Securely seat Thunderbolt cables

[Simon Dunne]

Has anyone found an off the shelf solution? BNC heads were great, as they locked in. Now in this digital world, one of the biggest issues i constantly face at sites is a loose cable.....thunderbolts being the biggest pain!

Anyone?

 

[Joel Voelker]

Little bit of Epoxy should do the trick...

 

[ericyoung]

Has anyone found an off the shelf solution? BNC heads were great, as they locked in. Now in this digital world, one of the biggest issues i constantly face at sites is a loose cable.....thunderbolts being the biggest pain!

Anyone?

For short term, I just use some crossed over camera tape.

 

[Simon Dunne]

Ok, so no one has a solution expect a home brew patch, yet we all must have the same issue?!

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Sonnett has locking connectors.

 

[Simon Dunne]

Thanks Jarek!

http://www.sonnettech.com/product/thunderlok.html

They require the host interface to have the screw mounts. Best i've seen so far though! Anyone else???

 

[ericyoung]

Thunderbolt is just a consumer connector unfortunately.

I can't see how any "professional" locking add on will work universally as every Thunderbolt device will have variations in physical form factor. The Sonnet one as you've seen is only designed to work with certain Sonnet products.

The camera tape solution has the advantage of universality and cheapness though!