Keep your cables tangle free

This is one of the things that i read somewhere in the web which fits FriedBeef's motto of 'Solving everyday problem with simple technology'. Yup, FriedBeef's Tech articles are one of my all time favourite. If you are interested here is the link to Friedbeef's Tech

Now back to the main topic. Everyone loves music and most of us have earphones which only leads to the countless mind-numbing cycles of tangling-untangling of the cables especially for portable device usage.

So in the spirit of 5S (see wikipedia on 5S), here are some practical tricks I want to share which comes pretty handy.

#1 Use a wire to bind your cables together. This is basic 5S. See the way our headphones or any other cable product is tied when we just newly purchased them?

That's the main idea. You can undo the wire tie and release the length of cables according to your usage. Those stray cable wires you don't need will finally serve their purpose and also contribute in a small way to a greener earth.



#2 Victory sign method or more popularly known as the right hand devil horn method.You can refer to Lifehacker's right hand devil horn as well. I personally find using the victory sign method easier for thinner cables. Wrap the cables in a figure of 8 around your two fingers regardless of which method you use.

You can loop the wires through each 'O' half to keep the figure of 8 shape intact and finally wrap across in the middle.


#3 The DIY cord wrapper. If you happen to have something like a phone card which you no longer need, you can DIY one holder. Same concept as method #2. Make a curved hole on each end as the illustration (also from lifehacker) and viola you got yourself a DIY cord wrapper.

My choice is pretty clear. #2 as nothing is needed to 5S-up.
A snapshot on my choice of wire free solution.

Hope this helps out and enjoy your tangle-free days ahead :)


Illustrations from:
http://www.layoutsparks.coml
http://lifehacker.com
http://www.actfind.com