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3 Easy Desk Cable Management Tips To Create a Super Productive Workspace

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Jerry Floros

Desk cable management. What is it and who needs it?

If all you need to get your work done is a laptop with no mouse or external monitor, it’s not that hard to avoid problems with tangled cables.

But as soon as you start connecting new devices the number of cables around you quickly adds up.

As if managing your business, to-do lists and calendar wasn’t challenging enough, you’ll need to find a way to control cables. Especially if you want to keep your productivity at a decent level.

Why proper desk cord management can boost your efficiency? This is because having too many cables around is already distracting in itself. On top of that, cables that are hanging from your desk and laying on it quickly take a lot of space which could be used in a much more productive way.


Not to mention that a clean and cable-free environment looks much more professional for your employees and/or clients. And, especially in business, you have just a few seconds to make the right first impression.

Luckily, there are some very simple desk cable management ideas which you can implement at your workspace right away. Let's look at some under desk cable management tips.


Get everything wireless and Get Rid of the Problem Altogether

Sounds like a great plan, doesn’t it?

Sadly, in reality, it’s not that easy. Most likely, you already have most of the devices that you are going to use, so investing in new ones just because they don’t require that many cables is not the best thing to do.

Moreover, it might not be the healthiest choice either, as researchers are still arguing about the influence of radiation from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on our health.
But, even if all Wi-Fi devices were perfectly healthy and could communicate with each other without any delays or interferences, they would still need electricity to work (which means cables and cords). But, do not despair – there are better wire management ideas than that!

 
Buy the Right Length of the Cable

 

What’s the main thing that makes a computer desk with cable management so hard?

The length of the cables. If they’re too long, they’ll hang off the desk and tangle themselves. And, if they’re too short, you’ll need to reorganize your whole workspace just to connect all the devices!

To deal with that, the easiest thing you could do is get just the right length of cables at Wire & Cable Your Way. They have just about any cable you can think of and sell them by-the-foot! But, it’s not always an ideal solution either.This is because before you buy them, you’d have to remeasure all your current cables (with little margin for error). What’s worse, once you’d get them, it’d be hard to move the devices around without having to buy new cables!


Luckily, you don’t have to do all that to manage your office cables more effectively. Instead of getting rid of or shortening the cables, you can just reroute or hide them! 

 

Get a Comprehensive Cable Management Box

Trays, raceways or holes in the desk are great if you need to manage cables that are already under or get routed under the desk in one direction. But what if you want to have the ultimate control over all cables at your desk – regardless of their size, direction or length? In this case, a simple cable management tray is not enough.

Instead, you need a comprehensive cable management box that will allow you to organize cables and power cords of all shapes and sizes. From monitor and keyboard cables that go behind the desk to those small ones, such as USB cables, phone chargers, and mouse cables.

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