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

Always happy with this purchase no matter the size I get. It served its purpose and gives my wiring a clean look.

I bought this for my tig torch cables to keep them covered and together. Working good so far.

Great product, unfortunately I ordered the wrong size and barely used any of it. Made most of my wiring job look very clean.

Seems OK for fishing rods.

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.

It works as expected, the only down side i ran into using this product is when you cut it to length the strands are a little difficult to melt neatly for a cleaner look. Other than that it’s very flexible and easy to use. I ended up using about 60ft of it making 1-2 wire 14-16 gauge wiring harnesses for lights, cameras, and switch panels on vehicles and there’s no damage done to it from running along sharp edges and it’s hides the cable well.

Good quality. Works great for JDs garage mini CNC build. Buying more for my 26 Model T build!

Good quality and expands as stated. Used these on coolant hoses instead of other options that would have been much more expensive. Holds up to engine bay heat and have enough if I need to replace it.

Los cables quedan perfectamente guardados, fácil de usar y manejar.

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.

Fácil de usar, cuando hago la instalación de cada linea de mi camioneta le da un mejor acabado y no necesito meterle cinta o cinchos 👍

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.

Bought this a while and gone through most. I do a lot of cables for friends ( it's always nice to call in favors later on ! ) as I guess they like my work. I find the colored sleeving such as this red and also blue are both very popular as it give it that certain slick look. Black use to be the thing however it seems people want that color accent the past couple years. Not much to say, it's good stuff. 1. high quality 2. smooth thread - meaning the threads themselves to make up this sleeving are even and don't make things catch 3. true size - you grab X size you get X size. Not like you buy 3/4 and get poor quality and it ends up being just over 1/2. UG TIP: I use a small butane click torch right after I do a cut. Not to go nuts and melt the end entirely but just a quick heat flash over that end to weld together a few of those sleeving threads from having the end unravel. TIP: If you melt the end entirely what you'll find is that end part will not expand properly as the way it should so you'll find yourself cutting it off and redoing the cut or trying to force your wire through that smaller opening. Forcing it will just lead to frustration. TIP: If you've never worked with this type of stuff before, think of an inch worm especially the longer distance wires you need to sleeve. Fish some wire into the sleeve, then hold that beginning spot...then go to where the wire ends inside the sleeve and pull only the sleeve down. As you do this the wire will work its way further up the sleeving with ease, just like an inch worm moves on a leaf. Might sound weird to explain it but it works like a charm. TIP: At times the wires we need to sleeve are sharp ( wire itself or the wire jacket ) and they catch on the inside of the sleeve, in this case use a bit of electrical tape folded over evenly as doing this will make the wire slide much easier especially if you have a longer length of wire to sleeve. FINAL TIP: Heatshrink tubing, heatshrink tubing, heatshrink tubing. Make sure you have! Get those sleeve ends done up so they don't unravel and to make your job nice and neat. Again I use a butane click torch which works absolutely perfect. This stuff is high quality and I recommend this to absolutely everybody. Helpful, is how I hope you find my review.