BNTECHGO 22 Gauge Silicone Wire Spool 50 ft White Flexible 22 AWG Stranded Tinned Copper Wire

This 22 AWG (gauge) silicone insulated wire is excellent for indoor or protected environments where high flexibility/lack of stiffness, and non-melting (or at least melt resistant) insulation is required. The conductors are a 'high strand count" type, meaning that instead of being comprised of just a few larger/thicker strands, it is instead comprised of a much greater number of smaller/thinner strands; and this contributes to its lack of stiffness/great flexibility. The other contributing factor to the high flexibility is that the insulation is silicone rubber, rather than the more common PVC (which is rather stiff). This kind of high strand count, silicone rubber insulated wire is exactly what high quality test equipment 'test leads' have been made of for decades. The silicone rubber is also much less heat sensitive than more common insulations such as PVC or "machine tool wire". It won't melt off as readily as PVC insulation does if your soldering iron needs to be held onto a joint or terminal for an extended period of time. The fine wire strands are also nicely tinned, and the insulation strips off easily and cleanly, and the stranded wire solders easily. It is a good quality product at an affordable price. HOWEVER, it is not the best choice for many common "hook up wire" applications, since its lack of stiffness can be an issue; the strands definitely need to be twisted and soldered in order to keep their shape enough to be formed into a hook before soldering around a terminal for example. This wire also does not want to cooperate if you want to twist a few of them together, because their limpness makes them uncooperative in that regard. And if you use this wire in "hook up wire" applications, it wants to just flop into some odd position rather than 'staying put' where you want it to be. Silicone rubber insulation is also not that great when it comes to abrasion resistance, and resistance to some kinds of oils and such where other insulations may be preferable.

Good quality wire. Much better than typical PVC wire. It strips very easily and cleanly and because the insulation is silicone rubber, it doesn’t melt when soldering or deform when using heat-shrink. Very flexible and easy to work with. I use it for wiring the electronics when building or modifying electric guitars and use four different colors – black for ground, white for hot, and gray and red for jumpers. Very happy with this wire. Tiny zip-ties help to keep the wires organized and where you want them.

Using this to build a 2M cubic quad antenna (KK6USY) details on YT channel. The wire is easy to work with and it conforms to the corners well. Perfect choice of wire for this. Lots left over for additional elements if I increase the beam length. I'm sure I will use it for other wiring projects. Solders very well. Very respectable brand.

Appears to be flexible and heat resistant for replacing an open harness wire leading from the IAT/MAF sensor to the ECM connector (ODBII Code). Detected open in the harness but not able to locate. Therefore, I chose to run and splice in a new wire using heat shrinkable butt crimp connectors. This wire seems to be a good match to the type of wires used in the harness if not better. I used friction tape to wrap the new wire around the existing harness. Worked great. Repair done.

This stuff is great. Very flexible and easy to work with. There is really nothing to complain about.

I used it to wire things.

I bought three different gauges (18, 20, & 22) to use for making custom computer power wires, and it worked great. This is a good price for tinned copper wire of this length and with a silicone jacket, and IIRC there weren't even many options when I was looking. The silicone really makes it extremely flexible, which I learned after I bought it that is typically NOT what you want when doing custom cabling, as wires need to be stiff to hold their positions, but it's exactly what I needed for the project. The other caveats with silicone insulation for such a project are that it's harder to push terminals into connectors, since the flexibility causes the wire to bend, and you can't melt sleeving or heatshrink to it like you can with normal insulation, but obviously this isn't an issue with the wire, just something to keep in mind if you're looking to use it for that. It wasn't a problem for me, as ideally you should melt/shrink it to the terminal, which is what I did. Also, for anyone looking to use it for what I did, I got the smaller gauges (higher numbers) because I was daisy-chaining SATA power connectors together, meaning I had to crimp two wires to each terminal, and they're tiny. The 18 AWG wire was still plenty small for that, and of course allows for more current, which I needed, so I didn't need the smaller wires. Still, it's nice to have them, and if I decide to make a fan extension I'll use one of them for that.

Silicone jacket is very supple, perfect for a wire antenna. Tuned it up for a 20m end fed and it worked wonderfully running 100w SSB. Yellow color is bright and true to the pics. Easily tied into a knot at the insulator or UnUn as a stress relief before connecting to the terminal. A little slick and can slip but a double knot fixes that. Price is right, performance is great. Copper tends to stretch in permanent installs, regardless I'd happily use this in black for a stealth antenna at home and retune if/when needed. Had it high and taught with the high-end knotted and taped to my 40' Spiderbeam mast last weekend. No problems at all. Really happy with it for my portable operating.

One never knows what quality a product will be until received and used.I was happily surprised at the quality of this wire.At first, I was a little surprised at how physically small the spools are, since all my other spools are literally 3 times larger.So, I measured the wire ton confirm that the spools actually hole 25 feet. THEY DO!I really like the feel and flexibility of this silicone sheath. It's nice to work with and removing silicone to bare the wires was really easy and didn't take any strands with it.About the strands, it turns out, there really are 60 strands!I like this wire so much that I just ordered 2 more kits of 7 colors, 25' (so 7 colors, 50')I do recommend this wire.

Good quality wire, lovely stuff.

The best cable

I've wired a few guitars with push-back solid core (great stuff!), and with regular plastic-coated stranded wire (caca), but had never heard of silicone coated wire. Well, it's a game changer because it's very flexible, super easy to strip, and DOES NOT BURN! That means your solder joints don't get contaminated, so your work stays shiny and clean, no cold joints. Love it.

good wire