NormB
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2025
Just have to get the hang of applying the labels on the cable. Be careful to leave a little space between the FAT end and the cable so the THIN end can wrap around the cable and you can FOLD the fat ends together without creasing the fat ends. Also gotta remember to let the ink dry BEFORE trying to put it on the cable else the ink will smear on the plastic coating of the label.
truri
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2024
I tried many cheaper substitutes, such as colored tape. But eventually I bought 100 of these for $43, and they have worked for years.+ Fit just about any cable thickness (not 120 volts of course)+ Make it instantly possible to tell if I have the correct cable type. (Except in low light at night.)+ Never fall off. They can be removed and put onto a different cable.+ Blue for USB-C, Green for Apple phone cable, Orange for USB-trapezoid, etc.- I tried putting paper labels inside, but they were not very legible and I gave up.- On thinner cables, they slide along the cable, which is annoying.- Several colors I have no use for. I will have to "double up" colors, since I am now running low on blue ones.Subtract one * for the minor problems, and the high price.
LynGC
Reviewed in Australia on November 5, 2023
Very handy for labelling cables
Amanda B.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2020
These are even better than I expected. I've messed around with hand-made paper cable-tags for years,but these are a leap forward ! Love the twinningof colours for both ends of any cable and the ability to switch the ID I write inside them if ever I might want to. Good size and feel very durable too.
R. Reber
Reviewed in Canada on August 1, 2019
When you have a huge nest of cables, like we do, these are very useful. We have many consoles and things all connected to our tv and these make it much easier to know what’s what.
DP
Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2019
These are GREAT. This gives me a semi-permanent way of adding labels to my cords in a very standardized fashion. This will fit up to a slim-medium 14ga cord. Medium and thicker 14 ga cords (like on power bars) will be a tight squeeze (if it fits at all).This gives me a nice, smooth surface to attach a label (I use 1/2" label maker) to clearly identify my cords.
Paco May
Reviewed in Mexico on September 5, 2018
Super funcional, fácil de identificar tus cables, además que llego en tiempo y forma. Muchas gracias.
Raven
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2017
I own a lot of electronics. Probably too many. But I'm a geek and I love my tech toys. I LOVE these little items. I no longer have to play "let's see what goes out when I unplug this cable" when I'm trying to power cycle an electronic device that is acting up or when I need to relocate a device to a different area of my home. I am so happy with how easy to install these were and how easily read the labels inside each clip was. Having the colored dots to also help identify things was just that little bit of icing on the cake. Now I can easily tell which is the power cord to my PS3, PS4 or XBox One. I no longer have to guess at which cable is which for the multi-monitor setup for my gaming PC...as I've got them all easily labeled and color coded as well.It's one of those things that 99% of the time, most people will likely never need to worry about...but that 1% of the time you have to deal with figuring out which cable goes where...you'll be patting yourself on the back for ordering these simple, effective and quite brilliant little pieces of plastic goodness. I honestly wish now I'd have opted for the 100-pack instead of the 12-pack.I've included pics as an example. At my computer desk, I have multiple devices plugged in to a power strip. The strip itself resides in a recessed area under the main part of the desk, above a drawer. The strip is as far forward as it will reach. Without the ID tags, I was stuck having to reach back and grab something, unplug it and then check and see what doesn't have power. Thanks to a color coded dot on each device I can know that if I need to unplug my 3rd monitor, it's the green plug. The 1st one is the yellow plug, etc. It's so much more convenient now to deal with my cables.Pros -Simple to use...just use a fingernail (or dime/etc. if you have short nails) to pop it open. Write down device name on the included labels. Push labels into clip with ya fingernail or a closed pen or something. Snap the clip shut around cable. That's it. Takes all of 30 seconds per cable including the time writing on the labels. You can optionally (I'd recommend it if they're in locations that make it hard to read the labels) put the (included) small color coded dots on the devices themselves. I personally put the dots along the top of TV's/monitors & sides of other things to make it easy to glance over and see what color is connected to it.Makes identifying cables a breeze.Cons -The ONLY con I can see is one of personal preference...I simply wish they had about double the amount of colors available to make it that much easier to identify things if you have a large power strip and such. But seriously, these things are awesome, even with just the 6 colors available.
R Whittaker
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2016
The Cord IDs are a major time saver and stress remover for me before an event setup.I have a portable sever that 8 people connect to via 16 USB cables (8 mice, 8 keyboards) and 8 video cards. This takes a combination of USB extension and video extension cables and USB hubs. I take this server to events and need to setup before the event begins. Each USB and video cable MUST go back in the exact same port. You can imagine the challenge especially under a time constraint. With the cord IDs I simply match the "circle number" with the matched cable ending number making event setup a snap.While it doesn't really matter what colors you use, I made all video cables blue, all USB orange. If I had more time, I could've color coded tables.Even if this 8 person direct connection server never moved, I would be glad to use the Dotz Cord ID just to make maintenance easier.I would be very glad to order this again.TIP: After doing over 50 of these, I got the hang of it. Just lay the label in the display side and put the cable over the label and close the lid, letting the cable do the work.THIN CABLES?: For thin cables, like audio out, you may need to tape the label or do what I did and simply wad up a few bits of paper which pushes against the wire and label holding it in place. Another solution would be to snake a small cable inside the plastic ID cord. You could also run another wire (cut just for this purpose) inside the plastic ID cord to fill up the space.The picture is during the event. For clarity, I'll try to update the picture before the event begins, with normal lighting.