Like most computer geeky types, I have accumulated a large number of cables over the years - HDMI, PCI, ethernet, USB, WHY. Storing them all without tangling is a PITA. I have all the ethernet patch eads rolled up and secured with removable cable ties, but that makes them all curly when you come to use them. So ... does anyone have a recommendation for a storage solution?
I'd have thought weighing them in when you moved house would have been a start!
It's a disease, I saw a 20m ATM/E3 dual coax cable being chucked last week and wondered if I might ever need it. I've been trying to weedle my collection down, any ethernet cable that wasn't snagless got the chop, as did numerous schuko/nema mains leads. I vaguely sorted them into usb, mains, network, ribbon, fibre and serial heaps, at last count I had a dozen of those pale blue cisco console cables, when did anyone last use a laplink cable?
But I've lost the will and they'll probably all end-up back in the three
50l boxes until "later" ...
There was a considerable winnowing.
It is. I find my resolve only lasts about 30 minutes or so, then I'm back to keeping shit "just in case".
Hooks are the best way to store cable with minimum coiling. Depending on length, obviously. Perhaps on a wall in an outbuilding?
I use these swiped from our kitchen supplies.
Other sizes and other suppliers are available but the Lakeland ones are reasonably robust for reuse, and the write on part is useful to identify the cable or what the wall wart is for. The individual items in their bags are then stored in a couple of drawers one inside and one outside in the shed depending on how frequently it is used.
G.Harman
For interconnects of 2m or shorter I have a series of those things that you screw to the wall to hold cables. They have two prongs and the plug sits between them with the cable hanging down. Each one hold about six cables.
Bill
Used to have something similar at work, what are they called?
I have a few plywood panels with a row of the smallest size Terry clip butted together. For 3m cables I clip each end into a clip.
Hang them from the bannisters if you have a staircase impressive enough.
Owain
I have a set of hanging brackets, bought from Tchibo about 10 years ago, that slip over the top of a door. Intended for hanging clothes but because there are two hooks 4 inches apart, it adorns the back of my 'office' and has a collection of cables hanging loose.
No staircase in this house.
I have some strips of MDF with slots in them fixed to the wall behind the door in my study and use these for hanging cables.
That's essentially what my DIY MDF ones are (see my other comment).
Or this ...
+1
I simply bought one of those strips of coat hooks from a shed. Didn't even consider making one.
Oh, that's *brilliant*!
How do you get upstairs?
Bill
Vegetable boxes/trays from supermarkets.
NT
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The bin. You'll /never/ use them. BTDTGTTS.
When you need one, get it for pennies off fleabay.
Trust me, as an ex-hoarder. You'll feel better for it.
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I feel your pain. The only answer is cold turkey.
We're all rooting for you, brother.
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