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<blockquote data-quote="motox781" data-source="post: 907741" data-attributes="member: 35376">Correct me if I&#039;m wrong.But a cheap braided cable is just that, a cable that is wrapped with cloth/plastic. It could be of high or low quality inside. It offers very little protection, no shielding, and it could add &#039;stiffness&#039; to a cheaply made cable inside so it appears more high quality.A product where sheathing does work is armored electrical cables (Romex wrapped in metal). It is much more damage resistant.&nbsp; There are probably a thousand of other braidings/shieldings that serve a purpose, such as for either protection, EMI/RFI or foil sheilding, direct burial applications, etc.Most of the braided cables such as cheap lightening, USB, HDMI, etc. are going to be there for looks and to make a cable &#039;feel&#039; more expensive. It may offer more &#039;bending&#039; or &#039;pulling&#039; protection for a cheaply made cables.I did purchase an Amazon Basics Ethernet HDMI cable recently. It had no braiding, but was very high quality for the price. I actually returned it because it was too thick (would have required a 1&quot; hole through brick) and purchased a thinner, less quality braided cable instead since the application wasn&#039;t critical.I agree with [USER=287]@pablozi[/USER] though. Name brand over braiding for any cable. Apple, Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Amazon Basics, Belkin, etc. all make great cables, braided or not.To give another example and I&#039;ll end it here, I purchased a cheap CAT5e cable before that had no twisting inside between the pairs and was made out of stranded aluminum (definitely not CAT5e specs). It wasn&#039;t braided, but even if it was, it still wouldn&#039;t have made the cable inside any better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="motox781, post: 907741, member: 35376"] Correct me if I'm wrong. But a cheap braided cable is just that, a cable that is wrapped with cloth/plastic. It could be of high or low quality inside. It offers very little protection, no shielding, and it could [U]add 'stiffness' to a cheaply made cable inside so it appears more high quality.[/U] A product where sheathing does work is armored electrical cables (Romex wrapped in metal). It is much more damage resistant. There are probably a thousand of other braidings/shieldings that serve a purpose, such as for either protection, EMI/RFI or foil sheilding, direct burial applications, etc. Most of the braided cables such as cheap lightening, USB, HDMI, etc. are going to be there for looks and to make a cable 'feel' more expensive. It may offer more 'bending' or 'pulling' protection for a cheaply made cables. I did purchase an Amazon Basics Ethernet HDMI cable recently. It had no braiding, but was very high quality for the price. I actually returned it because it was too thick (would have required a 1" hole through brick) and purchased a thinner, less quality braided cable instead since the application wasn't critical. I agree with [USER=287]@pablozi[/USER] though. [U]Name brand over braiding for any cable.[/U] Apple, Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Amazon Basics, Belkin, etc. all make great cables, braided or not. To give another example and I'll end it here, I purchased a cheap CAT5e cable before that had no twisting inside between the pairs and was made out of stranded aluminum (definitely not CAT5e specs). It wasn't braided, but even if it was, it still wouldn't have made the cable inside any better. [/QUOTE]

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