What is a good way to keep a coiled phone cord from becoming tangled?

Jack Flash

I honestly don't think there is one. For years I wrestled with this problem but with no success. Even though I did my best to replace the receiver exactly as I had picked it up it still got hopelessly tangled within a few days. I once asked a telephone engineer about this and he said there was no solution. So there you have it. Oct 24 02, 7:17 AM

Friar Tuck

It is one of the mysteries of the Universe why they do it in the first place. I sit at my desk, pick up the phone, use it and put it down again with out rotating the handset in any way and in no time at all I have to unwind the coil 50 times. I can only assume that it is a universal joke being carried out by the office cleaners when everybody else has gone home. The one I have at home does not suffer the same 'disease', which reinforces my assumption. Oct 24 02, 7:20 AM

col	Try holding the cord close to the phone and let the handset dangle in the air. The cord should unwind itself to its original shape -IF- you do it regularly! I know this isn't quite the same as keeping it untangled but it's the best I can manage. Oct 24 02, 1:52 PM

Louis

Thanks col, but that is what I currently do. I was hoping that there might be a way to avoid the tangling altogether - but it looks like I am doomed. Oct 24 02, 3:06 PM

McGruff

You can buy a little plastic device that plugs into the handset that swivels to keep the cord from tangling. Look in stores like Radio Shake, or in the telephone/electrical departments of the home improvement stores. Oct 24 02, 5:02 PM

greencavalier

greencavalier says: There is a gadget - http://www.trianglecables.com/twisstoptelc.html This is an american site, but if the thing exists I expect you can find it elsewhere too. Thu Oct 24 12:25:14 CDT 2002 (Delete Entry) (Reposted to replace link - McG) Nov 10 02, 2:32 AM

jcalfar

Phone cord untangler a device that will help prevent your telephone cord from twisting up. The Cobra moves inside the middle of the phone cord. With no moving parts http://www.phonecorduntangler.com Aug 13 12, 10:46 AM