{"id":31509,"date":"2024-08-16T01:44:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=31509"},"modified":"2024-08-16T01:44:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:44:35","slug":"tiny-tip-re-usable-cable-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/tiny-tip-re-usable-cable-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Tip \u2013 Re-usable Cable Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AThe problem to be solved was a bewildering array of cables in a very large box.<\/p>\n

Step one separate boxes for each basic type: network cables, power cables, audio cables, and USB cables.<\/p>\n

The next problem to be solved was a bewildering array of USB cables in a large box.<\/p>\n

If we count USB-A, USB-A for USB 3, USB-B, USB-B for USB 3, USB Mini-B, USB Micro-B, the other USB Micro-B, USB-C, and Lightning, there are 50 or more possible cable types, and probably only one that will do the task you need it for right now<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I would search through the box looking for one end of a cable of the correct type, then have to find the other end, only to realise it was not the cable I needed. If I could just see both ends of each cable at the same time, easily, the task would be simpler.<\/p>\n

I tried rubber bands. I tried putting each cable in a clear plastic bag. Neither were great solutions. Then I hit upon the perfect solution \u2014 cable ties!<\/p>\n

Now, it would be a pretty poor solution to use regular plastic cable ties as they\u2019d have to be cut off and thrown out any time I wanted to use one of the cables, and a new one used when putting one in the box. So I searched for re-usable<\/em> cable ties.<\/p>\n

The ones I originally chose were all black and I recently needed to get some more. This time, I went for colours. I bought the ENVEL Reusable Fastening Cable Ties, 60 Pieces Adjustable Self Adhesive Cord Cable Straps for Headphones Phones Electronics PC Wire Cable Tidy Management, Cord Organizer Straps 6 Colors<\/a> from Amazon. (Note: The original product seems no longer to be listed on Amazon, however those linked appear identical.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

It is essentially a Velcro-like strap, about 12 mm wide and functionally 150 mm long. It\u2019s not real Velcro. There is a soft, fuzzy side which grips onto the textured plastic side. They can comfortably wrap around a 50 mm diameter.<\/p>\n

With most cables, I wrap them into a \u201cflat loop\u201d and then cinch the middle with the cable tie so the cable becomes somewhat like a bow. For more delicate cables, I do a circular loop and apply a cable tie near the plugs, and possibly one on the opposite side, depending on how the cable behaves.<\/p>\n

By ensuring the two plugs are next to each other when tying, it makes finding the right cable a much easier task. Or, indeed, finding that despite having 30 cables, none<\/em> of them is the right sort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The problem to be solved was a bewildering array of cables in a very large box. Step one separate boxes for each basic type: network cables, power cables, audio cables, and USB cables. The next problem to be solved was a bewildering array of USB cables in a large box. If we count USB-A, USB-A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":31510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[925,1411,6718],"class_list":["post-31509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-posts","tag-cable","tag-gear-ties","tag-tidy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/61DqSKkw-qL._AC_SX679_.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31513,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31509\/revisions\/31513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}