How To Wrap a Cable the Right Way Over Under

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  • @JavierMercedes
    @JavierMercedes  5 років тому +86

    Live a tangle free audio cable lifestyle :) Leave a thumbs up if it helped!👍

    • @whatsupdate
      @whatsupdate 5 років тому +3

      Javier Mercedes I’ve lived this many years and until this very day I didn’t know how to coil a cord. The garden hose has been a pain but now I bet it’s going to get tamed. Thanks dude.

    • @JavierMercedes
      @JavierMercedes  5 років тому +3

      @@whatsupdate Just wait until you vacuum the next time, wrapping cables will never be the same :)

  • @manamimnm
    @manamimnm Рік тому +74

    This is the best video demonstrating the method. Filming it from a first-person perspective is genius.

    • @sukhmandersingh4306
      @sukhmandersingh4306 5 місяців тому

      Flicking the wrist is exactly what i needed, no other video talks about that.

  • @GenkiEdits
    @GenkiEdits 5 років тому +1105

    If you're here because you've been yelled at, criticized, or bullied because of the way you wrapped a cable, we've all been there, and we're here for you. 😌

    • @JavierMercedes
      @JavierMercedes  5 років тому +24

      Wow, loving the new profile pic Genki!

    • @VenkatAnveshPaila
      @VenkatAnveshPaila 4 роки тому +6

      You're not alone mate 🙄

    • @donjuanelgrande
      @donjuanelgrande 3 роки тому +7

      True I thought I knew I didn’t haha

    • @IsaacCV760
      @IsaacCV760 2 роки тому +14

      Got yelled at today so here I am learning how wrap a cable

    • @D_Benz9
      @D_Benz9 2 роки тому +2

      I can DEF relate🤦🏾‍♂️😅.

  • @noahforbes1999
    @noahforbes1999 Рік тому +36

    I am sad to admit that I have played music my whole life and been gigging weekly for the last 10 years and have never learned to do this correctly. Thank you. No telling how many cables have suffered at my hands

  • @Blackcat-di9rc
    @Blackcat-di9rc 4 роки тому +195

    Oh dear god, thanks so much for making this video. I have been having the hardest time grasping the wrap, even when someone shows me how to do it in person.
    Being able to see how its done from this angle was a game changer, and i got it almost immediately. bless

    • @JavierMercedes
      @JavierMercedes  4 роки тому +7

      So awesome to hear that! Glad I could help Gabriel!

    • @ShockwaveZero
      @ShockwaveZero 4 роки тому +6

      Same for me. The angle really helped and he jumped right into it without saying how he's had his cables for 20 years and everyone else doesn't know how to tie their cables (like every other video)

  • @philiam0420
    @philiam0420 4 місяці тому +11

    Over the course of six months, I have been unsuccessfully taught this method by many of my coworkers. I’d wrap the cables eventually, but I was bad at it. This video quite literally immediately fixed the issue. Just gave me that little click in my brain.

  • @PanduPoluan
    @PanduPoluan Рік тому +19

    Ahh, that tip on "the cable wanting to move the other way" is a very helpful tip! Also, the tip of "letting the cable roll on its own on the first loop" 👍🏼

  • @That__Guy
    @That__Guy 4 роки тому +31

    The way you show how the cable moves on its own is really helpful to explain others how and why you should do that.

  • @jdlacroix1328
    @jdlacroix1328 2 роки тому +1

    Wow this vid makes it so easy to understand!

  • @mastertimb
    @mastertimb Рік тому +11

    The first-person perspective really helps! Thank you!

  • @mottgirl13
    @mottgirl13 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you! Great perspective.. because I’m super visually challenged

  • @sjsiemka
    @sjsiemka Рік тому +1

    I always did this! And now you got me confused, but I did it agian, now I locked it in :D

  • @K3zz21
    @K3zz21 2 роки тому +2

    You are the real mvp for doing a pov angle. That makes it SO much easier to grasp.

  • @marypetrie930
    @marypetrie930 Рік тому +1

    Very well explained.

  • @CamKnoppMusic
    @CamKnoppMusic 2 роки тому +32

    This is how every tutorial video needs to be. Straight to the point and explained in a clear manner. Thank you!

  • @jameslabs1
    @jameslabs1 2 роки тому +4

    You really cared that people know how to do this skill. Exceptional teaching all the way. Thanks for doing what many other don't do.

  • @TheGWART16
    @TheGWART16 3 роки тому +17

    Hey, just wanted to drop a note. Really appreciate you making this video!! I work in sport broadcasting and teach people all the time how to do this. I send them your video all the time and tell people to watch it for reference after I have showed them how to do it. Great video and thanks for sharing!

  • @farivargorjian3229
    @farivargorjian3229 3 роки тому +1

    Finally I get it. The bird's eye view format of this video is the clearest I've seen and now I understand!

  • @alcatrazclad
    @alcatrazclad 3 роки тому +4

    This video should have 10mil+ views. Thanks!

  • @isaackriley6898
    @isaackriley6898 2 роки тому +1

    Your the man!

  • @Xxxxxrrr6464
    @Xxxxxrrr6464 Рік тому +1

    Thanks very detailed

  • @beatsmithradio
    @beatsmithradio 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video! All the other videos were 3rd person and impossible to follow! Thank you for a first person perspective

  • @JimHornEntertainment
    @JimHornEntertainment 3 роки тому +4

    Excellent explanation and love the POV rather than second person perspective

  • @kennethjolley
    @kennethjolley Рік тому +1

    Great video!!!

  • @eugenincognito450
    @eugenincognito450 Рік тому +1

    This five minutes vid would eventually save hours of time and loads of stress. Thanks a ton 😊

  • @DSD
    @DSD 5 років тому +9

    Wow - you just blew my mind - that is so darn simple and makes so much sense... Can't way to get home and rewrap some cables Javier!

    • @JavierMercedes
      @JavierMercedes  5 років тому +1

      Glad I could help, hope it is easy to follow!

  • @roberth5696
    @roberth5696 3 роки тому +8

    Thank You so much! Started new job today and new boss tried explaining this method with a 200ft of cat5 and for some reason my hand/brain struggled with the under and I felt really dumb..just watched your vid and almost immediately im doing it perfectly...thanks again!!!!

  • @GreasySpoonVideo
    @GreasySpoonVideo 8 місяців тому

    Wow! Thank you! I think I finally understand. Shooting this from your POV was -brilliant-! I'm an old man and I've been playing and fiddling with a ridiculous amount of gear since I was a very young man. My cable coiling skills were mediocre at best and knotty at worst. UNTIL NOW! WHEEEEEEEEE!

  • @PatMacMusic
    @PatMacMusic 3 роки тому +1

    Best video on all of youtube

  • @RafaelSetiawanRS16
    @RafaelSetiawanRS16 3 роки тому +1

    this is a gamechanger, thanks for making this javier!

  • @LincolnintheAdirondacks
    @LincolnintheAdirondacks 5 років тому +46

    There's some people at work I'm gonna show this video to lol

  • @TonyBoco-ro6lu
    @TonyBoco-ro6lu Рік тому +1

    Mahalo and Thousand Thanks Javier! I share this video clip with other local crew who work with me in live sports television.

  • @stephena4113
    @stephena4113 2 роки тому +1

    Best one I’ve seen so far!!!

  • @graylagran7443
    @graylagran7443 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for this video - i'm beginning to wrap all my heavy duty outdoor cords from my Christmas display. I just tried it on my longest cord and it looks perfect ⭐

  • @moonolyth
    @moonolyth Рік тому +1

    So Im not the only retentive guy! Ive been just doing the over but swinging the entire cable like a snake to take the wist off. Looks good but eventually the wires inside will shift.
    Thanks so much, Ill be doing this like a freek going forward.

  • @docm7735
    @docm7735 2 роки тому +1

    Life/Game changer tip!

  • @CluelessCarter
    @CluelessCarter Рік тому +2

    I've been doing it as over only and noticed that when I unwind the wire there are kinks and knots in the wire. I also noticed that the wire also bends awkwardly when you only do over. I realize now that it wants to be in the under position! Thank you.

    • @PanduPoluan
      @PanduPoluan Рік тому

      Yeah! That's an eye-opening experience to me as well!

  • @LB-kk3kw
    @LB-kk3kw 2 роки тому +1

    Finally! A first person POV video on this technique. Well explained! I get it.

  • @keenanslittlesister4604
    @keenanslittlesister4604 Рік тому +1

    In college I didn’t learn the under technique; I learned just over but you twist counter clockwise to combat that weird twisting it does. Idk if that way is “wrong” but this looks safer? Time to re train my muscle memory 😅

  • @amusik7
    @amusik7 3 роки тому +1

    This was an excellent video! I’ve seen this method done but never from the first-person view that is really important to learn to get the method.

  • @mattwharton5939
    @mattwharton5939 7 місяців тому

    I actually love this.. I actively searched UA-cam for it to help me out after a gig. Yet when it’s 1am when you’re packing away and you have a 3hr drive ahead of you just to get to your storage lock up, all this goes to hell 😂

  • @BestBBQShow
    @BestBBQShow 5 років тому +29

    I do the same thing but with a twist! This is so important! The only problem is once you learn you'll be cringing at everyone else wrapping things up😜😂😅😜 thanks again as always for the knowledge

    • @JavierMercedes
      @JavierMercedes  5 років тому +2

      Yup the cringe is real, but it does once people figure it out it helps everyone have a better production. Thanks for watching Yoni.

    • @ryyanedit7834
      @ryyanedit7834 4 роки тому

      What kind of Twist?

    • @ShredOfficial
      @ShredOfficial 3 роки тому +1

      @@ryyanedit7834 twisting the wrist

    • @faraztahir7169
      @faraztahir7169 3 роки тому

      aren't you the ableist one.

  • @GerardoRodriguez-gf2iu
    @GerardoRodriguez-gf2iu 2 роки тому +1

    nice dude! great vid for intro event production peeps trying to learn how to manage cables!

  • @kyzor-sosay6087
    @kyzor-sosay6087 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video,man.thanks.

  • @Jam_Bon
    @Jam_Bon 2 роки тому +2

    Wow, this is the third time I have sat down to learn this. Your video is the only thing saving me from a lifetime of feeling like a total failure 😂 amazing. Thank you! POV FTW lol

  • @DaleStrickland
    @DaleStrickland 4 роки тому +23

    THANK YOU, I've been struggling with the 'under' concept for so long. Seeing it so well explained and from this POV is a game changer

  • @renegadethesandwing02050
    @renegadethesandwing02050 2 місяці тому +1

    I literally just did this with 100 ft extension cable and I pulled up this video to show my dad how to do it because I'm too tired to do it again lol, fantastic video

  • @DevGamerShripadAgashe
    @DevGamerShripadAgashe 3 місяці тому +1

    THANK YOU for the FPV it helped a lot

  • @joshualermon1442
    @joshualermon1442 2 роки тому +1

    Finally someone doing it correctly

  • @smiggy1968
    @smiggy1968 2 роки тому +1

    Great video. Thanks

  • @imitatefirst
    @imitatefirst 2 роки тому +1

    Finally I get it - thanks!

  • @XSwordOfWarX
    @XSwordOfWarX Рік тому +1

    I use to just dangle the extra cable or try to whip the twist out as I go but this technique is a lot faster and less stressful. Good video!

  • @WebGuru
    @WebGuru 2 роки тому +3

    Excellent work Javier! I loved seeing the cable wrapping from your POV and the repetition was very helpful.

  • @2iqqy
    @2iqqy Рік тому +1

    legend

  • @JerryLenaz
    @JerryLenaz 3 роки тому +1

    The POV shot was super helpful! I finally understand how to coil the cables! Thanks.

  • @tiff_fpv
    @tiff_fpv Рік тому +1

    Thanks!!

  • @watamatafoyu
    @watamatafoyu Рік тому +1

    I'm terrible with tying anything at all, including shoelaces, gifts, and knots, and I've watched three other videos, and this guy finally nailed it quickly for me.

  • @gaaty1954
    @gaaty1954 4 роки тому +1

    Nice 1st person view really love it. Finally learned it. Thanks.

  • @miles8604
    @miles8604 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this video, I think it's going to help me a lot!

  • @johnnhello4913
    @johnnhello4913 3 роки тому +1

    This a nice straight forward video. Thanks for communicating firmly!

  • @Allan-et5ig
    @Allan-et5ig 3 роки тому +1

    Javier Mercedes - Thanks so much; you saved me serious $$ over time.

  • @domie_
    @domie_ 3 роки тому +1

    Loved the video, thank you!

  • @davidwoek3041
    @davidwoek3041 2 роки тому +1

    So useful, thanks!

  • @Eshan-
    @Eshan- 2 роки тому +1

    THANK YOU

  • @zelrius8714
    @zelrius8714 2 роки тому +2

    Holy crapp, I need to learn this. I’ve been wrapping my cables for all of my devices wrong and I put the end through the middle then tape it😭 no wonder it always tangles too. Definitely gonna try this

  • @Reverae
    @Reverae 3 роки тому +1

    Thankyou so much! Understood it clearly

  • @ronbunn1349
    @ronbunn1349 6 місяців тому

    I’ve been a professional touring musician for nearly twenty years and have always done the thumb-to-elbow technique

  • @sprinter18
    @sprinter18 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for this. I need a lot of practice!

  • @Wahinies
    @Wahinies Рік тому

    This angle is much better and explained better than the dudes from the ground just saying this is how you do it but at least those guys raised awareness to it and made me curious. Thanks for sharing

  • @N0rmad
    @N0rmad 8 місяців тому +3

    Over under kind of implies that it's always going to be alternating but my cable seems to mostly naturally wrap in overs with only the occasional under? Is this because my cable is messed up from months of doing it wrong? Or is that fine?

  • @tonnyglez9653
    @tonnyglez9653 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you sm for this! This really helped 🔥!

  • @ganeshg8291
    @ganeshg8291 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much ❤️, very useful for me : )

  • @HelloSnake
    @HelloSnake 2 роки тому +2

    That's cool. I have a ridiculously long headphone cable and wanted to see if there's a right way to coil it so I can shorten it. I'll do this. Thanks.

    • @HelloSnake
      @HelloSnake Рік тому

      @@divinetiming1005 That's rough.

  • @burritoburntbread9292
    @burritoburntbread9292 6 місяців тому

    great tutorial, i succeeded in one try!

  • @patina1688
    @patina1688 3 роки тому +2

    Right on! I used to know how to do this but needed a reminder...lol.. Thank you!!

  • @kurokurokuro9152
    @kurokurokuro9152 3 роки тому +2

    i genuinely had to laugh when i looked at my cable after you said "if you did this properly you should be able to let this go without tangles" lol... great video

  • @olit1234
    @olit1234 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @fadedninna
    @fadedninna 3 роки тому +1

    thank you

  • @anthonymurtland5688
    @anthonymurtland5688 2 роки тому +1

    Thats the standard technique, I learned a different way that doesn’t have the phantom tangles in music school. Guess I have to do a video to share the love.

    • @milchreis9554
      @milchreis9554 5 місяців тому

      It's been two years but I'd very much like to know about this technique

  • @sergiodrumeando
    @sergiodrumeando 3 роки тому +1

    Good stuff, thanks!

  • @BPYT
    @BPYT 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks, this is the only video that made sense! The camera angle is key.

  • @PatrickToch
    @PatrickToch 2 роки тому +1

    Thnx mate

  • @kr-edit
    @kr-edit 10 місяців тому

    Wow thank you so much for this .

  • @almightytreegod
    @almightytreegod 2 роки тому +1

    Been doing this for many years and decided to look it up again because I swear no one actually seems to have an answer for how to throw an over/under wrapped cable you didn’t do yourself, or that has been stored for a while and potentially moved around a bit. Not sure Velcro ties is the answer really, unless I’m missing something. I still get knots when throwing one about half the time.

  • @leogomez9088
    @leogomez9088 24 дні тому

    I love you guy, thanks so much

  • @jordacheevonaicker
    @jordacheevonaicker 3 роки тому

    FPP really helped, actually learned it this time

  • @TimeofourlivesAu
    @TimeofourlivesAu 4 роки тому +1

    Javier, you're a great person. Thank you for this video

  • @raymond6845
    @raymond6845 3 роки тому +1

    Damn, I've been doing it wrong for YEARS. Thanks dude

  • @kleinzak8437
    @kleinzak8437 3 дні тому

    Thank you, Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @robshimer
    @robshimer 3 роки тому +1

    What is the end product supposed to look like? I don't really understand the difference between over-over and this.

  • @AntonVanDerSar
    @AntonVanDerSar Рік тому

    I'm right hand dominant (guitar and piano player) and I can't feed into my left hand to save my life haha. You should do another vid with a cable that doesn't already have a ravel-wrap memory for folks with no experiece/not theater kids/not musicians... so they can see it done from scratch. Great vid. thanks!

  • @thegreypath1777
    @thegreypath1777 11 місяців тому

    THANK YOU so much!!

  • @RookieMistakeYT
    @RookieMistakeYT 4 роки тому +5

    For some reason a lot harder than you make it look but I was way over thinking it 😂 once you find the flow it’s a thing of beauty. Thanks!

    • @JavierMercedes
      @JavierMercedes  4 роки тому +1

      That’s why I wanted to show it from the POV angle, it is the closest to representing what wrapping the cable “feels” and looks like. Glad you got the hang of it!

  • @MsTommyknocker
    @MsTommyknocker 3 роки тому

    Thanx for the upload, But why do you need to alternate between over and under. If either over or under works??

  • @supersophisticated9943
    @supersophisticated9943 2 роки тому +1

    This is super helpful to re-learn; but what about if there are kinks in the cables? I recall that being a hot topic for this art of wrapping.

  • @VenkatAnveshPaila
    @VenkatAnveshPaila 4 роки тому +5

    As an Audio Engineering student I used to escape those cable winding sessions as I was unable to do it.
    I just wound my cables right for the first timer today.
    Thanks a lot! ❤️
    Do such more videos!😅

  • @victoriamasters9590
    @victoriamasters9590 8 місяців тому

    How are you getting it so neat!? This is driving my nuts!!

  • @sunflowersprinkles5787
    @sunflowersprinkles5787 4 місяці тому

    This is literally such an amazing tutorial. Thank you so much.

  • @newgunguy4176
    @newgunguy4176 2 роки тому +2

    For the under grab the cable from underneath with palm up. Then, rotate rotate hand when going towards coil. No need for flip.

  • @adrianfels2985
    @adrianfels2985 3 роки тому +1

    Now I even wrap my loading cable from my smartphone or Macbook like this.