The Budcozys I posted the other day got an overwhelming "Leave It" response, so I figured I'd share an old Lifehacker tip on how to keep your iPod cords untangled, no new product to buy or anything. I like to call it the "Lifehacker Devil Horn Hand Wrap." And trust me, the title's much more complicated than the technique.
You make a devil horn with your fingers as in the diagram, hold the earbuds down with your index and middle fingers, and then wrap the cords around each "devil horn" like a figure eight. Take the last six inches of cord and circle it around the figure-eight wrap. Take it off your fingers and it's a nice little package that unravels with no knots at all. It may not read simply, but it is once you get the hang of it. If I can do it, you can definitely do it.
Nica
haha, cool!
1Very handy!
2wow i do that when i run. except a little different - i can't have too much cord dangling! so i wrap it around my index, middle, and ring fingers!
3lol That's cute
4sweet! will try it..
5That's right, roll it, don't bend it
6isn't this stating the obvious? since when is "wrapping" around my hands a tip?
7geeksugar: its the second and third finger that holds down the earphone part (the author wrote the correction in the comments)
8i need to do this. I'll probably forget but this is really helpful
9Eh. It's not that hard to keep them untangled.
10Not that hard to keep them untangled...?? Mine are so bad, I need a permanent boy scout around to (help me? No) to document the elaborate knots that I invent. This wrap tip is ok but lets get geek here. I need a wrap that always stays but lets me release a little bit of length at a time. I swear there was an extension cord wrap technique that did that. Someone figure it out for earbuds PLEASE!
11thanks.
this looks sick, i'm super gonna use this tip
12Hard to do this in the winter though
13Hi, thats awesome. Now I can keep my mp3 player in my pocket without worrying about the headphones.
14So handy! I absolutely love it! Finally the end of fighting with my headphones.
I modified it to make it smaller to fit into the little pocket of my purse by only using your pointer, middle and ring finger. It makes it a hair more compact.
Love it thought. Great tip!
15you guys are jackasses, back to work all of you! ;o]
16Nice! Now if I could ever get the damn buds to stay in my ears... -__-
17Nice little trick...
18If only I could do it!!
19I use sort of the same concept but just roll it around two fingers.
20Oh hey! My 10 y/o came up with this trick all on her own! I'm so proud of my lil geek girl! *glows with pride*
21You are a genius lol. The headphones for my iPod shuffle are always getting in such a mess I decided to look for some sort of solution, this seems like it could work if I can get into a habit of doing it. If not my only other choice is some expensive wireless headphones :S
22mine keeps falling apart :/
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