Alternative Uses For Cable Ties

Well, we all know that cable ties are for tying up cables, but they are used for many other things. These are just a few alternatives.

The army and the police use larger, wider cable ties as restraints. They can be fastened around ankles or wrists to disable a person. They can also be used to secure people to fences or posts so they cannot escape. The reason that they are used is because it’s far easier to carry ten or twenty cable ties than that many pairs of handcuffs.

Gardeners use them to hold plant guards to stakes or for training plants that are tied to terraces. Landscape gardeners use tens of thousands of cable ties when planting out small trees and shrubs on large projects, securing the rabbit guards. If you are going to rely on the strength of a cable tie outdoors, then you should look at UV and Heat Stabilised Cable Ties. This is because standard Nylon ties can degrade when exposed to UV light.

How often have you purchased a toy that has been secured in the box by two or three cable ties? Also, small tools that are hung on display stands via a header card often use the good old cable tie to attach the header card to the tool. The next time that you are in B & Q, look at how many items are secured to display boards with the aid of a cable tie.

The tops of sacks and bags are often fastened using a tie. If the sack is used for storing a product that you need to keep opening and closing, you might see a releasable cable tie being used. Some companies will have their name or a unique code printed on the cable tie for identification purposes, for which you would use Custom Printed Cable Ties.

Promotion signs that suddenly spring up on lampposts are nearly always held in place with a cable tie. The next time you’re sitting at traffic lights, take a look at the lampposts. It’s surprising how many cable ties are on some of them where the promotion signs have been pulled down, leaving the ties behind.

These are just a few instances where you can find cable ties being used other than for holding cables. What are the other places that you have seen cable ties used for? The next time you are out and about, just look around you, and I bet you will see them everywhere!

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