I’ll admit it. I am guilty of buying more than one cable just to get the right length that I need. This is because you can’t substitute much for a 3-foot wire when you really need six, but who really wants to drag around 6-feet of cord when 3-inches will generally get the job done.
We sampled a few Recoil Automatic Cord Winders this Fall, and the result is that we were able to roll up and put away a good portion of the orphan wires we had laying around. Recoil works with everything from your headphone cords to you mini USB cables, and its simple design means that it is not only easy to set up but difficult to get wrong.
The Recoil Winder comes in several sizes, depending on the size of the cable you are dealing with. Then all you do is hook the cable to the center, and allow the cord to automatically wind itself up. When you are ready to use it, just grab the two ends of the cable and pull out as much as you need. It will always automatically take up any excess slack, giving you the perfect length every time.
There are a lot of neat gadgets that promise to improve on the problem of tangled cords. However, why get something ‘neat’ when you can just have something inexpensive that works. Get yours here.
