TIL my cable management advice was totally wrong from a friend

My buddy Jake swore that zip ties were the best way to clean up my desk cables. Took his advice and snugged everything tight behind my monitor. Fast forward 3 weeks, I needed to swap out my mouse and had to cut every single tie loose. Turns out velcro straps work way better for stuff you actually change around. Anyone else get bad advice from a friend that made their setup harder?

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wendy2058d ago

Oh Jake, the gift that keeps on giving. I did the same thing with those reusable Velcro ties and thought I was being cheap by using twist ties from bread bags instead. Had to cut through a dozen of them just to move my tower an inch. I bet your mouse swap was about as fun as untangling Christmas lights.

camerony828d ago

The bread bag twist tie move is legendary honestly. I did that with charging cables once and regretted it the second I had to swap out my phone. Velcro is the way to go but even then I always forget to leave slack for when I inevitably need to move something. Now I just let my cables hang loose like a slob and call it "airflow optimization." Works about as well as my attempt to label everything with a sharpie that just smudged into a gray blur after a week.