| ▲ | demritocracy 4 hours ago | |||||||||||||
A secret I've found is use hair ties instead of rubber bands with cables, they survive long stints in the garage much better | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | somehnguy 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||
I use cable velcro ties. A big roll of them is cheap. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | 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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| ▲ | 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. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | 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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| ▲ | 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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| ▲ | nikau 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
Used bicycle tube cut into rings make the best elastic bands, they don't degrade | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | 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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