It’s become second nature to me, when experiencing a minor inconvenience, to turn to amazon.com to find a solution for it. In some cases, there isn’t one, and in others, what appears to be a good solution just plain isn’t. But more often than not, there is an excellent solution only a day away.
Case in point: the Bcase Magnetic Cable Clamps Desktop Cable Clips Organizer. I know, not the catchiest of names, but the Organizer (I’ll just call it that from now on) is an elegant, thoughtfully designed, hassle-free and inexpensive cable organization system.
We all have various devices that need to be charged, and until wireless charging (or, more accurately, inductive charging) becomes pervasive and we charge our devices just by placing them on our desk or nightstand, we need to plug them into cables. And when our devices are not being charged, the cables are just dangling there, looking ugly and at risk of sliding back and falling off the table, to our dismay when we need to plug our device back in. So we’ve devised creative ways of keeping the cables in place. Mine was coaster-based:
Enter the Organizer. The system consists of two parts, an adhesive metal strip that you stick on any surface, and a circular, magnetic piece that clips around your cables:
This is the end result:
The kits I ordered each include the strip, two “regular” clips designed for thinner cables and one able to handle thicker cables, helpfully labeled “BIG.” The regular clips fit around most of my cables, but the BIG clips came in handy for a couple of my USB-C cables, which are significantly thicker than their Lightning or micro-USB counterparts. Both size clips can be magnetically attached to the strip, as shown above, and they can also be attached to their own adhesive circular metallic base, one of which is also included in the kit:
The strips and circular base can be adhered to any surface; the desk or nightstand itself, the wall behind it, etc., so your cables can be totally hidden from view, yet easily accessible when needed. The clips easily unhinge and snap back into place, so installing them on cables is literally a snap, as is removing them.
Organizing charger cables is certainly a first world problem, and, relatively speaking, quite insignificant. Yet every time I reach for one of my cables to plug in a device, or unplug a device and place the cable back on its strip, I’m reminded of how small things, seemingly insignificant things, can bring great joy.
