The cable goes over the edge again
You unplug the phone, turn back to the keyboard, and hear the connector tick across the desk and drop. By the time you look, the end of the lead is somewhere behind the desk leg, and the only way to get it back is to push the chair out, kneel down and feel for it. At the bedside it is worse, because it happens in the dark, at the end of the day, when you have already put your glasses somewhere.
Fishing behind the bedside table for the end of it
It is never a disaster. It is thirty seconds, several times a day, in the least dignified position available. In between, the loose end collects dust behind the desk, gets rolled over by a chair castor, or hangs off the bedside table where the cat finds it. People solve it with a binder clip, a loop of tape, or by weighting the cable under a book, and every one of those either lets go within a week or leaves a grey mark on the wood.
Cute animal cable clips that catch the cord before it falls
Each clip is a small moulded PVC animal with a notch between its paws and a peel-and-stick pad on the back. You clean the spot, press the clip onto the lip of the desk, the wall beside a socket or the side of a bedside table, and push the cable end into the notch. The animal’s arms hold it there, so the connector waits at the surface instead of dangling. The same clip works part-way along a lead, gripping the cable mid-run, and it holds earbuds and keys just as happily. Other desk setup gadgets tidy the cable run; this one solves the loose end.
What it does well
- Keeps the connector within reach. The notch holds the plug end at desk height, so charging is one movement rather than a search under the desk.
- No screws and no drilling. The pad sticks to smooth wood, a painted wall or plastic trim, which matters if the desk is not yours to make holes in.
- Works mid-cable as well as at the end. Clipped part-way along a lead it holds the run in place, so the cable is not looped across the desk.
- Not only for cables. The photographs show the same clips holding earbuds, a keyring and a row of makeup brushes.
- Sold in small sets. Two or three per pack, so the desk and the bedside table are covered at once.
Specifications
| Material | PVC |
|---|---|
| Styles | Bear, rabbit, panda, capybara, or a mixed set |
| Pack size | 2 clips (bear, rabbit, panda) or 3 clips (mixed, capybara) |
| Fixing | Self-adhesive pad, peel and stick |
| Suits | Phone charging leads, USB cables, earphone cables |
| Mounts on | Desk edge, wall, bedside table, beside a plug socket, car interior |
| Power | None required |
Worth knowing before you order
The adhesive pad is one-shot, so choose the spot before you press. It wants a smooth, clean, dry surface; textured paint, raw wood and dusty or greasy surfaces will not hold. These are sized for phone, USB and earphone cables, not thick power leads, and they are not load-bearing fixings. The option list is labelled Colour, but the choices are animal styles, and pack size varies with the style.
Why order it now rather than the next time it drops
The cable will go over the edge again tonight, and again tomorrow morning, and that is the whole argument. Until it arrives it is you, the chair and the floor behind the desk. It travels in weeks rather than days — the estimate on this page is the real carrier quote — and our returns and refund policy covers a refund or a replacement if it is still missing 30 days past that date.
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