Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods > Awesome Cable Sleeving Alternative

Awesome Cable Sleeving Alternative

Forum CPU & Components : Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods - Awesome Cable Sleeving Alternative

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
UWBandman   03-04-2006 at 03:47:08 AM

So I was at the vet a few weeks ago, and I saw them using this bandaging material... It was a cloth tape, stretchy, and only sticks to itself...hmm...
I had been considering picking up an Antec Sleeving Kit as I was about to transfer all my hardware into my new Antec P180, and when I saw this I thought it was perfect.

I found some at a local pet supply warehouse...and at only $3 per roll it seemed cheaper than the kits available. I bought two rolls, and still had half a roll left over after wrapping basically EVERY cable showing in my case: Power Cables, USB Header cables, Fan Cables...everything. (Hey - good airflow is worth the time right? Not to mention it looks awesome)

It works best if you cut off a piece, then cut that piece in half lengthwise to wrap around the cables. Its nice because you can wrap all the way up to the plug - no wires showing at all makes everything look really clean.

So check it out...great way to keep cables under control.

Heres some pics I took after I got done setting up my case.
Recently installed a Thermaltake Hardcano 13 Fan Controller which added a little more clutter, but still looks great. I can take more pics and post them if anyone cares...

-EDIT- Moved pictures to a different hosting site. Hopefully better?

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/200 [...] /P1801.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/200 [...] /P1802.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/200 [...] /P1803.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/200 [...] /P1804.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/200 [...] /P1805.jpg

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
RichPLS   03-04-2006 at 03:54:37 AM
- 0 +

Everyone doesnt have broadband, couldn't you of downsampled those pics ;)
Cool tip.

Reply to RichPLS
IRanNaked   03-04-2006 at 07:02:17 AM
- 0 +

I cant even see squat.

Reply to IRanNaked
UWBandman   03-04-2006 at 10:23:01 PM
- 0 +

Yeah - just found a free site quick to host those.
Anyone know a good hosting site that will actually look good?

Reply to UWBandman
cowboytech   03-05-2006 at 12:33:38 AM
- 0 +

Nice, it almost looks like you forgot some stuff!

Reply to cowboytech
ecosoft   03-05-2006 at 01:38:14 AM
- 0 +

Slick 'n cheap! Right on Dude :D :D

Reply to ecosoft
Crashman   03-05-2006 at 08:50:33 PM
- 0 +

That looks like "friction tape". Used by Electricians for around 120 years or so methinks. Back in my BICYCLE refurbishing days, I used it for handlebar tape, because it was cheaper than handlebar tape, comfy and grippy. Also, poor kids use it on their hocky sticks, rather than the similar stuff that sporting good stores sell for more money.

Really.

Reply to Crashman
IRanNaked   03-05-2006 at 11:44:32 PM
- 0 +

Man it look's great and it's cheap also. Nice find.

Reply to IRanNaked
UWBandman   03-06-2006 at 12:12:16 AM
- 0 +

Quote :

That looks like "friction tape"



Could be... I found more of it, even cheaper, at a Farm Supply place... $1.50 for a roll twice as long as the one I got at the Petstore. Found it in the aisle with all the horse tack and supplies. Its called Vetwrap, made by 3M.

Reply to UWBandman
jaykemurd   03-06-2006 at 04:30:45 AM
- 0 +

I thought the stuff looked like Gaffer's Tape. I'm a musician, so it's no wonder why I thought that. Gaffer's is a sound crews' best friend! 8)

Reply to jaykemurd
Crashman   03-06-2006 at 04:50:02 AM
- 0 +

Obviously there are doezens of types of cloth tape, but at one time "friction tape" was just that, alternative uses used "friction tape". It predates vinyl, so it predates what we now refer to as "electric tape".

Lots of companies have come up with new, similar products where friction tape was once used.

Reply to Crashman
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods > Awesome Cable Sleeving Alternative
Go to:

There are 972 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.245 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them