I use them in crafting. (Reply #103) - Democratic Underground

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Thu Jan 14, 2021, 11:18 AM

xmas74 (28,202 posts)

103. I use them in crafting.

Sometimes I don't have enough clamps to hold something in place while the adhesive cures and I'll use a zip tie. I also have them in my car along with a few bungee cords.

They are not the size of what was shown.

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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 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

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