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(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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[–] doopen@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

very neat little clip!

[–] GoddessGundy@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

I am a mess in every aspect of my life and at this point, I'm just accepting it.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

1000056998

This is how I do it:

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

Very clean! I really like the neatness of the zipper pouches

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] d41@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

I upgraded to the box but with all the cables neatly bundled with velcro, it's still a mess.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Here is what I came up with. Photo keepers that come in a storage box. They also fit 3.5inch HDD perfectly.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

Very nice as well! I fear you might struggle with bulkier kettle cables, but this looks very organized for smaller cables

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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!

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The photo's not mine, and your method sounds similar to mine

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Yeah I read that this was not your method, I'm still calling out how I think it's crazy in the picture!

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

In a pile under the desk

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think I'm a bit slacker at home, but with other people's cables, especially at places I anticipate working at again. They get:

  1. Grouped into like types
  2. measured, and the length is written on masking tape
  3. Rolled under/over into equally sized loops
  4. tied off in two to three places. Ideally with reusable velcro cable ties, but if unavailable, twisty ties, or masking tape.

The trick with masking tape (or any other tape as a cable tie) is to go round backwards once (so the sticky side does not touch the cable), until it sticks to itself backwards, then fold it back and go round "the normal way", then once you're fully round the normal way, you fold the end over into a little "quick release tab". You can write a label on it, you can open it easily, it stays stuck to itself, so doesn't come off, it doesn't leave sticky residue all over (y)our cables.

Sometimes the cables are all stored in once place. Sometimes they're stored with a relevant object (I.e. a HDMI cable with a TV or Projector). The box of the object will be labelled to say if it contains such a cable.

I don't control their end destination, so that's someone else's task.

At home they'd just go into boxes, separated for power leads, USB leads, AV leads, misc, misc 2, "old", "stuff"and "things".

[Edit] Also, your tool and cable wall is beautiful. That's what mine is meant to look like :)

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That photo is not mine, I was just looking for an example so that people would know what I'm talking about

I like that you have the length of wire written on the wire, that's a cool tip! I don't use tape, I just fold the cables in on themselves if that makes sense, but I appreciate the trick with keeping the sticky side away from the tape

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago

Lord you're all fancy. I just shove any I have in a cupboard and forget they exist

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

In whatever drawer has space

[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

In the Drawer of Shame, as is right and proper with the Lord.

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Right now, big ol' bag. Video cables at the bottom with USB and Ethernet cables separated in two smaller bags on top. Plan is to eventually get more drawers and make some of these dividers https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3559789 but I have a feeling I'll never get round to it.

[–] lukaro@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Not like that, that’s for sure. That’s way too organised and logical. All over the shop mostly - eurorack cables in a little rack, patch cables hung over a convenient bar, power cables in a drawer, usb/phone/laptop power cables in a sorter case in said drawer, pedal patch cables in the pedal drawer. And then all the random ones scattered around the place

[–] cryptTurtle@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

They either go into my box of cables or get thrown out

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just keep a couple of whole reels and make the ends off at the length I need rather than keep dozens of individual lengths.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what about your USB cables?

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

Cable tied into loops and stuffed into a bag of shame

[–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 day ago

I use a tote bag. When it's full, I use an other one.