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durable

Introducing the Cable Caddie Junior and Pro

Imgur album, and yes, my coworkers pointed out that I misspelled 'caddy' and they have been relabeled.

I got tired of going into MDF's and IDF's around the property and not having patch cables in the room or having to dig through a box full of a myriad of lengths, colors and cable types.

So I grabbed some spare bins and pegboard posts we had lying around and made some Cable Caddies. Each bin has three pegs that you can fit around 15 cables each and you can fit another length by just placing them in the bottom of the bin. Stacking them allows you to expand length variety or capacity.

Pros

  • Quickly identify cable length
  • Consistent cable type and color
  • Always have cables on hand in IDFs
  • Fun

Cons

  • Will they ever be refilled?
  • Probably not.

Thoughts? Pre-orders? Criticism? How do you solve this same problem?

Posted May 12, 2016, 10:04 PM UTC

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AKGeek•

Looks good! Easy to make as well.

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durableOP•

Thanks! Super easy to make, took about three minutes per bin.

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Vyper28•

Do you have a cloud version of this yet? I'd rather rent hardware from somewhere else and be kept up to date.

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dargon_Windows Admin•

and yes, my coworkers pointed out that I misspelled 'caddy' and they have been relabeled.

You relabeled your co-workers? So George became Frank and Jill became Johnny? ;)

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durableOP•

There is always one in every group...

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dargon_Windows Admin•

smirk

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OsayidanPreventer of Information Services•

I like that idea. Better than what I did, I grabbed a used store display rack. Does pretty much the same thing but it's kinda big.

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nanonoise•

Cable Caddy looks good. I just bundle the different packs with elastic bands. Don't tend to have that many variations, one or two colours and a few lengths.

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brihurley•

I use an old 2 post rack with cable management hooks and hang them on there.

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tombrook•

Looks nice! We'd never get buyoff for this where I work. They seem to think 14 footers belong at every patch point. Yes, it looks as bad as that sounds.

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