Originally Posted by
dualbrain
Yes it is the same as paracord, just smaller and without an inner core to take out first (that's why it is so much cheaper in the real market (not the modding market^^) than even the already very cheap paracord). It's a standard material which protects the inner core from abrasion, which is mostly used over rubbers, lines and ropes. Paracord is the same but just with a bigger diameter.
If you ever worked with paracord, you know how hard it is to get the "sleeve" over the cable with pins on the end because of snagging and no expansion-possibilities (5% maximum). Now you can imagine how tough it is to use a smaller version of Paracord :D
Taping is a solution, but it still takes much longer to "sleeve" a wire with pin on it, because the diameter of this Shoelace-Sleeve is not much bigger than the wire itself (paracord is easier because it's bigger). It takes me 3-5 minutes to get a shoelace-sleeve onto one wire with a pin on it compared to 5 to 10 seconds with real sleeve.
And at the end of the day, you are not able to get the "zigzag" out of the wire, if the zigzag was on the wire before. Putting all the hassle of work aside, this is the big fail on such a thing.
With real sleeve, you can straighten the wires, so they even stand horizontal in the air as a straight line, when it is stretched correctly. Remember fhantastic|Ferhans photos and of course Janik and Martin :D
Hairing, dust collection and impossible usage on 3-fan-wires at once, SATA data cables, USB cables etc. is just an additional nogo.
Anyway: It's fun watching the advertisers running through the forums, not knowing what they're doing :D
