c/diy-desk-setup

Last week my cable management hack backfired big time

I spent like 4 hours last Sunday zip tying every wire under my new sit stand desk. Looked so clean. Then Tuesday i needed to move my monitor arm 2 inches to the left and had to cut 14 zip ties and redo everything. Ended up just buying a roll of velcro from Home Depot for $6. Has anyone else switched from zip ties to velcro and regretted not doing it sooner?

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richard137•11d ago

PSA: Those cheap foam cable sleeves actually collect dust like crazy

I put one of those split loom sleeves on my monitor cable about 8 months ago to clean up the back of my desk. Looked great for a few weeks. Then I moved my desk to vacuum last weekend and pulled it off. The entire sleeve was packed with gray dust and little bits of cat hair. It was basically a dust filter on a cable. Has anyone else had this problem or is it just my dusty basement setup?

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michael519•11d ago

Found a $3 pack of command hooks at a garage sale and it changed my cable management game

I was driving back from Home Depot last Saturday and saw this random garage sale sign on a side street near downtown. Figured why not, stopped and found this pack of 20 command hooks for three bucks still in the wrapper. I used them to run my monitor cables along the underside of my desk instead of letting them hang loose. Before that I had this horrible tangle of wires just sitting under my feet and it drove me crazy. Took maybe 20 minutes to stick them all in a straight line and route everything. Now my desk actually looks clean for the first time since I built it. Has anyone else found a cheap solution that worked way better than those expensive cable trays?

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