat shrink produces a great finished look.

I made myself a pair of booster cables and ran them through the braided sleeve. And they are holding up very well. I was surprised by how much they can actually expand. Now my cables are not all tangled up, but stay very organized. They are great for this purpose .

ottimo prodotto lo uso come protezione di una guaina riscaldante posta su estremità telescopio contro l'umidità notturna

This stuff is possibly the best way to cover bundles of electrical wire or anything that still has at least one end available to push it on to. I love this stuff. It takes a few moment to get the hang of using it but once that is figured out it almost flows over the wires or cables that you are using it on. I used to to cover and protect a wiring harness for a skid steer I was re-wiring. It is not as tough as the hard plastic split wire loom stuff but it serve my purposes perfectly. Highly recommended.

I used it for microphone cable to provide additional insulation and strength to an XLR cable. The sleeve enables the cable to also keep its coil and twist that ultimately improves the life and performance of the cable. Ive used it with cables of both 5 and 10m long. The longer the cable the more benefit the sleeve gives to it. Mine was used with Van Damme XKE terminated with either high quality Neutrik or Nanotech connectors.

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After reading an article in Fine Woodworking Magazine where the author had used this exact product to reduce damage to his vacuum hoses. I decided to give it a try. It works better than I could have hoped. The hoses it covers are from an old Kirby Vac and a Nilfisk vac. There is no significant catching on the back edge of track saw tracks and with a small nylon plate I had made up there is zero catching. I also use this on a dedicated Hegner finger joint machine. I believe the only reason this is not fitted to all industrial hoses is that it would limit the sale of spare parts hoses. All the best.