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4.5
These are a game changer. I am currently rewiring a 27’ center console and these make identifying the wires so much better and cleaner. And I was pumped to find that the basic Dymo worked. The first few labels didn’t work too well and needed help and refitting in the machine. But after that it prints perfect. I will be buying more of this product for my electrical company.Used to love identity wires on a car restorationnice labels... luv the heat shrink..I actually bought a Dymo Rhino 4200 because of this product, although the Rhino has many other features I like now that I have one here. When deciding to buy this labeler initially because of these heat shrink tubes, I used a piece of 3M brand # FP-301 polyolefin heat shrink tubing that is sold as "3/4" as a judge to what the shrink tube labels would fit. It was the only thing I had to judge what "3/4" heat shrink tube would fit.Don't make the same mistake.The actual flattened diameter of FP-301 is actually a 1/4" WIDER than this Dymo "3/4" heat shrink tube, measuring a full inch wide when flat. If 3M were selling this, I suspect they would label this Dymo 3/4" size as their 1/2" size. The FP-301 fits over a great many connectors, such as CAT-5 with no-snag boots, USB A or B, etc. So I figured I would find a lot of use for these. In practice, they do NOT** fit over a USB A or B connector. Nor will they fit over a booted Cat-5.**HOWEVER.........Determined to succeed in my initial reason to consider buying this, I have found that in relatively short pieces (an inch or less) this material can be stretched open quite a bit larger, slid over something, and then will still shrink down to its 3:1 shrink ratio with a heat gun. As mentioned in a comment on one of the reviews already posted, one can use some kind of tool (that guy used scissors) which has smooth edges opposing each other to stretch the tube piece open. I used a very large hemostat, such as those sold to remove fish hooks, and managed to stretch it enough so that it did pass over a USB "A" connector's molded plastic portion, and then shrunk it down tightly onto the "strain relief" tail of the USB connector, where the cable comes out of it. So it can be done, with a bit of ingenuity. :) There is actually a Wiki-How article named "How to Expand Heat Shrink Tubing" that shows this process with illustrations. Ideally, if one had a tool that could expand it without tapering, as the scissors or hemostat do, it would be easier to slide over larger objects.What would be really super is if Dymo, with all the different materials they use for their available label tapes, could come up with some sort of heat shrink tube which is flexible enough to easily stretch bigger after printing from a 3/4" cartridge, and then still shrink down with a heat gun applied, so that larger connectors and electrical cable labels could be produced within the 3/4" maximum width constraint of the Rhino 4200.Okay, so these shrink tube labels are super expensive. I'm going to ignore that because there really isn't another solution that I am aware of that provides this kind of solution in such an elegant and clean way. I purchased the 1" labels because most of the cables that I want to label have connectors on the ends, such as Ethernet and various audio cables.I admit it. I'm OCD. I love having things organized and there is no better way to organize your cables than with these labels. I have a ton of cables in my home office. I'm also in a rock band (I use both the terms "rock" and "band" loosely). I am able to label ALL of my cables with these labels. 1/4" TS and TRS cables are a cinch. All of my Ethernet cables have been no problem so far, even ones with boots on them. (Contrary to other reviews, I believe the 1" labels will work on any Ethernet connection. Perhaps the other reviewers were using smaller labels.)What about XLR cables, you ask? What about other cables with larger connectors on the ends, you ask? I have your solution! I have terrible handwriting and didn't want to use labels that could peel off. So, I found that by using another product in conjunction with these, it is the perfect hybrid approach for larger cables!Get yourself some of these... I bought the 1/2" size to label custom network cables I ran through my walls and wires that I cut and left behind drywall.It works great for those, but I was surprised to find that it also can be stretched to fit over other connectors.I was able to stretch out the tube using two tapered chopsticks to fit over pre-made USB-C connectors and wanted to share the technique.You can easily stretch the tube using two tapered chopsticks. If you insert the think end of one chopstick in each side of the tube and slowly pull them both through, it will stretch the tube out enough to fit over a connector on a pre-made cable. I haven't tried other types of cables, but you can stretch the tube more by twisting the chopsticks as you push them through, so I expect it will work for other types of connectors as well. Hope this helps!It worked great but was way to small for the 18 guage marine wire I was using. Probably my fault as marine wire has a more robust layer of insulation. I heard it srinks down to a third of its size so Iwould order a size larger than you think. I almost did not have to shrink it at all and it would not even fit on some 16 guage marine wire. Also its squished flat for printing and I had a very hard time getting it to open up. I had to use a pick and then flaten it the other way to get on the wire.3/4 shrinks well, even on Cat 5.Does the job just so expensiveCan’t fault it if Bought for the right priceThis are really useful but are a bit pricey; use sparinglyGreat Price and exactly what I wanted, Thanks.Las etiquetas son excelentes, se imprimen claramente y ajustan bien el cable.Lo único que no me gustó fue que en horizontal solo imprime una línea cuando podrían caber 2 aún utilizando la letra más pequeña.Tenía una reseña más grande con vídeo y todo pero Amazon la rechazó así que le quité una estrella porque parece que manipulan los resultados de esta marca.
