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I've been using Hansen Hobbies for years for both FRC and personal. You really can't do much better for hoods, pins, pwm wire than that. His shipping time is pretty quick, but, its shipped US Postal, but I think the longest it ever took me to get an order in hand was like a week.

We've been using Zip-Cord from McMasterCarr for the last few seasons. It easy to use, keeps things neater. I recommend it.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#zip-cords/=k8h0j1

Re: Higher Quality Wire/Connectors
 

+1 for Hansen hobbies PWM. Great prices, fast service, quality product.

Powerpole connectors are also great. They can be connected together to form large plugs, allowing you to easily connect/disconnect a large series of wires at once, without having to worry about plugging them back in correctly.

For wire, the ultimate in flexibility is Dean's Wet Noodle wire. Pricey, but makes a world of difference, particularly in wire runs you expect to flex during operation. http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0C-WSD01B.html

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We've had the materials to make our own for a while now. We use the following parts from Molex: 16-02-0102 (female pins), 50-57-9003 (1x3 housings). Add to that your favorite 22-24 gauge wire and your set! There's a crimp tool to go with the pins that we really should get one of these days... we've been soldering them into the crimps and it's worked fine so far.

We've found that the PWM cables in the KoP are generally enough to handle the cases where we need the full cable (both male and female ends). We always have encoders, limit switches, potentiometers, or other sensors on the robot that only need the female end in order to plug in. We got really tired of cutting so many PWM cables in half!

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Hansen Hobbies is great and they're significantly cheaper than anywhere else I've found (at least when I checked a few years ago). We use the economy wire and economy crimping tool. I will admit it takes some practice to master the economy crimping tool, but it works pretty well.

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Another +1 for Hansen Hobbies from us as well, can't say its been more than 5 days or so for delivery from ordering.