Two years of wrestling with tangled cables before a coworker showed me a simple trick

I used to spend 20 minutes every morning untangling cables behind my desk at work. A guy from the IT department walked by and asked why I didn't just tie a loose overhand knot in each cord near the plug end. He said it stops cables from twisting around each other when you move equipment around. I tried it on my monitor and keyboard cables and it cut my setup time to under 5 minutes. Now I do it on every cable I own. Has anyone else found small changes like this that save time in the shop?

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oliverbailey4d ago

That knot trick works surprisingly well. Saw a mechanic at a tire shop use zip ties to bundle all his air hose connectors into one loop so he could grab them without digging. Little organization fixes like that really do add up to saved time.

nora1844d ago

@oliverbailey did he just zip tie them all together in one big loop or did he stagger them so each one comes off separate? I'm trying to picture how that works without turning into a tangled mess.