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!

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.

Step 2: Cable Management Pt. 2: Hair Tie + Paper Clip

Hitch a hair tie to the long edge of a paper clip (a keyring could work for this, too).  This simple contraption can snap on, and off a handful of cords faster and easier than velcro ties, or string.  The paper clip locks the hair tie in place.

Step 3: Instant Changeroom Hook: Hair Tie + Carabiner

I get changed for my bicycle commute in this storage room.  This makeshift "hook" helps me keep my stuff off the floor.  (The carabiner would be a fine hook on its' own, but the hair tie makes it more versatile, for weird spots like this)

Step 4: Third Hand: Hair Tie + Binder Clip

The mighty binder clip can do even more when it's paired with a hair tie.  Here it is, holding a cookbook, and also locking my bike basket in place.

Step 5: A Place to Hang Your Hat: Hair Tie + Binder Clip

The gym (or the park, or the beach) doesn't always have a place for a hat.  Rather than smashing my hat into my bag, I clip it to the side.  Pictured: a binder clip, lashed to my backpack's grab handle, with a hair tie.

Step 6: Purse Caddy: Hair Tie + Whatever

A hair tie on a purse strap is a quiet, unobtrusive way to keep commonly used things (like housekeys,) close at hand.

Step 7: BONUS! Hair Tie!

...or you could use it as a hair tie.  But that would just be silly.