- There's nothing
with an unruly extension
cord because you
didn't store it properly.
Don't worry because
I'm going to show
you how to do it the right way.
The first step to this
method is rather unpleasant.
You have to untangle
your entire cord.
This could take a while.
Move this thing.
This-- this thing--
good grief.
We got it!
It only took an hour.
Go ahead and plug in
your male and female end.
Put them together like
this, and work yourself
all the way to the back.
We're going to find
the center point.
First thing you have to do
is make a loop like this,
grab it from the top,
grab this from the bottom,
pull this over and
right here, you're
going to pull this line
through, while holding
it with your fist.
Now, you've created your handle.
Take your free hand,
put it through the loop,
grab some cord, and
pull it through.
Now you've created a
new handle, and you
can see the rest of the chord
is hanging on this side.
Keep repeating this process.
Reach your hand through,
create a new handle.
You can already see that my
chain is starting to form.
Don't worry.
We've only got 100 feet to go.
Now, because there are
no loose ends anywhere,
it can never get tangled.
The best thing about this is,
you can throw it in a pile.
You can drag it
all over the place.
Aha!
Shove it into a drawer, and it
will look unruly, but it's not.
Whenever you need
to use a little bit,
pull your plugged in
board from one end
and now, it's ready to go.
You can use as much
or as little as you
want to, each time
only unraveling
the amount that you need.
When you're finished
with it, put
your hand back
through and finish
out the rest of your loop.
It took a bit of time to
set up, but now you'll
never be struggling
with unruly cords
again because you know how
to store them the right way.
