Organizing Your Electronics

Owning your own home entertainment system can feel like one of the greatest things ever. Whether you look at it as an accomplishment, a rite of passage as a technophile, or simply as a convenience in your home, it’s a great feeling to see it all come together eventually. Black Friday deals really help to flesh out your collection.

Since a lot of us like to splurge when we’re going through this process, it’s worth noting that it’s an interesting characteristic for a lot of people to not take care of their entire electronic setup. I don’t mean that they’re mistreating their TV or gaming consoles. Rather, they don’t keep up on dusting and keeping their tech clean and free from things that may cause overheating.

Another thing everyone knows when it comes to these electronic masterpieces is how crossed and tangled cords and plugins can become. When everything is in a state of disarray, it only becomes worse if you don’t get it all organized from the get go. Because of this, we’ve got a few quick tips on taming the beast that is home entertainment system hookups. It honestly takes much less time than you’d imagine, especially when you consider how much time you probably waste untangling cords all the time.

Make use of extension cords.

We don’t mean to go crazy with these, as you’ll end up causing an electrical short. Just be sure to keep extensions resting in dedicated housing spaces within your home entertainment system and off the floor (and preferably out of sight). I keep a few cheap moving boxes full of extension cords around in case one goes out or I need more than one or two in any scenario where I have lots of buddies over.

Keep your cords bound.

This is one of the most important and useful tips I can give when it comes to organizing your home entertainment system. If you have any electrical tape laying around, it works perfectly for binding your cords in a neat and clean fashion, and you’ll never have to worry about them becoming tangled again. Just like the extension cords noted above, I have all sorts of shipping supplies like packing tape (and extra electrical tape) pooled together in a couple of cheap moving boxes in storage. I never know when I’ll need more, especially when I change up my layout or get some new tech around the holidays.