Currently they’re in types in ziploc baggies but there must be a better way
the baggies:
- USB A > USB C
- USB C <> USB C
- USB A > USB B Micro
- Ethernet
- HDMI to different sized HDMI
- HDMI to USB B
- HDMI to other USB
- HDMI to HDMI
- USB female to male and extenders
- Dongles, converters, and USB hubs
- VGA
- USB A to lightning bolt
- A few old ipod charging cables
Not pictured: separate drawer for guitar cables, XLR, headphones jack to jack and adapters, phono and midi; separate duffel bag for long power cables; separate baggie in another drawer for international adapters and plugs
I joined the conversation only to post this question. To it, you beat me
I may be dull, but I’m certainly not organized or motivated!
It’s the one with the spare cables in it is how it’s organized. I think there’s an old clock, an airbrush and a couple long expired sectional charts in there.
Organize?
I used to have a big plastic tub that I just tossed all the cables into. After a few years, it was literally all one piece; no matter where you pulled, the entire thing would come out. It took 5 minutes of untangling to get anything out. My brother called it an abomination.
I bag each type separately, as you do. I have fewer audio cables, so they are also bagged in the same bin, quarter and eighth inch phone cables separately. No Apple stuff. Extras like DE9 serial and MIDI cables. IEC power cables are in the bin, extension cords coiled, hanging from the basement ceiling.
Rubber band everything and throw them in a series of different drawers of varying sizes with a vague organizational scheme
Mine is a cable storage tub, but same way. Baggies.
I just get a big ziplock and stuff cables in it till its full and get a new one.
I just go through looking for a cable by going “hmm would this be a 2015-2020 cable or a 2010-2015 cable?”
My system is undoubtedly flawed, but it works well enough to not fix it.velcro ties, in fabric grocery bags
I have all the “USB-A to ?” cables rubber banded together at the opposite end. That way I can find the non USBA side that I need quickly.
I only keep one spare of each type.
I use cable ties to keep them coiled
Then how do you keep your spare spare cable drawer sorted?
There’s not really enough to sort. I just put them in a box.
I don’t, they’re everywhere
I use a combination of zip lock bags and small cardboard boxes with the contents written on the outside.
Three drawers, divided into USB, A/V, and power supply/adaptors.
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I have a few small totes. I have a few categories: USB, networking, computer internals (SATA), power, A/V. From there, I just coil them up and hope for the best. I still have to hunt a little to find stuff, but the vague categories makes it a lot easier.
