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| ▲ | somehnguy 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I use cable velcro ties. A big roll of them is cheap. |
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| ▲ | ssl-3 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I double the cables over until they're short enough, and then tie them into a loose half knot. No fasteners to wish for, or to fail. Both ends of every cable are always next to each other for identification at a glance. Different cables cannot tangle with each other in a box. There are no axial twists imparted into the cable. (Stage hands hate this technique, but this isn't stagecraft.) |
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| ▲ | demritocracy 43 minutes ago | parent [-] | | another benefit of the hair tie method is when you go to use the cable, you can take as much length as you need from either end, then bunch/coil 'n wrap the rest with the hair tie. You have given me a lot to think about though, I'm always looking for ways to improve my cable storage techniques |
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| ▲ | tom_alexander 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I use twine for the same reason. Dirt cheap. Lasts forever. Doesn't leave residue on your cables. The downside is I end up cutting the twine when I need to use the cable but a couple inches of twine in insignificant. |
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| ▲ | bsoles 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I routinely steal my wife's hairbands to tie various cables in my cable stash. You can never have enough USB cables of various types. But as Murphy dictates, the USB cable that I need now is one that I don't have in my stash. |
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| ▲ | demritocracy 41 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | I started with the wife's stash, then bough a few thousand in bulk so i would never have to worry about it again | |
| ▲ | raphar 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | you'll die violently if she find out you are behind the dissapearance of her hairbands. (At least that would happen to me) |
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| ▲ | ChoGGi 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Garden stores/sections sell circles of green Velcro you can cut; I figure of it's good enough for UV then it'll work in a box. As a bonus, you don't need to raid her hairbands. |
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| ▲ | mauvehaus 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Bike shops have yards of that stuff in the late winter/early spring. At least Trek shops do, dunno about others. Trek uses it to tie stuff onto the frame in the box to keep it all from rattling around. | |
| ▲ | homeonthemtn 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Ooooooo...... I hadn't thought of this. Thank you! |
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| ▲ | nikau 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Used bicycle tube cut into rings make the best elastic bands, they don't degrade |
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| ▲ | krupan 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Bread ties are good too. Sometimes they're too short, but you can twist a few together |
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| ▲ | dredmorbius 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | There are similar long coated-wire ties used for gardening. Zip-ties, velcro, and twine (all suggested previously) also work well. |
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