Rhino Industrial Heat-Shrink Labels 1/2" Tube Black Print on White

I cannot say enough about how much I like this product. I have several areas I use this in, for labeling a variety of cables, and it performs very well. Having the label permanently wrapped around the cable, instead of a flag, is fantastic. I do not have to worry about my labels coming off or getting snagged when I run them. The white color makes the label stand out, and easy to read. Overall, a great product with a great price point over higher-end professional label makers.

This is the best heat shrink label for the money, that you can buy. I use it regularily on 10 awg thru 20 awg control wires when I need a replacement label working on Siemens Low Voltage and up to Medium Voltage control wiring. The printer only cost me $30 at Lowe's Home Improvement, and so it hands down beats all other thermal printers on the market. It beats Panduit, Brother, Tyco, and even Brady.

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!

When shopping for heat shrink tubing, you would expect it to be specified by diameter. I have convert the "size" of tubing for the diameter I need, for example if you need 1/2 inch diameter tubing, you need: size = (pi x .5) / 2 = 0.8 "size" - might get away with 3/4 inch "size" tubes. If I knew this, I would have realized I needed the more expensive printer. To convert the other way, this 1/2 inch tube is good for cable up to... (.5 x 2) / pi = .32 inch diameter cable.

I see a lot of posts about the sizes of the tubing so I wanted to post what I've found. I used drill bits to determine the sizes. 1/4" tubing = 1/8" bit 1/2" tubing = 17/64" bit 3/4" tubing = 29/64" bit I used the largest bit that would fit without struggling or stretching to make it fit. The 1/2" is best for CAT5 or CAT6 cable. You won't be able to get the 3/4" over an RJ45 unless you stretch it. It will however still shrink down on CAT5/6 cable with more heat but that additional heat also starts to deform the shielding on the cable.

It's shrink tube that you can label for Rhino label makers. It's exactly what it says, works great and lasts forever. We use it to label audio and lighting cable for installs and sales.

The product does what it claims but way too expensive. At 1.5 inches per label you get 8 labels per foot, so maybe 40 labels per cartridge. That is nearly a dollar a label, rip off.

Worked great in my Rhino label printer for labeling my network wires (before installing the ends. I did put clear overwrap heat shrink to protect it, which I recommend.

Can’t fault it if Bought for the right price

Great item, using to mark cable ends going into some terminal rails. Only issue is there is only 1.5m on each roll. So it doesn't last very long.

Great!!!