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    James MacMillan is offline Membership Revoked for repeated rule violations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coinneach View Post
    A couple possibilities come to mind...mind you, I haven't tried any of these yet, my flashes are still wandering around loose.

    Storage – Loop the flashes as they’d be when you normally wear them and…
    1. Hang them on a rotating tie rack.
    2. Display them on a peg board in the closet.
    I'm working on a peg board thingy right now, with golf tees as pegs. If it works, then I'll look for something more permanent.

    Traveling isn't much of a problem, as I only carry enough to match the kilts and hose that I'm traveling with..... It's at home that they seem to get messed up.

    Also toying with the idea of those big black heavy paper clips??

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    I'm a zip lock bag guy too. Came to that after lots of "Flash Wrangling" in the sock drawer. With so many kilts wound up with a LOT of flashes, both tartan and solid.

    My current solution is to put a 4x6" Index Card in a zip lock bag, then add a single pair of flashes to the bag.

    If the flashes are tartan then they hang from the same hanger as the matching kilt, clipped to one of the hanger clips.

    Solid color flashes are individually bagged and in the sock drawer.

    When I travel, my kilts go in a garment bag. Flashes are either hanging from the hanger clip in the zip lock bag or tossed (still bagged) in the bottom of the garment bag.

    Individual bagging has helped me a lot. Much easier to handle without the velco ones turning into a briar patch, both flashes stay together, no strays, and the index card in the bag with them keeps them from getting smushed up.

    Works for me,

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    I keep mine in a recycled cigar box on a shelf in the closet housing my kilts.

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    Well the peg-board idea was a bust - so now, they are living in a bix plastic box that I think was originally designed for fishing lures.

    Some are in plastic bags, some are loose, with rubber bands, some have big black paper clips, some are just folded, back to back with the elastic wrapped around.

    If anybody comes up with any more ideas - - please share!

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    Having almost 50 pairs of flashes, I had to find a way of storing them and yet being able to access them quickly. This four drawer plastic unit meets my needs but it will not be too long before I will be obliged to stack another identical unit on top - if I can find one. The top two drawers house my plain colour flashes, and the bottom two the tartan ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post
    Having almost 50 pairs of flashes, I had to find a way of storing them and yet being able to access them quickly. This four drawer plastic unit meets my needs but it will not be too long before I will be obliged to stack another identical unit on top - if I can find one. The top two drawers house my plain colour flashes, and the bottom two the tartan ones.

    Hamish - You're really "the Man"

    - - I think that the next time I have a similar question I'll just PM to Hamish.

    I've seen these type boxes in our DIY places! Two would work for me. One for reds, another for greens!

    Thanks Hamish

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