HAVE ME via Amazon[amazon.com] has 400-Pack Black Cable Zip Ties (Various Sizes) on sale for $3.99. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $35+.
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400-Pieces Cable Zip Ties: 4" x 100-Pieces, 6" x 100-Pieces, 8" x 100-Pieces, 12" x 100-Pieces
Cable Ties Loop Tensile Strength 4"-18lbs, 6"-40lbs, 8"-40lbs, 12"-40lbs.
This pack of cable ties comes with assorted sizes cable ties for a wide range of personal and professional needs.
Cable ties of different sizes and tensile strength are suitable for multi-purpose projects on different occasions.
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Model: Cable Zip Ties,400 Pack Black Assorted Sizes 12+8+6+4 Inch,Multi-Purpose Self-Locking Nylon Cable Cord Management ,Plastic Wire Ties for Home,Office,Garden,Workshop. By HAVE ME TD
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Looking deeper into the reviews, there's many buyers that say that they break even long before reaching normal tighening tension or the locking ridges/locking head are defective and a high percentage won't even lock.
I'm going to seach for another brand.
Looking deeper into the reviews, there's many buyers that say that they break even long before reaching normal tighening tension or the locking ridges/locking head are defective and a high percentage won't even lock.I'm going to seach for another brand.
Yes, I've had similar poor results with some of the zip ties posted here as "deals." I'm going to be more selective going forward.
Get heavy duty UV resistant ones if using outside.
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Yes, I've had similar poor results with some of the zip ties posted here as "deals." I'm going to be more selective going forward.
These are listed as made from "UV resistant Nylon 6/6" but I don't have much faith in their quality or UV resistance.
Posting this mainly to bring up something I've heard for a long time from a few ppl telling me that a 'quick fix' for when you come across using a bag of ties that break and are brittle is to fill the bag with water an let them soak a bit.
Yep, it sounded batshit crazy to me all along and I've never yet done it, but I just did some research and apparently there's truth to that.
Those knowledgable on plastics manufacturing say that Nylon 6, Nylon 4/6, or Nylon 6/6 plastics (as these are) do or should have a water content of approximately 1.5% to 2% of their weight in water. The ties turn brittle & more breakable when their water content is too low. Weird, huh?
Toms and Betts invented the zip tie. They still have probably the best ones. Stainless steel locking tab, high grade nylon tie. About 50 years ago I had to do a comparison of brands when I was working for Reliance Electric. Some penny pincher in Cleveland had changed the brand we got it the Athens GA plant without bothering to ask us, tell, us or check to see what the difference was. We found ourselves unable to build wiring harnesses because the replacements broke if you even looked at them sideways. I compared about 10 different brands, found that the T&B we had been using were clearly the best by a wide margin. They are hard to find and expensive so I now use other brands at home, but there are still some worthless ones out there.
Water and nylon. In the early 60s I was doing model airplanes. Props were nylon. Quick trick to toughen them was to boil the new ones in water for about 5 minutes before use.
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I'm going to seach for another brand.
Posting this mainly to bring up something I've heard for a long time from a few ppl telling me that a 'quick fix' for when you come across using a bag of ties that break and are brittle is to fill the bag with water an let them soak a bit.
Yep, it sounded batshit crazy to me all along and I've never yet done it, but I just did some research and apparently there's truth to that.
Those knowledgable on plastics manufacturing say that Nylon 6, Nylon 4/6, or Nylon 6/6 plastics (as these are) do or should have a water content of approximately 1.5% to 2% of their weight in water. The ties turn brittle & more breakable when their water content is too low. Weird, huh?
See the link included below for just one source (of several) on this strange topic.
The Materials Analyst, Part 85: Fixing brittle nylon product with water [plasticstoday.com]
Water and nylon. In the early 60s I was doing model airplanes. Props were nylon. Quick trick to toughen them was to boil the new ones in water for about 5 minutes before use.