Cable Tidy-ing

[Vini]

Ive got oodles of cables behind my TV and im wanting to tidy them up. Not being one for imagination or patience, I just usually sling em in and leave em. Theyre behind the telly, who can see them?

Well, having looked around a few places at cable tidies, ive got into the idea of having them really neat. So what tools and/or equipment are best? Im looking for a no spend or little spend fix. Just trying to make it look semi decent and tidy.

Will probably just end up cable tieing them, but what about those JML zip tie things? anyone know of any good tips or tricks?

[JonMace]

As you say you cant see them so just leave them alone

[Beobloke]

IKEA's Montera cable tidy got the Mrs. Beobloke seal of approval, so who was i to argue?

Easy to work with, easy to add or remove cables, comes in black, white and silver and is nice and cheap!

[stealther]

Originally Posted by Vini

Ive got oodles of cables behind my TV and im wanting to tidy them up. Not being one for imagination or patience, I just usually sling em in and leave em. Theyre behind the telly, who can see them?

Well, having looked around a few places at cable tidies, ive got into the idea of having them really neat. So what tools and/or equipment are best? Im looking for a no spend or little spend fix. Just trying to make it look semi decent and tidy.

Will probably just end up cable tieing them, but what about those JML zip tie things? anyone know of any good tips or tricks?

I spent a few hours with a boat load of JML cable tidies in the office sorting all our computers out looks loads better. Only drawback is try taking one wire out without all the others coming out as well

[overkill]

Originally Posted by stealther

I spent a few hours with a boat load of JML cable tidies in the office sorting all our computers out looks loads better. Only drawback is try taking one wire out without all the others coming out as well

I have those. The only trouble with any cable tidy is, that it puts additional weight on the sockets as you've combined the cables + the weight of the tidy. One of ours pulled a euro socket out of the back of a VCR - so I gave up on it. I only use them now, on items that can't be pulled over, or the cables are locked in or captive.

Looks a lot better, but if you can't see them why bother?