Braid comparisons
I'll come clean at the start and say I've something of a fetish for braiding cables. Not that I'm averse to a nicely executed pre braided cable you understand, it's just that I find braiding very therapeutic, almost cathartic.
Over the years I've used many types of braid from many retailers so thought i would start a bit of a comparison going. The aim is to openly share the various attributes of different braids.
If I like a braid, I'll say so, however of course if it's not from OCUK forum rules will prevent from saying where from, but as there is no intention fot criticism if I don't think it's any good I'll say why I don't, but not where it came from. The aim is not to name and shame.
Please feel free to add in your own braid.
First up are a couple of examples of braid that I've used.
braid 1 anonymous
quite an open mesh, of a single strand weave. Not very dense and does not mask out the colour of the cables well unless they are also black.
In Black
Yellow
Blue
braid 2 anonymous
Reasonably dense triple strand weave although some penetration of cable colour was still exident when used. On this picture you can clearly see the white cloth penetrating through in places, although nothing like as bad as No.1
Black
White
Braid 3 retailer removed by G-Dubs Dense weave braid
Like Braid 2 this is a triple strand weave, however here the density of the weave is much greater. The picture below does not show penetration of white from the cloth below. This is currently my braid of choice.
Black
White
I'll come clean at the start and say I've something of a fetish for braiding cables. Not that I'm averse to a nicely executed pre braided cable you understand, it's just that I find braiding very therapeutic, almost cathartic.
Over the years I've used many types of braid from many retailers so thought i would start a bit of a comparison going. The aim is to openly share the various attributes of different braids.
If I like a braid, I'll say so, however of course if it's not from OCUK forum rules will prevent from saying where from, but as there is no intention fot criticism if I don't think it's any good I'll say why I don't, but not where it came from. The aim is not to name and shame.
Please feel free to add in your own braid.
First up are a couple of examples of braid that I've used.
braid 1 anonymous
quite an open mesh, of a single strand weave. Not very dense and does not mask out the colour of the cables well unless they are also black.
In Black
Yellow
Blue
braid 2 anonymous
Reasonably dense triple strand weave although some penetration of cable colour was still exident when used. On this picture you can clearly see the white cloth penetrating through in places, although nothing like as bad as No.1
Black
White
Braid 3 retailer removed by G-Dubs Dense weave braid
Like Braid 2 this is a triple strand weave, however here the density of the weave is much greater. The picture below does not show penetration of white from the cloth below. This is currently my braid of choice.
Black
White
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