You are an angel Terry! I've been looking for proper but fast methods of storing extension cords & vacuum cleaner cords. I own a very small commercial janitorial business & twisted, tangled vaccum cords are the bane of my existence! Obviously, I have to edit your method w/ the extension cords for vaccum cords but I also would like to mention for anyone else sick of twisted & tangled vaccum cords to NEVER store the properly wound cords in the hooks attached on the vaccum cleaners. Instead, store them by gently laying them over the top of the vaccum handle. Thank you so much Terry!!🤗

One extra thing I do. Half way through I wrap a piece of Velcro around what I have in my hand. I don’t always need the full length unwrapped. Then continue folding. this method is great because you aren’t doubling it up first which means you have to unwrapped the entire thing to use it. This video is very helpful. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! After years of battling with twisted/knotted leads I’ll be given this a go.

Great video but if he zoomed out a bit I wouldn’t have to keep rewinding and take 15 mins to get it. But this is def game changing !! Thank you sir !

Thank you Terry, I've used several different methods and found your method a bit easier and with little to no tangle and easy to toss out straight. Thank you again for your help and making life a bit easier. Ernie

This is by far the best way I have seen on KZfaq on how to wrap a cord!! Thank you so much!!!

This method is by far, the easiest, fastest and best way to coil an extension cord, hands down.

Never knew I'd end up searching ideas on organizing/storing ideas to extensions cords, but here I am. And to be honest I'm glad I found this video because this will help with the many extension cords I have and use every weekend. Thanks so much for this. Will most definitely try this later for work. :)

What a great idea! Can’t wait to try it. Spent a good 45 minutes untangling a cord today. Thanks so much!

What a wonderful idea! To better convey what you are teaching - place your camera 3 or 4 feet further away so we can actually see what you are doing with the cord.

Thank you for a precise, easy to follow Video. Your method is very similar to what my son showed me, but easier yet. This will be my new go to method for wrestling down my 100ft extention cord.

Back the camera up, so we can see better

I like this way much better than the chain method, thanks for your upload!

Thanks so much! Finally after several videos and several *attempts* at different methods, finally one I did on the first try, AND I didn't immediately lose the ability to do it when I wasn't following along with the video. I actually repeated it a few times and it's worked flawlessly on every type of cord, rope and cable I did. Even on my extra long phone charging cable! I shall now go and fold every cable and string in my house! Lol😊

That's the one & they hang nice in the van too. Perfectly executed Instructive explanation 👍

Thank you sooooo much! First video where I could see that I'm suppose to end up with TWO loops... one on left and one on right! So clear and easy...in the layman's terms I needed!!!

Thanks Terry. I'm looking at better ways to store and I believe this is the easiest, less troublesome way I've seen.

Awesome, I fight with cable quite a lot. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to post.

I have been putting off finding the best way to do my extension cords. That daisy chain method is not what I want to learn so I never spent anytime with that mess. Who wants a big long mess of daisy chains? Not me. Your method works! Thanks Terry.

Awesome! Thank you, this has been driving me nuts for years!

PA LAWN GUY> Like the blue spruce behind you; beautiful. Also like the fold method. Personally I like the 180 and 180 coil back then repeating as is common with electronics multi axle cords so as not to damage the braided conductors.

Thank you so much, it works absolutely fantastic I was so sick of my cord's tangling up, your way is just amazing

Happy Turkey Day! Can’t tell you how awesome this video is brother. I’m a student of your game. And have to return often to get a refresher course. But it’ll sink in at some point. Love your ways. Thanks man.

Much faster than the regular way. Thank you.

I like this variation. "Roll 'em up" on most construction sites... means they expect you to lay it out so it's not twisted, connect the male with female end, then loop it in a chain like series of loops.

Thank a lot for your video, I´m watching you from Bogotá, Colombia.

Thank you, my dad was a maintenance guy and taught me once but I'd long since forgotten, and hate messy work spaces. Super helpful, thank you!

Thank you for your help, I will be trying this with a new cord, everytime I tried to use my old cord it's a mess.

Thanks. (BTW, I love the pronunciation of "proh-cess" and "aboot". :) Go Cannucks!

Conseils experts d'un Canadien! Merci monsieur !

Omg!!! You just made my life 500 times better!!!! Thank you thank you!!

This is the best way for me to store electrical cord or rope ! Been twisting knotting all these years, no more !Thank you so much Terry Peterman excellent video 👍👍👍

Thank you Terry! I needed to practice quite a few times but that's not your fault! I don't think I have it perfected yet but I am happy enough with what I have. I do agree it would be better to be able to say the entire cord at all times but I think you already got the message :) Thanks again! PS I also saved your video and plan to reference it the next time I need to manage a cord. I'll get there yet!

Best video on YT

What the freaking heck!!???! Such a simple solution! Thank you so much!

This was great! Thank you!

Looks like a better way than what I have always done. Thanks Terry!

I was looking for this, I haven’t properly coiled my cords in so long forgot how to do it. This is a waaay better version than I was taught (same drape method, but different end wrap).

Hey, at's a Jim Dandy way, especially when you throw the cord to unwind it.

Great! Like all your videos. Thx

Seen 20 bloody ways to do this all ineffective this seems a good idea.i will do next time I use my lead

Thank you!!! Bout time I learned this!

I'm 73 and didn't know that. THANK YOU!

good stuff man!!!! thank you for sharing.

Thank you! For my tired arms and for my now much neater 50 foot cord!

Interesting I all the time suffer tray to dismount the knots that. Form the extension cord. Thanks a lot friend!!!!!

This method is still not great for the end of your cord because you are putting alot of stress on the parts of the cable that you are twisting. Look up the Under over method for coiling and use Velcro or a piece of rope at the end to keep your coil in tact.

I'm sure this method works but I'm a visual learner. Any chance you have a version that isn't shot close up?

Isn't it silly...? Such a basic task! Yet I've watched my father do many times- ironically, when the time comes to test my knowledge, I'm like " Wrap over this way on my hand and always go straight to the old ELBOW! Then fiddle with it trying to remember where the 8 comes in.......? Then, it leads me to KZfaq. Thanks sir! Wish me luck!

I prefer the loop coil method. It shortens the length and makes it easy to pull apart and to re-coil

Yes ! Back up a little!

Cool! It does take a little bit of practice to get the cord nice and neat.

Great tip I was fighting a 100 ft cord yesterday

Thanks Terry!

I like the coiling but I feel like the tighter wrap (to tie up the bundle) at the end of the process will damage the cords over time.

Just wish you were standing a bit further from the camera so we can see clearly what you’re doing.

Thanks! What a nice guy.

And this is why KZfaq is awesome

Really Professional

Thanks for sharing ! 👍

Looks easy with a new cord. I've got one 100' long, partially frozen and been coiled too many times over the years. Rubberized cord won't lay flat.

Thank you. I like this better than the daisy chain I saw other people making on other videos. I have a 100' that I use with a leaf blower and it's a pain to wrap. I'll try this tomorrow since it's leaf season in Rhode Island.

Isn't this method not better suited for rope? I can imagine that it could damage the wires inside the cable, if it is stored for a prolonged time like this.

Very helpful!!

I've only been coiling the cord the wrong way for 60 years.

I like that. I will do that tomorrow.

Thanks, I do a similar method but like yours better..👍

This the roadie rope method. I like the chain stiche for longer ropes but some short cordage this might do in the pinch

I just did this. A few things I'd like to add. First, it is a bear to use any method to coil a 100 footer. Second, when you've spent years coiling it the wrong way it's got years of twists and probably always will. Third, trying to coil a cord in cooler weather is harder. And Fourth, why did I buy 100 footers🤔 Thanks for the video. Hopefully doing it this way from now on will whip it back into shape.

It does not work on long, heavy extension cords. There is not enough room in your one hand to wrap as well as the cord getting very heavy for one hand to hold.

Many thanks 🙏

best idea, helps alot, thank you

Thanks for the info.

can't see what you are doing

Thanks Terry. Great video!

Looks like a good method but I think you need to stand a little further from the camera so we have a better view of your technique. Also I think sailors call it flaking a line, not folding.

Don't laugh, but I have a log cottage where the ends of the logs stick out a foot and I use them to coil my garden hose. It always has twists, which are more annoying than the ones in an electrical cord since they shut off the supply of water. I'm going to use your pattern now to store my hose!

You filmed to close we can’t see nothing. Good idea but we can’t see nothing

Now I like that , very helpful

So i'm not the only one storing my cables like ropes ;) goes twice as fast when you start with the male and female end together

Good idea but you need to zoom out a little so we can see what you are doing. 3/4's of the frame is your face

Thank you!

Interesting. Have you ever heard of the figure 8 method? I've done for decades. You can throw without tangles most of the time. It's a similar principal of the way a parachute is folded.

New friend here. Great info. We have tons of wire and cords.

cant see what your doing. camera too close. didnt you view this video before uploading it ?? might be a good method... i havent got a clue b/c i cant SEE WTF you're doing.

With 100' , esp 10g, it's best to coil on the ground.

Some people are a net benefit to the world . . . .

Thank you

Wouldn’t this ruin the cord over time by twisting the internal wires unnaturally? When I coil my cord I feel the twist of the wires and if your loops are perfect it stays perfect. I also always start with the female end in my hand. That way in unfamiliar areas you find your outlet, plug in and walk to where you’re walking extending your cord as you walk and that keeps it from knotting.

Wrong, you mess up your cable by rolling it the way. When you work production for concerts and events you use the over under method. It saves your cable and you can throw it out without any tangles.

Best part of sailing lessons other than sailing of course

Need to see a wider angle please

Cool method. What's it called? And can you do it a little faster so I can see it better?

Heh, fiver intro. Love it. Used them for work.

I really wanted to learn your way, but I watched twice and can't see what you're doing. Please move the camera back next time.

That was great, real simples 👍👍

Thx!

Muchas felicidades. buen trabajo mí amigo. Aprendí otra forma diferente. Muchas gracias

You are too close to the camera!! Zoom out a little bit !!Good way to store cords though. Thanks for sharing.

wished you'd have shown the cord after you threw it ...to see it "untangled"