After posting last week about my Star Wars ties, I realized that (a) I have a lot of ties, and (b) I have no place to store them. Right now, my ties are stored in a dresser drawer where they constantly get wrinkled. Years ago Susan bought me a motorized tie rack, but the batteries died and then some of the parts got lost and that was that.

Introducing, Twirl-a-Tie. I’ve seen devices like this one on late night television, but haven’t been able to find them in stores. I ordered two of off of eBay for $2/each + shipping for a grand total of about nine bucks.

Inside the box are two parts, which easily snap together. The back of the box contains assembly instructions (“snap the two pieces together”) and usage instructions (“hang your ties on it”) in four languages. Apparently, poor tie organization is a problem that affects many people in many different countries.

Between the ties in my dresser and the ones in my closet, I ended up counting around 30 ties. Here’s what 30 ties look like in a big pile.

With a total assembly time of less than a second, it was time to hang the Twirl-a-Tie in my closet and start hanging ties on it. I really don’t have much to say about this process. The ties hang on the little plastic hooks, and the bottom half of the Twirl-a-Tie spins. The only problem I had with the device was when I hung a bunch of ties on one side, which made the Twirl-a-Tie lean to one side and not rotate very well. As long as your ties are somewhat evenly distributed, the little gadget works great.

The one on the left is holding 20 ties that I should probably throw away. That Flintstones tie isn’t coming back in style (it’s a fashion Yabba-Dabba-Don’t). The one on the right is holding ties I would wear in public. Sadly, my clip-on 8-bit tie from Thinkgeek doesn’t really fit on the Twirl-a-Tie. If you have a lot of clip on ties, this may not be the solution for you.

All done, and just in time as my headache is starting to come back. Time to go lay back down!