Better controller storage

If you’re like me, and I have a suspicion that most of you are not, you’ll end up with a collection of video game consoles, and since wireless is pretty recent innovation, lots of those consoles will have controllers that have long wires.

So what happens when you finally need to put some of them into long-term storage?

We’ll take a look at the humble GameCube controller for starters.

You might be tempted to just wrap the cord around the controller and be done with it, like in this kinda blurry picture

But, that puts quite a bit of stress on the cable, right where it goes into the controller, which is kind of like hanging a small weight on the end of your controller’s cable, and letting it dangle.

Which isn’t recommended.

Better is to roll up the cable in a loose coil and secure it that way.

Depending on how long you want to store it will dictate what you might use. A strip of Velcro for short-term storage, and possibly zip-ties for longer-term. I’d stay away from tape or anything with adhesive, since it turns gummy and gross after a while.