I've bought and used thousands of zip ties (Reply #23)

In the discussion thread: "Do regular humans actually buy zip-ties? Have you ever bought a zip-tie? If so, what did you use it [View all]

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Wed Jan 13, 2021, 03:53 AM

Mariana (12,612 posts)

23. I've bought and used thousands of zip ties

for many mundane purposes around the house and garden.

I've never even seen zip tie style restraints for sale, and I've never owned any.

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104 replies	Author	Time	Post
"Do regular humans actually buy zip-ties? Have you ever bought a zip-tie? If so, what did you use it [View all]	Demovictory9	Jan 2021	OP
I have 6 or 7 difference sizes on my workbench right now.	DURHAM D	Jan 2021	#1
YouTube's ProjectFarm compared the top selling ones, both after 1 year UV exposure and Indoor Use.	TheBlackAdder	Jan 2021	#87
I bought zip ties to anchor a 3-tier shelf to a doorknob to keep the cats from tipping it	catbyte	Jan 2021	#2
Your cats chew electrical cords?	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#75
Once in a while. They're better now that they're adults. It got to the point with Otis that I	catbyte	Jan 2021	#80
Oh, I suppose	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#82
I have a cord chewer	kcr	Jan 2021	#99
Really?	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#101
Yes, I have bought zip ties as a separate item.	TexasTowelie	Jan 2021	#3
Use them all the time. 101 uses.	Doodley	Jan 2021	#4
Yabbut	zipplewrath	Jan 2021	#5
Yes	Wawannabe	Jan 2021	#6
They come with some large, construction-size, garbage bags, and...	AmyStrange	Jan 2021	#7
They come with PC power supplies and they're actually quite useful!	Initech	Jan 2021	#90
Tiny ones for tying up climbing rose bushes to a frame.	fierywoman	Jan 2021	#8
Zip ties. Gorilla glue. Duck tape	KentuckyWoman	Jan 2021	#9
All true, says this old lady. nt	Hekate	Jan 2021	#19
True dat sez this old guy.	yonder	Jan 2021	#25
Plus the Flex Seal line of products. n/t	trackfan	Jan 2021	#86
Guilty, I use them all the time for many of the aforementioned uses...	wcmagumba	Jan 2021	#10
Second only to duct tape for temporarily attaching shit to other shit.	BusyBeingBest	Jan 2021	#11
Yes.	Niagara	Jan 2021	#12
There are a bunch in the garage	Retrograde	Jan 2021	#13
They work well with keeping the 100 some cables you have in the back of your entertainment	Doreen	Jan 2021	#14
Halloween decorations	lame54	Jan 2021	#15
Flex Cuffs are special type of zip tie	LeftInTX	Jan 2021	#16
I use them for zip tieing, naturally. n/t	PoliticAverse	Jan 2021	#17
Little ones for cords and such. Nothing at all big enough for handcuffs or around the body.	Hekate	Jan 2021	#18
I buy zip ties all the time.	Caliman73	Jan 2021	#20
Those people didn't have regular zip ties.	Bleacher Creature	Jan 2021	#21
Cable management, Holding car parts in place in lieu of mechanics wire, wood joinery with glue.	TheBlackAdder	Jan 2021	#22
I've bought and used thousands of zip ties	Mariana	Jan 2021	#23
holding a string of lights to the patio railing n/t	orleans	Jan 2021	#24
Cable management.	roamer65	Jan 2021	#26
I zip-tied a license plate on the car once.	Budi	Jan 2021	#27
Must've been a heck of a long zip tie. NT	raccoon	Jan 2021	#38
Lol.. haaahaa.. they said, "The plate must be visible". That's it.	Budi	Jan 2021	#79
Maybe I should do that. Somebody stole my license plate at the end of December.	raccoon	Jan 2021	#83
No i actually zipped it on the front where the plate goes, cuz the place that wrapped my vehicle ...	Budi	Jan 2021	#84
Tens of thousands back in the day. Quite expensive when they first came out.	KY_EnviroGuy	Jan 2021	#28
This message was self-deleted by its author	geralmar	Jan 2021	#29
Much like duct tape, 2 part epoxy and my sewing kit they sort of ...	WePurrsevere	Jan 2021	#30
They sure do hold the universe together, along with epoxy, duct tape & sweing kit	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#34
Yeah, I'd heard they were actually flex cuffs...	WePurrsevere	Jan 2021	#46
Sometimes useful as camping gear for tying things down	left-of-center2012	Jan 2021	#31
These aren't zip ties. They're Flex Cuffs. You can't buy these at Home Depot.	SunSeeker	Jan 2021	#32
Did you see that pix of "stolen" police backpack full of flex cutfs?	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#35
Would have been helpful for the cops to have had that backpack at the barricades.	SunSeeker	Jan 2021	#57
At the least!	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#58
You can't buy flex cuffs at Home Depot but	WePurrsevere	Jan 2021	#48
Creative uses: Actually, had to buy more to secure flexible orange plastic fencing	Backseat Driver	Jan 2021	#33
Ducklings are escape artists.	Bantamfancier	Jan 2021	#72
Oh; come on...	EarthFirst	Jan 2021	#36
Flex cuffs aren't zip ties.	Straw Man	Jan 2021	#37
I didn't even know of the existence of zip-ties or flex-cuffs until a few	smirkymonkey	Jan 2021	#39
I use them to hang my Christmas lights every year. Works great!	cbdo2007	Jan 2021	#40
If you do a little Googling, you'll find there is a brisk business in handcuffs...	Klaralven	Jan 2021	#41
Just remember your safe word!	FSogol	Jan 2021	#62
Yes, they're useful in various sizes for lots of things, but they are NOT	Denzil_DC	Jan 2021	#42
This was inadvertantly amusingly elitist	Sympthsical	Jan 2021	#43
They had flexi cuffs, not zip ties	obamanut2012	Jan 2021	#44
All the time. Just took some out of my coat pocket this morning	fescuerescue	Jan 2021	#45
I have packets of them in all my tool areas, drawers, Christmas box, everywhere.	cwydro	Jan 2021	#47
I buy cable ties all the time. They're quite useful.	Goodheart	Jan 2021	#49
Works great for Tazing.	Kid Berwyn	Jan 2021	#50
Most recently used them to help secure the cargo basket on the front of my bicycle.	Roisin Ni Fiachra	Jan 2021	#51
ID bands for our birds.	Bantamfancier	Jan 2021	#52
Zip-ties? Yes. Very useful. Speed-cuffs? Fuck no.	apnu	Jan 2021	#53
No, they are marketed to aliens.	bluedigger	Jan 2021	#54
The correct wort you are looking for is Flex Cuffs	mercuryblues	Jan 2021	#55
Cam a really strong person break out of those?	Polybius	Jan 2021	#74
As Others Have Mentioned...	ProfessorGAC	Jan 2021	#56
I have a bag of 500 of them in different sizes.	MineralMan	Jan 2021	#59
I bet you don't carry them into the Capitol.	BainsBane	Jan 2021	#85
No, of course not, but they're a standard hardware store item.	MineralMan	Jan 2021	#88
can they be used more than once?	Demovictory9	Jan 2021	#92
Not really. Normally, you cut the plastic	MineralMan	Jan 2021	#98
Yes, I use them from time to time	jobendorfer	Jan 2021	#60
I keep a big jar of various sizes and use them all the time.	lagomorph777	Jan 2021	#61
I'm a long haul trucker, I buy and use all sizes of zip ties.	denbot	Jan 2021	#63
I use them	jcgoldie	Jan 2021	#64
Zip ties are different than flex cuffs	AnyFunctioningAdult	Jan 2021	#65
I've used them around the house for various things.	Marrah_Goodman	Jan 2021	#66
I worked as a truck driver picking up containers in rail yards..	ariesgem	Jan 2021	#67
Original teeet deleted.	RichardRay	Jan 2021	#68
I'm an old lady and I use them outside mainly	Greybnk48	Jan 2021	#69
Sure, the regular ones.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jan 2021	#70
Stuff.	Ellipsis	Jan 2021	#71
All the time, who doesn't have zip-ties in their house?	Polybius	Jan 2021	#73
I routed some wiring in our basement and used them to bundle the wire	Norbert	Jan 2021	#76
My husband bought some to bundle computer cables	Marthe48	Jan 2021	#77
I consider myself a regular human. I use zip ties for all kinds of things in my restaurant job.	aidbo	Jan 2021	#78
Yes, I have bought them multiple times.	GoCubsGo	Jan 2021	#81
Zip ties -- yes. Flex cuffs -- no.	nsd	Jan 2021	#89
Exactly. Me-too.	mackdaddy	Jan 2021	#95
I use them to keep electronic cabels together instead of a tangled mess. n/t	twin_ghost	Jan 2021	#91
Yep. To tie my pedals to my Holey Board.	Iggo	Jan 2021	#93
Absolutely! It is in my camping misc box, I use it to hang things up,	Vivienne235729	Jan 2021	#94
We use them in our dungeon.	usedtobedemgurl	Jan 2021	#96
Soccer Coach/referee's friend	seleff	Jan 2021	#97
well, you usually don't see the length of the zip-ties that were gonna be used by the seditionists.	IsItJustMe	Jan 2021	#100
I use them all the time...	Happy Hoosier	Jan 2021	#102
I use them in crafting.	xmas74	Jan 2021	#103
Yes regular humans use regular zip ties. The would-be kidnappers did not have	Kashkakat v.2.0	Jan 2021	#104

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