For anyone that doesn't know this trick for extension cords I will write it down here for posterity. if you have a long extension cord, say 25-100 feet long, d

For anyone that doesn't know this trick for extension cords I will write it down here for posterity. if you have a long extension cord, say 25-100 feet long, do not ever coil it. Instead: 1. find a plastic bucket and cut a small hole in the bottom side of the bucket. 2. Lay the whole extension cord out flat - maybe on a driveway, sidewalk, or road (you only need to do this once) 3. Thread the male end of the extension cord (the side that plugs into the wall) into the top of the bucket and out the hole that you cut. 4. Pull enough of the cord through the hole that you can easily plug it in to the wall (maybe 3-4 ft max). 5. now, "stack" the rest of the cord into the bucket. Make no effort to coil it, don't worry how tangled it looks, it won't actually tangle. 6. for use, you can just pull out the female end and it will come out with no kinks or coils. For storage, stack the whole cord in, and plug the male and female ends together so the female end can't get underneath some of the other folds. Thank me later!