YXQ P/N B-30-1000 30AWG Tin Plated Copper Wire Wrapping Wire Cable Reel Black 305M

The media could not be loaded. Used this to secure a rubber screen to my catio last week. We've had several storm since then and this wire hasn't move at all and it's held the screen in place perfectly. It feel like it would be too flimsy, but it stays in place. Easy to cut

Works great for wire wrapping, but I found it great for use in lighting models.

I have purchased several colors and am very happy with this wire. I will probably get one more spool (green) before I call it good.I have done many 'green wire' jobs before, some on production devices, some on prototypes. I am very particular about the wire I use. When soldering dozens of wires, I don't want any frustrations along the way. This wire works for me quite well. It strips cleanly and solders easily and doesn't break when pulled (usually accidentally). The only caution I would give is that the insulation does tend to shrink when heated so solder connections should be made quickly. This is not anything to do with this particular wire. We use similar wire where I work which cost 3x as much that does the same thing.At first I was concerned that the spools really weren't 1000 ft as advertised, so I used a spool calculator and determined that it was at least possible to get over 1000 ft on the spool, given the wire size and spool dimensions. I did notice that my orange spool wasn't as full as the others and didn't seem as tightly wound as the black and white spools. I am guessing there is probably 800-1000 ft on a spool.However, depending on what you plan to do with this wire, I wouldn't be too seriously concerned about how much is on the spool. I have seen the same wire go for $30-$60 a spool. Quite frankly, one spool is likely to last me a lifetime and at <$10 that seems like a good deal to me.If your looking for this kind of hookup wire, I would certainly recommend you give this a try.

Although it shrinks a little bit while soldering, still not bad, not at all. The most important, the shell won't break off while soldering if the wire is not straight but bent over. So this PVC wire is not as perfect as true Kynar like the Jonard Tools, but good enough at much less cost.

Comparable to much more expensive wire wrap wire and is even an inexpensive substitute for 30awg enamelled magnet wire for winding coils for crystal radio projects. (Insignificant difference in insulation thickness is more than offset by ease in stripping and soldering ends...)

I'm completely pleased with this wire. I've used similar products from other manufacturers and found them to be stiff and/or brittle. No so with this wire. Insulation is PVC, so not all that heat resistant. That said, with wire so fine that there isn't a lot of heat conduction along the wire. So, using this for making bodges is perfectly acceptable. This pool is pretty large. But, when I do run out, I'll definitely be looking to buy the same thing again.

The insulation is soluble in PCB-cleaning solutions. Use at your own risk!

Copper diameter is 0.2mm, not 0.25mm, which is consistent with AWG 32 rather than AWG 30. Insulation diameter is 0.66mm, not 0.5mm. The wire is non-magnetic and silver looking, which is good at least. The bobbin it's wound on is approx. 29mm diameter x 31mm length, with winding outer diameter of approx. 68mm. Stripping both ends and hooking the whole shebang up to my inductance meter gives 49mH at 96 ohms ESR. Plugging all of this into sophisticated inductance calculator software gives a total wire length of around 190 meters, which is far short of the advertised 300 meters. The insulation itself seems like soft vinyl, not the hard Kynar PVDF I'm used to finding on standard wire wrap wire, I'm pretty sure it would char rather than melt like Kynar with an applied soldering iron. Avoid if you're looking for the real deal.