It's the one with the spare cables in it is how it's organized. I think there's an old clock, an airbrush and a couple long expired sectional charts in there.
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I joined the conversation only to post this question. To it, you beat me
I may be dull, but I'm certainly not organized or motivated!
Toiletpaper-rolls works 👍
Oh, that is brilliant!
no brilliant, only dull
Right, sorry, I got carried away.
Which this solution is. No excitement or other problems. Just grab a cable and off you go.
This is very clever.
That's a great hack. Reduces the cleanup of having them zip tied together too. Grab and go
What did you do with all that toilet paper, though?
Shit on it
Why you need so many though?
It just feels wrong to throw away cables...
You'll make the bidet people cry
You can use a bidet to keep the cables in, too
That's a great idea, plus you can label them on the outside of the roll!
I mostly use assorted small cardboard boxes – usually from computer peripherals.
For those that haven't yet discovered them, reusable cable ties exist. They make keeping cables properly coiled a lot easier. No more rat kings!
Organize?
I used to have a big plastic tub that I just tossed all the cables into. After a few years, it was literally all one piece; no matter where you pulled, the entire thing would come out. It took 5 minutes of untangling to get anything out. My brother called it an abomination.
I bag each type separately, as you do. I have fewer audio cables, so they are also bagged in the same bin, quarter and eighth inch phone cables separately. No Apple stuff. Extras like DE9 serial and MIDI cables. IEC power cables are in the bin, extension cords coiled, hanging from the basement ceiling.
Are you kidding me? I have 21 drawers of cables and bs.
(Not all of these are filled / bottom right are empty)
I was about to ask if you could show off some of your assorted cables, then I couldn't stop thinking of Professor Farnsworth
Prof. Farnsworth: Let me show you around. That’s my lab table and this is my work-stool. And over there is my intergalactic spaceship! And here’s where I keep assorted lengths of wire.
Fry: Whoa! A real live spaceship!
Prof. Farnsworth: I designed it myself. Let me show you some of the different lengths of wire I used.
Wait, you're supposed to organize your spare cables??
Organize?
Mine is a cable storage tub, but same way. Baggies.
There is no better way. Any more structure, like hooks or dividers, reduces the usable storage space.
Label your ziplocs and call it a day.
Rubber band everything and throw them in a series of different drawers of varying sizes with a vague organizational scheme
Mine are just chucked in with no organisation whatsoever. If I want a cable I have to search the entire box and untangle it from all the other cables.
Or buy one then realise you already have several in that tangled mess.
I just get a big ziplock and stuff cables in it till its full and get a new one.
I just go through looking for a cable by going "hmm would this be a 2015-2020 cable or a 2010-2015 cable?"
My system is undoubtedly flawed, but it works well enough to not fix it.
Ponytail hair rubber bands. soft on the cables, reusable, cheap...
It's a box. It's full of cables.
velcro ties, in fabric grocery bags
I have all the "USB-A to ?" cables rubber banded together at the opposite end. That way I can find the non USBA side that I need quickly.
I only keep one spare of each type.
I use cable ties to keep them coiled
Loose in box that u have to go digging through to find anything. Its the technological version of a rat king. I did go through it lat week and threw out 90% of the shit. I found cables I didn't even know existed.
Its kinda a useless box now since the only 3 cables I need in my life are USBC HDMI and power.
Just wait. In 3 days you're going to need that null modem cable and it's going to ruin you.