Anyone can make a USB hub, and anyone can make a cable management gadget, but the Quirky Contort brings the two together in an elegant and functional package. The Contort is a 4-port USB hub in the shape of a spool, with a thick flexible neck that keeps the Contort from bending or flexing too much around your computer’s USB port. You can plug your keyboard into the Contort and then spool excess cable around it so you only leave as much as you need on your desk, and then plug in additional peripherals to the USB ports on the sides.
If you’re not familiar Quirky, members of the community discuss which products they really think should be real, design them, and design and fund the build of the product from the ground up. If there’s sufficient demand for the product in or outside of the community, the product starts shipping, and the people who pre-ordered it are first in line.
The Quirky Contort is in the “Presale” phase, which means Quirky is seeing if enough people are willing to pre-order it before they start manufacturing it. You can pre-order one now for $29.99, but if you wait until the product starts its first run, you’ll pay $34.99, so you might want to order now.
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