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🧡 Adafruit Stainless Medium Conductive Thread - A Durable 3-Ply Solution - 18m/60ft Review

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Details

MaterialPolyester
BrandAdafruit
Item Dimensions LxWxH2.76 x 1.77 x 0.79 inches

Description of 🧡 Adafruit Stainless Medium Conductive Thread - A Durable 3-Ply Solution - 18m/60ft

Adafruit product 641. Ideal for any wearable/e-textile project. It also has fairly low resistivity, 10 ohms per foot so you can use it to drive LEDs and other electronic components that use under 100mA. Because it is made of stainless steel fiber, it will not oxidize like silver does: your projects will not 'stop working' Because of oxidation after a few months and its safe to wash. Comes in a small metal (or plastic) bobbin with 18 meters/60 feet wound on.

Reviews

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best I've found so far, but a bit finicky to work with.

This material is not as easy to process as we would like. Therefore, the thread can break and stretch more than standard thread. But it conducts best and makes the most reliable shifts for anything I've used with wired shifts.

Pros
  • Availability
Cons
  • Not everything fits

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not easy to work with

The thread is not as thin as we would like. I tried sewing a pattern onto the fingers of some of the gloves I had but it looked like I was working with very thin string, it wouldn't even tie when I tried to make a simple cross. Perhaps this item has a more convenient use, but unfortunately not for the manufacture of conductive gloves.

Pros
  • There's something to it
Cons
  • High price

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Not bad, but not Cureall

Difficult to sew. Worked poorly on yarn gloves. The piece sewn on ended up on the sides of the gloves with everything I did and ended up untied. It is best to sew on a separate piece of fabric so that the fabric does not show through, and then attach this fabric. to gloves with ordinary yarn. Otherwise you just lose the thread.

Pros
  • Fingers crossed
Cons
  • About

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great anti-static theme!

I love this thing! I've used it to sew some anti-static wristbands because I suffer from severe static shock in dry weather. I've threaded it through the cuff of my leotard a few times, leaving dangling ends where I tied knots. It works! I'm very happy because I've had this problem for ages and now I've finally found a solution. I can even pet my dog in the middle of winter without killing him anymore!

Pros
  • Supplied in a small metal (or plastic) spool with 18m/60ft turns.
Cons
  • Expensive

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not what I needed

VERY strong but flexible thread. Difficult to cut with scissors but seems to work on a sewing machine. I don't think it will scratch the phone screen. But the color is NOT silver. It's more of a dark gray metallic, similar to the finish on some "stainless steel" fridges, which aren't actually stainless steel, but some other material that doesn't leave fingerprints. On a white background, it looks almost black. This is the thickness of normal sewing thread.

Pros
  • Perfect for any wearable electronics or e-textile project. It also has a relatively low resistivity of 10 ohms per foot, so you can use it to drive LEDs and other electronic components that draw less than 100mA.
Cons
  • Ugly packaging

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Easy to use, works with leather gloves

I have 0 sewing skills but I had no problem taking a needle and wrapping this thread around the fingertips of my motorcycle leather gloves. Now I can use my phone without taking off my gloves. Pro Tip (or Amateur): Turn glove inside out, sew 5-8 threads across where fingertip will be - you don't need a large area so your phone input will still be accurate (about 1/ 8 feet to 1/4 inch in each direction), then tie the ends of the string together and allow the string to dangle (approx. Good luck!

Pros
  • Because it's made of stainless steel fibers, it won't oxidize like silver: your projects won't "stop working" after a few months from oxidation, and it's washable.
Cons
  • boring wrapping