I only have a cheap Ikea desk and my cables are all around. That was only a visual issue until now, I need to keep the area tidy. Any recommendations?
I only have a cheap Ikea desk and my cables are all around. That was only a visual issue until now, I need to keep the area tidy. Any recommendations?
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Try using Velcro cable ties or adhesive cable clips. They’re cheap and can keep your cables together or align them along the edge of your desk. It’s pretty simple.
Get a cable organizer and some zip ties. Put all your cables in the organizer and zip tie them together. You now have one neat set of cables. You could also use cable ties for a better look.
Those look great, no management necessary
what are talking about, your cat is already doing it for you.
Get a metal wire tray and mount it to the underside of your desk. Toss all your wires in that tray. Problem solved. They sell them on amazon
Hooman: Cables messy.
Cat: So many strings to play with. I love it here.
Clearly you have a cable expert already at work.
Cute dog
Zip ties.
No need – you clearly showed us you have hired a cable manager
Is that a Mogwai?
Nylon Sleeves. It also prevents your cat chewing on them
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Zap straps
Simplest and cheapest solution are black rubber ties.
Make the cat do it
I see nothing wrong with it. The cat loves it, so there is nothing you can do 🙂
If you actually want a real answer – get cable trays to screw under your desk.
Hide a power strip and a USB hub in there, that way you only need 2 or 3cables from your pc to your desk – Monitor and USB.
Is your desk being elevated by bricks? Also is that the cheap 2 meter Ikea desk? I used to have one just like it.
Zip ties and a cable tray. They sell ones that you can stick under the desk then you just bundle them together and throw it in the cable tray
Me looking at the cat: LET HIM COOK
Easiest? Yeah I pretty much let my FIVE cats handle it however they see fit. Jokes aside, I have one cat that likes the taste of wires so I keep everything out of that little shit’s easy access.
The cheapest decent solution is probably zip ties and sticky Velcro wrap. Run your cables together and stick them along the underside of your desk over to the leg.
The easiest way is to pay someone else to do it for you, of course.
Rub deodorant or something on them or he’s gonna chew through them all
Reusable cable ties and some of those adhesive routing clips should do the job. I don’t recommend getting one of those plastic cable channels that go under the desk, your cat will try to get into it.
Something like this
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Bro, someone stole the wheels from your desk and left them on bricks.
On amazon they have these convenient under desk cable trays, wont hurt your desk and is the easiest / cleanest fix for 10-15$
Let the cat do it!
if you cant see the cables, theyre managed
Ikea cable management tray that fixes to the bottom of the desk
you already have an engineer down there doing his best, just wait
Tie it all together like a cars wiring harness
I have an ikea Signum that everything goes into, and a power strip mounted to the underside of the desk. Everything plugs into that strip and tge excess cable length goes into the signum cage. The power cable for the strip and ethernet are only cables between the desk and the wall. That keeps everything mostly clean. Add some velcro ties where needed.
You should consider replacing those table legs with telescopic ones, [these adjustable support 60 -90cm](https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/olov-leg-adjustable-white-10264302/)
Cat got a facelift
Why do ask? You have an certified cable manager right there
A curtain
can’t stand this kind of cable management tho
Let the cat bite off your cables, no need to clean up the cables 💀
How do you even use that, you’re only using cat1 cable
Go wireless