(The photo’s not mine)
Dedicated hanging wall?
Drawer full of compartments sorted by function?
Big ole bag of cables covered in wotsits?
Edit: Okay I was looking for ideas, but you guys are all shambles.
- < 3m cables: I wrap them into a neat circle and put them in several cardboard boxes sorted by function/extension (e.g. USB-A, USB-C, Power+Kettle).
- 1 extra box for miscellaneous types (e.g. a USB-C to USB-A would go in there)
- All the boxes go into a single drawer.
- For long cables: I wrap them into large neat circles and then they all go into the same tote bag hanging under the stairs
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This is how I do it:
- I am using stackable euro container to store most of my stuff, I have one dedicated to cables.
- I have a bunch of documents zipper pouches that I use for organization in these containers, so I organized my cakes using these
- then I have a stack of Velcro cable ties to spool.the cables in the pouches.
Just keep a couple of whole reels and make the ends off at the length I need rather than keep dozens of individual lengths.
what about your USB cables?
Cable tied into loops and stuffed into a bag of shame
I neatly wrap them up securely with zip ties and stack them in a 35 gallon tote. Only to need something on the bottem of that tote two days later when the tote is in my 100 plus degree shed outside.
I seem to store all the cables I never need on a hanging wall.
And all the cables I need constantly at the bottom of a bag-for-life in the shed.I have…
The Box
I upgraded to the box but with all the cables neatly bundled with velcro, it’s still a mess.
I bought plastic bins and a label maker. They are in my closet, individually rolled as you have done, but sorted by type and stacked out of the way.
There’s no reason to have them mounted this way unless you’re constantly using them, that’s prime real estate being occupied by unused cables!
The photo’s not mine, and your method sounds similar to mine
Yeah I read that this was not your method, I’m still calling out how I think it’s crazy in the picture!
Here is what I came up with. Photo keepers that come in a storage box. They also fit 3.5inch HDD perfectly.
I am a mess in every aspect of my life and at this point, I’m just accepting it.
Used daily: desk
Used weekly: desk drawer
Used monthly: in a bag in the outside cabinet
Else: the box in the shed
Else else: dumpster
Loose in a drawer coiled in these: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2812983
Lord you’re all fancy. I just shove any I have in a cupboard and forget they exist
I use a tote bag. When it’s full, I use an other one.
Bucket
They either go into my box of cables or get thrown out
In the Drawer of Shame, as is right and proper with the Lord.
