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Still got mine

If you've got the money, and just want to reduce clutter, get some adapters for existing standards like USB-C cables instead.

I have multiple Micro USB, Micro-B, Audio Jack, and Lightning cable adapters that take up less space than one single USB-C cable.

Just when I was summoning the courage to throw mine out!

Tip: Organize the cords into ziplock bags so they can't tangle. The freezer bags are thick enough to handle the prongs on power bricks.

You can also label and date the bags so if you decide to go against all the wisdom of the gods and do a purge of old cables.

I had an ISA serial card sitting on a shelf next to my desk at work for 14 years. In the yearly clean up it was kept. 10 years after the last ISA machine had been in the office it was scrapped.
Not 2 days after the truck I had to order one exactly like it for a machine i did not know exsisted in a printing press i did not know at a customer... NEVER throw out anything!

I refactor the box every year because there are usually some new cables.

Some simple empirical rules:

• keep the shorter cables
• maximum of 3 cables of the same type: for donating, for lending, for spare
• USB cables that can transfer data > USB cables that don't transfer data
• no damaged cables
• store long cables as coils (tied up tight)
• store short cables in bunches (tied up tight)
• should be sorted and grouped into categories
• box should be sealed, but aired out once in a while (outgassing)

One time I had an ex ask me for some obscure cable that I happened to have. We went over to my cable drawer and as I pulled it out she said "Why do you have this drawer of random cables?"

FOR THIS EXACT PURPOSE BECCA YOU BITCH

My box of cables is with my ex. I hope to retrieve it one day.

I got around this by keeping several USB-C to USB-C cables around, and buying female USB-C to male whatever adapters. Doesn't cover everything, but enough that I got rid of a small crate full of cables and only have to keep a half-dozen or so other cables.

OMG! I was just about to throw away a box of "cables" I've been accruing since college. My wife has been complaining about these cables that never get used. I think I'm going to have to hold off now. Thanks for the warning!

Last move, I collected all cables in a one HUGE box.

After the majority of the unpacking (like I'll ever finish that) was completed, I sat down with the box and sorted out all the cables.

I kept a sane amount of each cable, at least one and trashed the rest.

I now have half a dozen labeled sterelite dollar store organizers with the cables in them.

add it to your bucket list....