The last 2 or 3 feet will be used to wrap the cord/rope. If done correctly, you'll be able to take the end you wrapped around the cord like in your pic, unwrap it, hold one end and throw the cord ...

The Tape Binding Wrap: Finally, when storing cables you don't plan to use regularly, you don't have to spend a lot (or any) money on cable ties. You can just use tape.

Why Properly Wrapping Your Power Cord Matters. The trick is to make a loop before you start coiling the cable to save the fragile connector at the cable power supply connection.

Hey, PCWorlders! A while ago I wrote an article on how I repair my frayed cables with cheap heat-shrink tubing that I buy on ...

On my first day of film school lighting class, the instructor zinged a few power cables across the concrete floor, then asked us to coil them up. We all did it wrong.

Did you know there’s a special way to wrap your cables that not only keeps them neat and tidy, but also makes them perfectly unfurl without tangling when ...

You can also use an oven instead of a hair dryer. This should result in more even heating. I’ve made a few coiled cables. I wrap the cable around a dowel, electrical tape the ends in place then ...

To make your coil even more foolproof, you can also connect the two earbuds to each other with a product such as Belkin's earbud clip ($13) or the Kordl (three for $7.50), which minimizes the ...