6 Reasons Why Protective Sleeves Are Best For Shore Power Cords

Owners of private and commercial vessels whether companies or individual entities are largely falling back on protective lay flat sleeves for their shore power cords, water hoses, outriggers etc. especially when the ship is being serviced, hauled or painted.

These sleeves are basically a long roll of lay-flat tubular bag of width varying anywhere from 3” to over 50” through which respective cords / hoses can be passed and secured at both ends. These options are made of very sturdy water resistant materials that can last through months if not a couple of years or more.   

In fact, certain users of these protective sleeves (also known as line bags) have mentioned that the former often outperform marine shrink wraps in many ways than one. Here are 6 good reasons why protective sleeves are best for ships

• Using protective sleeves is very easy – Using protective sleeves / line bags is as easy as cutting out the required length of sleeve from the roll, slipping it through the cavity and securing it at both ends. Removing the sleeves is just as easy as well.

• Protective sleeves can be used over and over again – This is yet another advantage of protective sleeves mostly against any other marine cord protection solutions. These options can be removed easily when necessary and slipped on again as many times as required.

• Preventing damages is easy with protective line bags – Line bags are usually made with very high quality materials that ensure offering complete air tight protection from water and other corrosive agents that can compromise the quality of the cords / hoses / parts at sea.

• They are easily available – There a number of companies that manufacture very high quality protective sleeves for marine cord protection and they can be approached very easily as well. Therefore, availability is never an issue.

• High quality providers also allow the advantage of advertising your logo in the sleeves – Very high quality providers also offer the benefit of adding company logos to the sleeves to customize it with respect to client requirement.

• Cost effective – Last but not the least, as has been stated by a long list of users, protective sleeves or line bags are very cost effective mostly because they are very durable and can be exposed to repeat usage.

Line bags have also gained popularity for being instrumental in protecting polished decks and marine bottom paints from scratches and peeling which is often caused by naked hoses / wires hanging loosely from the edges.