Cable Sleeving Gallery & Discussion - Page 812

However its not so much that I am not a fan personally, but I believe the sleeve was designed with a good theory of how decreasing the diameter would make it a better sleeve, but I feel as though it was not properly tested with a "hands on" approach and other factors not taken into consideration. ( I mean no disrespect to the creator as anyone who took the time to make it deserves credit in my book)
One would think that smaller diameter sleeving equals less work but when its taken to the extreme that Kobra has taken it (you might as well be using paracord as it requires the same methods just to get it on the wire otherwise it will snag (masking tape over the pin or a tool). The small sleeve diameter is just too small and you lose the perks of using plastic type sleeving because of it.
If you use 16awg or thick insulated - even medium insulated 18awg wires the wire color will show through, again because of the extreme diameter. This makes using the oem wires (colored) - which is the norm for people who just do one or two jobs.
Third is the price, its just too expensive unless you buy it in mini spools. Performance-pcs & FrozenCPU as well as other has them but even then the cost is high plus you pay shipping.
Lastly, when you sleeve a 24pin or any other cable you want a "full" look to the cable. What I mean by this is that you want there to be as little of a gap between the sleeved cables as possible to give it a full colored look. But due to the diameter again it leaves large gaps in-between the pins leaving it IMO empty feeling.
However there is a 2 pros to the small diameter, which is its easy to use heatshrink with due to the extra room - but if you have to resleeve one due to a mistake you will have a heck of a time getting it off.
Another pro is that I am able to do some heatshrink methods and tricks with Kobra that I am not able to do with many other sleeves - mostly centering about being able to make clean double pin connectors for neat looking configurations, or when someone has little to no backplate space for management
I never LIKE to give any product a bad review, but when I see it causing a ton of frustration for a new sleevers and experienced ones alike - I have to warn against using it as the cons far outweigh the pros.