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"Do regular humans actually buy zip-ties? Have you ever bought a zip-tie? If so, what did you use it

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

Response to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Jan 13, 2021, 02:09 AM

DURHAM D (29,753 posts)

1. I have 6 or 7 difference sizes on my workbench right now.

Use them all of the time. Christmas decorations and fall displays (outside). To keep the Coolaroo from blowing away.

Most recently I used them to help a friend attach a small plastic tray to her walker. She needed something to hold her phone but the bags and baskets made for walkers were too big and way too expensive for her.

"Do regular humans actually buy zip-ties? Have you ever bought a zip-tie? If so, what did you use it

1. I have 6 or 7 difference sizes on my workbench right now.

87. YouTube's ProjectFarm compared the top selling ones, both after 1 year UV exposure and Indoor Use.

2. I bought zip ties to anchor a 3-tier shelf to a doorknob to keep the cats from tipping it

75. Your cats chew electrical cords?

80. Once in a while. They're better now that they're adults. It got to the point with Otis that I

82. Oh, I suppose

99. I have a cord chewer

101. Really?

3. Yes, I have bought zip ties as a separate item.

4. Use them all the time. 101 uses.

5. Yabbut

6. Yes

7. They come with some large, construction-size, garbage bags, and...

90. They come with PC power supplies and they're actually quite useful!

8. Tiny ones for tying up climbing rose bushes to a frame.

9. Zip ties. Gorilla glue. Duck tape

19. All true, says this old lady. nt

25. True dat sez this old guy.

86. Plus the Flex Seal line of products. n/t

10. Guilty, I use them all the time for many of the aforementioned uses...

11. Second only to duct tape for temporarily attaching shit to other shit.

12. Yes.

13. There are a bunch in the garage

14. They work well with keeping the 100 some cables you have in the back of your entertainment

15. Halloween decorations

16. Flex Cuffs are special type of zip tie

17. I use them for zip tieing, naturally. n/t

18. Little ones for cords and such. Nothing at all big enough for handcuffs or around the body.

20. I buy zip ties all the time.

21. Those people didn't have regular zip ties.

22. Cable management, Holding car parts in place in lieu of mechanics wire, wood joinery with glue.

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

24. holding a string of lights to the patio railing n/t

26. Cable management.

27. I zip-tied a license plate on the car once.

38. Must've been a heck of a long zip tie. NT

79. Lol.. haaahaa.. they said, "The plate must be visible". That's it.

83. Maybe I should do that. Somebody stole my license plate at the end of December.

84. No i actually zipped it on the front where the plate goes, cuz the place that wrapped my vehicle ...

28. Tens of thousands back in the day. Quite expensive when they first came out.

30. Much like duct tape, 2 part epoxy and my sewing kit they sort of ...

34. They sure do hold the universe together, along with epoxy, duct tape & sweing kit

46. Yeah, I'd heard they were actually flex cuffs...

31. Sometimes useful as camping gear for tying things down

32. These aren't zip ties. They're Flex Cuffs. You can't buy these at Home Depot.

35. Did you see that pix of "stolen" police backpack full of flex cutfs?

57. Would have been helpful for the cops to have had that backpack at the barricades.

58. At the least!

48. You can't buy flex cuffs at Home Depot but

33. Creative uses: Actually, had to buy more to secure flexible orange plastic fencing

72. Ducklings are escape artists.

36. Oh; come on...

37. Flex cuffs aren't zip ties.

39. I didn't even know of the existence of zip-ties or flex-cuffs until a few

40. I use them to hang my Christmas lights every year. Works great!

41. If you do a little Googling, you'll find there is a brisk business in handcuffs...

62. Just remember your safe word!

42. Yes, they're useful in various sizes for lots of things, but they are NOT

43. This was inadvertantly amusingly elitist

44. They had flexi cuffs, not zip ties

45. All the time. Just took some out of my coat pocket this morning

47. I have packets of them in all my tool areas, drawers, Christmas box, everywhere.

49. I buy cable ties all the time. They're quite useful.

50. Works great for Tazing.

51. Most recently used them to help secure the cargo basket on the front of my bicycle.

52. ID bands for our birds.

53. Zip-ties? Yes. Very useful. Speed-cuffs? Fuck no.

54. No, they are marketed to aliens.

55. The correct wort you are looking for is Flex Cuffs

74. Cam a really strong person break out of those?

56. As Others Have Mentioned...

59. I have a bag of 500 of them in different sizes.

85. I bet you don't carry them into the Capitol.

88. No, of course not, but they're a standard hardware store item.

92. can they be used more than once?

98. Not really. Normally, you cut the plastic

60. Yes, I use them from time to time

61. I keep a big jar of various sizes and use them all the time.

63. I'm a long haul trucker, I buy and use all sizes of zip ties.