Nite Ize Curvyman Cord Supervisor - Easy Earbud Organizer, Headphone Cord Wrap - Black

Earbuds and small charging wires are always getting tangled, making their use more difficult. Throwing them into a small pouch doesn't fix this problem, rather it almost insures that they'll be tangled the next time you go to use them. This very simple device goes a long way to fixing that problem. Take the earbud end and snap the cord into flexible circular cutout at the top and pull them snug. Then quickly wrap the cord around the body and snap the plug end into the bottom cutout. Voila! Neat, clean, and done in 2 seconds.The only downside I see is that earbuds that come with volume controls on the cord might not lie flat if the control comes to the edge of the body, but it's easy to adjust the tension of cord at the top hole to allow it to move 1/4" to fix the problem.For the price, you can't go wrong. I'm buying another couple of these in different colors to satisfy the neurotic side of my personality! Seriously, they're a very clever, inexpensive idea for keeping small cords from getting hopelessly tangled!

Bought the Curvyman because I needed a way to keep my wired headphones under control for work. Balling them up and tossing them in a drawer makes using them again a pain since you have to untangle them. If you are running late to dial into a conference call, you know what I mean.I've boughten Nite Ize products before and know they fit the bill for need so I gave the Curvyman a try.The process works great, there are 2 hiccups for me though. 1, the plastic polymer or whatever the material is, is a bit too stiff to lock in the ends of the wires constantly. Also, if you used inline mic headphones, the mic section is longer than the Curvyman and make the last few turns a bit awkward.

I like this cord organizer because it is super cheap and well made. It's a thick and durable feeling rubber material (possibly silicone) and it's small and can easily be clipped to a lanyard or something like that. I mainly use them for IEMs because having a lot of extra cord hanging down can make them fall out of your ear or increase micro-phonics.For those who don't know, micro-phonics is that annoying brushing sound you hear in your eardrums while wearing in ear headphones because the wire is picking up vibrations from everything it hits or slides against and that sound goes into your eardrum. It's the one main drawback of IEMs. I find that using something like this to reduce the length of your cables can keep them from sliding around and rubbing things as much. Also I really like the neat organized look I get when using them.Most important of all, I no longer snag my headphone or IEM cables on things. That's how most headphones are ruined.

This cord supervisor is such a nifty little gadget. Both my husband and myself use MP3 players a lot and were constantly getting the ear plug cords tangled into a mess when not in use. I discovered this little fella while looking for a solution to the problem. I was tired of seeing my husband fight his ear plugs every time he used them, untangling them and straightening them out.I ordered two and they've been in constant use upon receiving them. The cords are easy to secure through the little round holes and after winding both earpiece lines around and around the body of the "man", they can be secured on the bottom hole. This is made of soft silicone so working with it is quite easy. I just leave my ear buds attached to this and the other end plugged into the MP3 player, altogether and easy to find. No tangle, no knots, no fuss.

After trying this cord management system for my small cords (USB, headphones...), I think I've found a far easier and mechanically more sound solution: using velcro ties. The Curvyman wraps cords pretty tightly AND distorts the ends of the wires that connect to devices. This, I think, is where most of my cords have failed--because the ends (where the cord inserts into a phone or computer...) are so often bent back and forth. A simple velcro (or similar) tie allows you to adjust the cord so there's enough give that sensitive parts (like where a microphone is) aren't bent sharply AND the ends of the cord can be arranged straight to alleviate the frequent stresses there.Curvyman seems like a good idea, but to me, it just reintroduces too much stress where cords tend to fail. Plus, for the price of the Curvyman I got dozens of small velcro ties that work on everything from bulky power cords to delicate earbud cords.*ORIGINAL REVIEW*I've been burning through a lot of headphones recently & think the failures have something to do with the twisting of the wires in the cord so I bought this to allow cord storage without pinching wires at the ends (where you plug cords into devices or at the cans). At the same time, I bought a pair of Belkins headphones with the flat anti-tangle cord. The flat cord takes up too much space on wrapping around this Curvyman management system to be practical. Worse, the flat cord doesn't fit in the tight clasps at either end of the Curvyman--designed to hold both ends of your headphone cord. So the Curvyman doesn't work well with flat cords.Another issue to be aware of is that the end clasps are very tight on arrival. Maybe this is so that as they're used over time and loosen, they'll maintain enough tension to clasp the headphone cord effectively. But the aperture is also small, so it doesn't seem to work with irregular or fat cords, either. I struggled to fit my Belkins flat cord in the clasps at either end of the Curvyman and at both ends the cord STILL stuck out of the clasp aperture.I don't have a regular cord shape set of headphones anymore, but I inserted a typical micro-USB cable (phone and other small devices charging) into the end of the Curvyman. It fit just fine. I've included a photo so you can the shape of the clasp relative to different cord diameters/width.I'm keeping the Curvyman in case I get another pair of standard cylindrical-cord headphones. But a more pragmatic cord management solution would accept ANY cord size while securing the wrapped cord bundle stably--like a velcro- or magnetic-wrap system. I'm now back on Amazon looking for one of those for my flat-cord Belkins...