Wire ties or Heatshrink

[Finsta]

Which one to use? I cannot decide on either wire ties or heatshrink. Both have their cons and pluses. Fellow [H]'ers, help me decide.

 

[L0s7 4 Lyf3]

*people start banging on the table with beer mugs in hand*
Wi-er ties, wi-er ties, wi-er ties.

 

[Tanis143]

I use heatshrinks when possible, however I have run accross occasions when heatshrinking was too much of a pia to get on, so used zipties.

 

[EGGO]

For the PSU, heatshrinks. For everything else, if already with the connectors, wireties.

 

[AirBornX]

heat shrink!

 

[Finsta]

Anybody else?

 

[roachm]

Sleeving + heatshrink looks so much better......

 

[EGGO]

Sleeving + heatshrink looks so much better......

But to me it's so hard to do. =0,

 

[HiProfile]

[null vote]

I used both. The black heatshrink doesn't always stay in place when I have to yank on a molex (sooo glad I have Vantec easy-sqeeze's now), so I bought 100 pack of black plastic mini-ties to put around the sleeve/shrink tubing. Also, something to note - ties can be taken off/put on very easily, but shrink tubing is very hard to get on after reassembling...I'd say shrink first.

 

[wayne]

it REALLY depends on what you're using it for

 

[DRJ1014]

come on wayne.

hes using to sleeve (loom tie shrink wut ever you wanna call it) his power cables you should know that in your smart case mod brain

 

[jpmkm]

Car or boat?

In other words, what are you talking about? They both have their uses and I use them both all the time. One isn't necessarily better than the other.

 

[EGGO]

come on wayne.

hes using to sleeve (loom tie shrink wut ever you wanna call it) his power cables you should know that in your smart case mod brain

Oh a PSU. I thought he just meant in general.

Heatshrink.