Knot a problem?
One to Hull please.
Still, its usefull. Unless you work with sound equipment in which case you know.
(, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 10:45, Reply)
You try that method
Put it in your jacket pocket once you get to work.. wander around a bit at lunch time, put things in the pocket and then take them out again.
Then try and get your headphones out when you get on the tube on the way home... all that method does is GUARANTEE that they'll be tied in a knot.
Don't get me wrong - it's great for organising cables that'll sit at home in a cupboard, but you put that in your pocket and you're screwed.
Edit: I've discovered the best thing for headphones in your pocket is just to 'scrunch' them up - don't try twisted or twirling them, that just knots them. You still get the occasional knot - but much less frequently.
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HoratioFellatio Taking the the out of psychotherapist, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:08,
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Until recently I reckon I spend five minutes a day untangling headphone cables.
That's over half an hour per week. Although recently I've been winding them into a ring, clipping with a bulldog clip and putting them in a baggie. No more tangles. However it makes me look more anal than an actual anus.
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rollthetroll el presidente, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 13:59,
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the problem i find with headphones. the ear covering type ones
is that the cables are always like 5 metres long. rather than the 2.5ft you actually need to go from your pocket to your head.
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connor, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:15,
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Mixing meteric and imperial measurments in the same sentance
Thats a mandatory £1000 fine.
(, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 16:48, Reply)
Needless tension applied using that process. If anyone tied off my XLR leads like that, they'd not be working for me again.
(, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:40, Reply)
For me
it's make a loop appropriate to the type of cable, to prevent damage to the copper cores, then about 2-3 loops before I'm finished, wrap the wire around the loop like a coil, as I'm looping, then insert the two connectors through a couple of wires in the loop to prevent them untangling. No stress on the wires, takes about 1 minute to undo at worst, everyone's happy!
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DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 12:10,
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Much better way is the "devil horns" technique.
lifehacker.com/software/life-hacks/keep-headphone-wires-from-getting-tangled-152499.php
Works for any wires. Once complete you can scrunch up the cables as much as you like and they'll almost always untangle freely afterwards.
Devil horns ftw.
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Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 14:46,
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twists per loop...
I think that works because when you coil wires normally, you put a slight twist in per loop - because you're doing a figure 8 with the devil horns, these twists cancel out.
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TheAlmightyBeev, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 15:12,
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