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!

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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

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