This as of a good opportunity to ask as any: If I happen to sit on 100s of different cables from the last two decades, that I all want to keep yet they aren't actively in use, what are some good way of storing those?
I initially just hanged them off pegs, but eventually the variations became so many I had to figure something else out. At the moment, they're just separated into boxes by what domain (more or less) they belong to, but surely there has to be a better way? I want them accessible but not in the way.
Toilet paper cardboard tubes. You'll eventually collect enough, and you can roll the cables into a flat loop, with the two ends on the same side (helps with sorting by connectors), then surround them with the cardboard tube. Store them vertically in a drawer or a box (so you see only the connectors).
Throw them all out other than the 10 or 20 that are still technologically relevant (USB-C, HDMI, etc.). Next time you need one, buy one for $5 on eBay. You get all your storage space and time you’re going to spend on this back and all it costs is a few bucks to buy the one cable out of all of them that you’ll ever really use again.
> Throw them all out other than the 10 or 20 that are still technologically relevant (USB-C, HDMI, etc.). Next time you need one, buy one for $5 on eBay.
Yeah no, horrible solution TBH. They don't take a lot of space and I don't really want to get rid of stuff I know I'll eventually need, even if only once per year.
I initially just hanged them off pegs, but eventually the variations became so many I had to figure something else out. At the moment, they're just separated into boxes by what domain (more or less) they belong to, but surely there has to be a better way? I want them accessible but not in the way.