30AWG Tinned Copper Silicone Hook Up Wire 600V Stranded Electrical Cable for DIY Electronics & Electrical Projects (Box-1)

I got this wire because the 40 year old solid core 30ga wire-wrap wire I had on hand was not suitable to use for hacking my Kindle. It. broke. too. easily. Plus, the only color I had was yellow. tl;dr: I am not disappointed once I made a few adjustments. I have stripped a couple of these wires using my 40 year old wire-wrap wire stripper. The last image will hopefully show that, yes indeed, this is 30gs stranded wire. I suspect they drew the wire through a mosquito's mouth. I could not find anything online today that even vaguely resembles my stripper. I did not look only on Amazon. I looked online. In spite of having gazillions of products, Amazon doesn't have everything. My one-stop shopping experience has been irrevocably ruined! Gee, thanks Amazon. You can see the stripper I use in the last picture I've posted with this review. 40 years ago it was the most expensive tool I owned. I do, though I've not tested it, have a wire-wrap tool very similar to this JDV Products HSR30 Tool, Wire, Wrap/Unwrap Strip, Regular with which I have successfully stripped 30ga solid core wire in the past. OK, the way way past. Pros: - The wire is stranded and very flexible. It almost couldn't be more flexible if it was thread. Pleased and impressed by this. - It came in a decently designed, functional, and sturdy box. For storage and dispensing I cannot stress how helpful this is and will be. - The box has a cross dowel that keeps the reels of wire off the bottom of the box allowing for easier dispensing without binding. - There are holes for the wire to come out. You don't have to take the reel out of the box. Cons: - The picture lies! The holes for the wires to come out are not in the bottom third of the box. They're in the top third. Facts are important!bought. eople! 9-) - While the box the reels of wire came in is designed to use to dispense the wire, there is nothing to provide tension during the dispensing of the wire. Obviously too much tension will stretch or break the wire which would not be helpful. A thin bit of foam rubber on the underside of the lis which closes down on the reels might do the trick. Alas, I'm stuck trying a different approach. To fix the tension issue, to help keep the wires from becoming too loose on their respective reels, and to help chaperone the wires to stay one only their own reels I did two things. First, I glued a strip of VELCRO Brand One Wrap Thin Ties, Black, 8 x 1/2-Inch, 100 Count (91140) , hook-side to the box. A second strip, just a tad longer, covers hooks to the glued strip thereby holding the wires flush to the box. Second, I cut the corner off a bit of cardboard and placed it between the back of the box and the wire reels. A picture is provided to help those, like me, who have impaired imaginations. Note, the bend of the corner is in the middle. My hope is that this cardboard insert will suffice in providing enough tension; however, of course, not too much tension.

Nice thin wire for a haunted house project I recently 3d printed. I decided to run thin wire up the lamp pole and this 30AWG was the perfect solution. The wire is very flexible with a good coating on it. I like the box it comes in too, it's easy to store and pull wire when you need it.

I use this gauge (gage) wire for electronic projects for my model railroad. It has good electrical characteristics, the silicon insulation is suited to the wire and strips easily. Pre-tinning makes soldering a joy. I am very happy with it and when it is used up, I'll purchase more. I gave it 5 stars for the wire itself. The box is another matter but it doesn't harm the wire's rating. They should put "Assembly Required" in their advertising. You must remove each spool to undo the knot placed on the wire to hold them together after being wound. I wound up removing all the spools at once. I wish I had thought of securing each spool with tape as another reviewer suggests. DUH. Then you must thread each wire through its hole in the box- not difficult but it is tedious. Don't forget to remove the punched out shard that's in the way. Kind of like Florida elections gone by. If you want to use the exit holes that don't get covered up by the box flap, those are the wrong color and don't match the wire colors. If you use the correctly colored holes, you will have to raise the box flap for each use. Doing this, after adding additional cardboard under the box lid to "tension" the spools as that same reviewer suggests. Of course raising the flap takes all "tension" off of the spools and exposes the open box and spools inviting tangles galore. It's not quantum science, but it could be a project. BTW, what in the world are the two supplied zip-ties for? Thanks for letting me rant. I like the wire a lot.

I needed a fine thin flexible wire to repair broken wires in a Buzz Lightyear toy. There were 2 bonded wires in the wings which retract. Both sides failed in the same manner. After arduous task of splitting wing tips apart (solvent welded, it seems), I was able to run new wires, and solder them. The silicone was a bit thicker than I was hoping for, but it worked out for me. This seems like nice wire. The insulation stripped cleanly with just two light cuts on opposing sides and a tug. It's nice a flexible. It soldered very well. I recommend it. My only noteable potential negative is insulation was a bit thick for 30AWG, in terms of fitting within small projects. I definitely recommend it. I wish it had included white color in with red, green, black, instead of sky blue, but that's a preference thing, for sure. Useful cardboard box for dispensing and organizing. Buzz has lasted 2 weeks now. Hope he continues to fair well.

This wire is prefect for making low voltage connections on PCBs. Some folks may see the extreme flexibility as a downside, but for me it's a HUGE advantage when doing rework where I sometimes have to route the wire around or through obstacles. Strips well with a tool or even just a razor blade. The heat resistance is excellent, and the tin plating makes it wick solder like a dream. The quantity per roll is pretty generous for the price and the dispenser box makes it easy to keep your wire tangle free and organized. (I use a rubber band around the box to hold the ends in place so they don't back-roll) Out of all the components/soldering supplies I've bought from Amazon, this is the one I'm the happiest with by far.

When I received the product I was a skeptical at first because the insulation was rubbery and I thought it might be difficult to work with. Turns out it's very easy to work with and perfect for my application of model railroad signal wiring under the layout. The insulation is very easy to strip - I just roll it on a flat surface while a #11 hobby knife blade lightly digs into the insulation to make a cut around the circumference (don't cut too hard - don't want to cut any of the very fine wires inside). Then the insulation can easily be pulled off with my fingernails.

This is good quality silicone high strand count wire, and plenty of it. My only complaint is that the 30awg is the same thickness as the 28awg. The wire inside is smaller but the silicone is thicker, so they're both 1.2mm external. Why would anyone buy 30awg if the capabilities are lower, but it still is just as big as the version that has more wire inside?

There are no down sides to this incredible wire. It is 9 strands of human hair fine wire. It is super flexible, and the insulation is unharmed by heat from soldering. It is very strong, yet strips perfectly just using a finger nail. No ragged edges and no damaged finger nail. Try that with any other wire. I have been looking for a wire like this for a product I make, and up until I found this wire my product was a disaster to wire together with what is commonly available. This stuff tins very well. It is excellent for soldered board to board flexible connections, which my product has. It has extremely good resistance against flexing and breaking, so common with other wires. It holds up very well under flexing. In a nut shell this wire is the answer to every problem I have had with b2b flexible soldered connections. I would say this wire is the cream of the crop of all 30 ga wires. I could never imagine trying to use what is offered in the 30 ga hookup arena ever again. The designers of wire hit on the ultimate in wire design!