> Everyone here is recommending solid (single stranded) wire. Why is
> that?

Experience :-)..
Overall multistrand tends to be much harder for use with vero.
You can suit the wire size used to the required stiffness.
Multi strand wire tends to lead to spread strands and intertrack solder 
bridges.
The stiffness can be used to "set" the wires into a desired position leading 
to a neater layout.

I have used both. and strander has some advantages, but I'd usually use 
single strand.

MA's suggestion of wire-wrap wire bears looking at. This is VERY thin wire, 
usually silver plated, under a tenacious insulation layer. You can get PTFE 
insulated or "Kynar" - a PTFE relataive. You can wrap Kynar around a hot 
solderig iron tip and it just looks unhappy but largely ignores the iron. 
Kynar is very tricky to strip - you need a sharp edge and some practice. 
Broken wires while strippong are the initial norm. Despote this Kynar 
insulated WW wire is often an excellent choice for solder breadboarding. Not 
too good for plug in breadboards due to small size.
.
   Russell

> I always thought it was stiffer and harder to work with...

Yes, often.
No.


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