If you guys make a next generation of the cabli please make cablis for longer cables, 40, 50 feet, also reinforcing the tail we use to roll the cable as it feels weak and when cables get stuck could break easily or at least that’s how i feel it and all the times i do it with fear, and the middle circle cap always fall off. thank you.
Agreed - Love the cabli and the next generation would be better if it could hold thicker cable like speaker cables or handle the woven cables better.
Still, the cabli has been amazing - at least when we used to gig!
Hey there, thanks for the feedback, we have gotten many requests to include a larger Cabli option for longer/thicker cables, and we plan to look into that soon.
As to your other requests, thank you for the feedback, customer opinions are invaluable to us.
We are aware of the defect on the Cabli circle cap, and will look out for it in future productions, thank you!
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@BrennanSingularSound I just got 4 of them as part of the Christmas special. I really really like them. The elastic strap to hold while winding up cables is a bit kludgey, kloogy, (sp?) wonky… doesn’t work well. For that reason I give it 4 stars rather than 5. Used them at a 6 gigs so far and they sure help speed up the set up and tear down.
Very cool product…a bit pricey… but cool!
Thanks for the feedback!
You can gig? Haven’t been able to play live music in the UK for nigh on a year.
Yep. Not as widespread as pre-March 2020, but many places (outdoor venues, some restaurants, etc. are having live music… with COVID precautions. I’m in the N. Texas area.
We’re in total lockdown again until at least 8 March and singing apart from a brief spell last August (and only outside) is banned. TBH we wouldn’t have taken the chance in any case. Liz is having first vaccine tomorrow but I can’t see venues reopening for live music until at least last quarter of year, if even then.
In any case you may want to watch our how to use video for tips in case!
I like the cabli… I have used them many times now. I wonder if a pop socket type thing on the back instead of an elastic strap would allow for a firmer hold? Just a thought.
Is there a way to neatly “stack them” on top of each other while sitting on the ground? Have them stay in place? I have 4 of them all stacked when I’m set up to play and my “Tower of Cablis” 
sometimes falls due to vibration, or a slight tug on one of the cables.
Thanks for the cool product!
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Interesting, thanks for the feedback and suggestions!
My personal review after 4 years of using my Cabli cable winder tool:
- I have 8 cablis. Two are completely out of commission due to the handle that rewinds them have snapped off. The tiny plastic rod that holds the handle on just wears out.
- I play several times per week at senior living facilities. My portable rig requires 3 cables from my pedal board to my PA; 2 XLR cables and 1 Instrument cable. I also use one cabli for my guitar to my pedal board, if I’m not using my wireless system. I find the rubber coated cables are easier to wind, more so than the braided style as they tend to be a bit thicker. The braided style also seem to twist around each other more while rewinding.
- The speed savings on set up and tear down over the last 4 years I would equate to about 13 hours.
(let’s see the math: 2.5 gigs a week (average) X 52 weeks per year X 3 winding and unwinding time savings of about 30 seconds per cable is about 1.5 minutes, comes out to a grand total annual savings of time to be approximately 195 minutes annually OR 3.25 hours of saved time X 4 years of use = 13 hours.)
Suggestions:
1 - Updated cabli should have something other than an elastic strap to hold onto while winding. Smaller hands struggle with it.
2 - Some way to stack them neatly (forming a cabli tower perhaps) to clean up stage area.
3 - Some way to make the cable (asymmetric) so the cabli itself can be stacked somewhere out of sight, rather than the middle of the stage. Much like a water hose winder works, so one end can be attached and the other end winds up on the cabli.
4 - Replace that not-so-strong plastic rod with something more robust to keep it from breaking.
Best wishes for continued success!
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I’m glad you like the Cabli! Thank you for your suggestions! We’ll keep them in mind.
Do you find that you would prefer the Cabli to be bigger to accommodate longer cables? What would be the longest cable you would use?
For a one-man show, personally don’t carry anything longer than 15 feet. For Duo gigs, I do have a few longer cables to use as speaker cables either 25’ or 50’, depending on the venue.
I really like a “clean stage”. My 'ideal" cabli would have a short end of the cable (to plug into mixer) that could be out of sight, and the long end of the cable wound up by itself, just like a garden hose winder. Hope that makes sense. Example: Amazon.com
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I would add that making the Cabli easier to disassemble would be immensely helpful for when well-meaning “helpers” get a cable bound up inside of the Cabli, wind the Cabli the wrong direction, or try to wind both ends onto the same side of the Cabli. Otherwise, these things are a Godsend for keeping the church stage organized!
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