6 Uses for Hair Ties (or rubber bands)

Hair ties are cheap and plentiful. Pair them with any number of household objects for lifehacks galore!

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Step 1: Cable management Pt. 1

Some of us carry miles of charge cables. Hitch a hair tie to each of your cables and leave it there. When it's time to wrap it up, it's right there, ready and waiting.

valkgurl says: Aug 25, 2012. 1:07 PM

Hold your helmet--motorcycle in my case---trailing strap ends--those annoying beat-you-in-the-face ends---folded neatly back--loop hair tie over one end of strap, fold over the loose ends, scoot hair tie over until tight.

Tired of charger cords forever falling to the floor as soon as they are unplugged? No more! Gently make a bend on cord--do not crimp--and use hair tie to hold the loop. Then either loop over what ever is handy nearby or use a small carabiner to hang it from---I use a basket for oddball stuff next to my bed and have some "S" hooks on there for this sort of stuff but the 'biner keeps the cord where I want it to STAY.

Emergency zipper pulls

Emergency snugger-upper for motorcycle cup holder whose elastic stretched and showered the poor guy behind me with a hard plastic "go cup" of iced coffee at 70mph.

Stuffie collars for the kiddies

The larger flat elastic ones--more a head band than a tie---come in handy for use as backless shoe straps. Some of us can't wear backless shoes yet there they are---the perfect shoe except for NO BACK. Fit 'em and do a few stitches with either matching thread or fishing line and good to go.

If you need to move something and the thing keeps sliding wrap some hair ties around whatever part you can and butt the other part up to it---should hold for most normal uses.

Temp holding of any odd shaped parts you need to glue or cut. And good to hold glued parts until they set---much easier than tape or string.

No one should EVER go out without a supply!!!!

Anything loose that if larger would use a bungie can be held steady with a hair tie.

Damien112 says: Aug 21, 2012. 11:07 PM

The rubber band first showed up in London in 1845, when a business person Stephen Perry took out the patent to them. Since that time, they have become a common staple in virtually every office and home. But the flexible little loops of rubber have a multitude of uses beyond combining papers and tying back hair. Below we have outlined some of them, Some unexpected uses for rubber bands – Part 1.