Getting A Handle On Cable Tangles

One of my biggest pet peeves is having a big spaghetti mess of cables behind my desk or anywhere near me in the home or office. For years I used cable ties for my cable management needs, then after awhile I moved onto Velcro since it’s reusable and can be undone quickly.

The next step up is Monster’s Cable It, which I discovered at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last month. It was among seven Monster products that were honored with the 2008 Design and Engineering Awards by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). It’s a unique product that pulls your cables together into a sheath-type of contraption.

It’s incredibly simple to use, and much faster than using cable ties or velcro. Once you have your cables gathered up, you snap open your Cable It, place those cables in and zip it back up with the included EZ Cable Zipper. If you need to take it apart and add more cords, it unzips just as easy. It literally takes seconds to clean up your cables with this. Additionally, if you need to adjust the length of your Cable It, you can cut it to length with a regular scissors.

Cable It comes in three sizes - small (3-5 cables), medium (5-8 cables) or large (8-12 cables). For small jobs to big projects, the lengths vary from eight to 50 feet, and available colors are black, gray or white. Prices range from $12.95 to $99.95 at www.monstercable.com.