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LPT: If you have a lot of loose zip ties, well cut the head off of one and zip the rest onto that!
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this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2025
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Another zip tie tip - they are reusable if you cut the right end off when removing one. Might be obvious to others, but took me years to figure out somehow.
Just don't cut the end attached to the head of the zip tie. Cut the tail right before it enters the zip-tie-hole, release it, and you just made a new but shorter zip tie
You can also take a precision screen driver or knife tip, and use it to pull back the locking tab and release the entire length.
I do this all the time, at work, but with a utility knife, or my pocket knife
You can also squeeze the locking head with pliers to disengage the mechanism
Smart!
They also make zip ties with a press release for the locking tabs, which are useful in temporary hold situations but don't impair their function as normal zip ties (they don't accidentally release).
A tapered pointy end of one can go in upside down, through the wrong direction of the lock, and force the lock tooth upwards!