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What? Just put em in a bag, dude...
They came in a bag, I just find it easier and neater to deal with them this way when they get tossed off in a toolbox or the random kitchen junk/fastener drawer.
If you cut a small hole in the bag 1/5 of the way down, it keeps them together and you can bend a tie to get a single one out.
Still doesn't make it any easier to pull out a specific color in a mixed variety color pack..
Good point, I have single-colour bags only.
Ok, now imagine you have like 4000 of them, which normally just fit in a normal sized ziplock bag. Bro is going to sit there for literally hours threading them onto another zip tie.
Zip tie one around them all, with the heads up, and stick a caribiner around the loop one. Then you can stick it on your belt, with the heads facing up. Just make sure to ratchet it tighter a notch every couple you use.
Eventually I moved on to these
I just use one to wrap the rest
These remind me of quipu
It amazes me that we still don't really know how they "translate" but still know they were used for so many different things
You can also just slide the zip ties backwards onto an intact zip tie. The lock will not engage backwards. That way when you’ve used the stored ties you still have one to use.
Yeah you're right. I actually ended up thinking about exactly that after I finished arranging this.
Oh well, whatever. Good tip though. 👍
Well this is brilliant.
I applaud your use of your free time. Ignore the haters.
Haha! It probably only took me about 20 minutes or so, and felt somewhat relaxing, similar to playing with a fidget toy. But unlike a fidget toy, I actually sort of accomplished a thing at the same time 👍
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 think every man goes through a zip-tie everything phase. They're great.
I've dramatically reduced my zip-tie reliance with a few other cable management thingies which are also great.
Firstly this type of silicone cable tie:
They can be used just like a zip tie, just wrapped around a some cable strands to make a bunch. You can also use them on things like charging cords which are regularly folded up and taken out. You use the end with the loop and knob to wrap around a single cable strand, and just leave it there so it's always in place. Then you fold up the cable and wrap the longer loop around a couple of times and then hook it on the knob.
Secondly this spiral wrap stuff:
I've found this to be much more versatile for things like PCs with monitors and lots of cables. You can just re-wrap if you need to add or remove a cable which you can't really do with zip ties.
I know zip ties can be used for more than mere cable management. I also know they're still the best thing for the job in many cases.
Grab a handful of zip ties.
Take one zip tie, wrap it around the bundle and tighten, but don't overtighten.
The end. Exponentially faster than whatever the hell this post is.
Task avoidance at its finest.
This is amazing, you can easily count them too which you can’t do in a bag.
I cut the corner of the bag they came in so I can shake one loose at a time.
I didn't know how you'd have so many loose.
lol, I love lemmy.
OP comes up with something half-assed clever that piques interest (at the very least), and they get dragged....
... and then turn that strip of zip ties into an Ultimate Warrior costume!…
/s but also don’t…or your dad may need to cut you out of it using tin snips because you pulled them to tight…hypothetically