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Over the years, my husband came home from conferences with a variety of useless stuff. But, the carabiner has been one of the items that we truly love and enjoy using to organize our home. From small sizes to large ones, we have them all helping us keep our homes and travel organized. So, today I am going to talk to you about the ways we use these nifty gadgets throughout our home. Here are Awesome Ways to use Carabiners to make life easier.
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What carabiner types are there?
First, let's share the different types of carabiners that are out there. All these carabiners can be used in different situations and can be used to help keep your things or you safe (Affiliate Link). Read on to see the different options.
Small Carabiners:
Small carabiners can range from really small 1 inch to about 2 inches. These small carabiners can be S-shaped with two openings. Below are some I found on Amazon (affiliate) to give you a visual.
Large Carabiners:
The larger carabiners are usually thicker and more heavy-duty. Unlike the small carabiner, the large carabiners are bigger than 2 inches and can go up to 4 or even bigger.
Carabiners that Lock:
And the last type of carabiners are the ones that lock. Usually, the carabiners with locks have a screw attachment so you can easily attach the two ends of the carabiner together so they will not release the items that are attached to them when using them for major projects like camping, fishing, or hiking. It is not easy to disconnect.
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Now that you know the options you have when buying carabiners, let's give you over 17 hacks to organize your home with carabiners.
Ways to Organize Your Home with Carabiners
1. We use them to hang tool bags in our tool closet.
It works great for smaller bags. We hung it from the wire shelves (Affiliate Link), and it worked great.
2. Use them for vertical garden baskets.
Last year, I created a vertical garden and used a carabiner to hook the chains together so I could hang the wire baskets together off my deck.
3. Organizing computer cables.
If you have some computer (Affiliate Link) cables, carabiners may work well for you. It's not a lot of cables. These carabiner works great for individual cables to hang them up for easy access.
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4. Add to your travel bag.
My husband uses it for holding keys in his bag when he travels. It works great, and he doesn't lose his keys in his larger bag.
5. Hold other carabiners
To keep the carabiners together, we hook them together and hang them instead of placing them in a drawer loose.
6. Use as a zipper.
With the smaller carabiner, we use them as a zipper extender on bags. It helps zipper up bags easily.
7. Repair buckle on bags.
This one, my husband knew a coworker who did this. And to this day, he still uses it in his bag. It's a great quick replacement for the plastic buckle that sometimes breaks when you travel.
8. Hold paper cards together.
The smaller carabiner can be used to hold index cards for various tasks. My kids use them for their foreign language vocabulary. I like to use it for note-taking for the car.
9. Hold rubberbands together.
This one is the best! These rubber bands (Affiliate Link) get lost so easily. They can now be stored in the car, backpacks, and bathroom, or kitchen and won't get lost.
Another 8 carabiner hacks to organize your home.
Below are some additional carabiner hacks to organize your life.
- Lock two zippers together to protect your backpack. Using a smaller carabiner, you can lock two zippers together.
- Keep your Coupons together. Hole punch your coupons and add a small carabiner to hold them together.
- Keep your grocery bags (reusable or plastic) together. If you have grocery bags that are in your trunk (Affiliate Link), you can easily attach the handles together with a large carabiner, and it will help keep your bags of stuff contained and not transferred all over your truck.
- Keep your gates in your yard locked. Using a carabiner, find the right size hole that matches your gate latch hole. We use these all the time because we live in a windy area and our gates tend to open easily. Using these carabiners works really well for us. However, my husband doesn't care for them when he mows.
- Hang your reusable bags in your grocery cart. Using a large carabiner, you can hook all your reusable bags together and hang them from your grocery cart so it doesn't take up space inside your cart.
- Use carabiners to hold your accessories in your closet. Hook the carabiner on your hanger, and add your necklace and other things to it to set up your outfit for the next day.
- Organize your gift bags with large carabiners. You can easily add the handles of the gift bags to a carabiner to keep them organized and not creased or folded in your closet for a future party.
- Organize your handbags. Interlocking your handbag handles together and hanging a large carabiner to the closet rod so you can see all your bags in one place.
I hope these carabiner hacks give you some ideas on ways to use carabiners when organizing your home. They are very cool tools (Affiliate Link) and can be used to help you get organized. What do you use your carabiners for? I would love to hear from you. Please leave a comment below.
Joie Gahum says
I also use my roadeavour carabine as a support for some of decor. It helps to bring that mountaineer vibe in the house.
Hazel Thornton says
I've used a 3" carabiner as a keychain for years. Attaches to my purse when not in use. But I also have a giant one with a rubber grip (which never seems to be handy when the occasion arises) that was designed to help carry several plastic or cloth bags at one time without the straps digging into your hand.
Sabrina says
They are great strong tools! Thanks for sharing how you use them, Hazel.
Kim says
Well, I learned something new today as I had never heard that term. Great ideas and these could mean you avoid going out and buying a new hook or other gadgets not needed. Now I know what I could use those for.
Autumn Leopold says
Love this post Sabrina! We use these a lot too! Keys, bags, and ponytail holders for sure. I love the idea of hanging cords with them. Now you've got me looking around wondering where else I could use them. 🙂
Sabrina says
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the post! It's crazy the things we use them for. I didn't realize until I went around my house and found them. =)
Ellen Delap says
Such simple ways to make effective uses of an item we all have around our homes!
Thanks for sharing!
Janet Barclay says
I don't think I've ever had any of these, but now I want some! I'll definitely keep my eyes open at my next trade show or conference. 🙂