(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

29 Comments
lukaro@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 343d
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.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 342d
I have...
The Box
d41@startrek.website · 2 pts · 342d
I upgraded to the box but with all the cables neatly bundled with velcro, it's still a mess.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 343d
Lord you're all fancy. I just shove any I have in a cupboard and forget they exist
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 343d
In a pile under the desk
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 343d
In the Drawer of Shame, as is right and proper with the Lord.
Denjin@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 343d
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 pts · 343d
what about your USB cables?
Denjin@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 343d
Cable tied into loops and stuffed into a bag of shame
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 343d
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:
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 pts · 343d
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
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 343d
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 pts · 343d
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
Psythik@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 343d
In whatever drawer has space
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 343d
Bucket
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 342d
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 pts · 341d
Very nice as well! I fear you might struggle with bulkier kettle cables, but this looks very organized for smaller cables
Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 343d
I use a tote bag. When it's full, I use an other one.
cryptTurtle@piefed.social · 3 pts · 343d
They either go into my box of cables or get thrown out
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 343d
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.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 342d
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 pts · 342d
The photo's not mine, and your method sounds similar to mine
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 342d
Yeah I read that this was not your method, I'm still calling out how I think it's crazy in the picture!
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 342d
This is how I do it:
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 341d
Very clean! I really like the neatness of the zipper pouches
GoddessGundy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 342d
I am a mess in every aspect of my life and at this point, I'm just accepting it.
MTK@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 342d
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
doopen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 342d
Loose in a drawer coiled in these: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2812983
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 341d
very neat little clip!
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 342d