Zip Tie Tips Tricks & Uses

Zip Tie Tips Tricks & Uses: Zip ties are one of those essential items in our house - we use them for everything.  Sensible Prepper shows us 24 ways we can use them in a SHTF situation.

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the zip tie was invented in 1958 and

since that time it has become a really

convenient way to organize and to repair

and do a lot of different things and

they also come in a lot of different

sizes shapes a lot of different lengths

widths colors there's just so much you

can do with zip ties there's a lot out

there so what I want to do is do 15

different uses for zip ties in an shtf

situation or a survival situation and

why I think it's extremely important

which a lot of you guys do I know I see

them a lot of times in bug-out bags

having a few zip ties and maybe this

will give you some ideas that you can

utilize with your zip ties before shtf

but definitely during one of the number

one uses that most people use is to keep

cords together whether it's behind a

computer or like this this is a little

camera cable cord let's go ahead and

lock it up and it keeps it very

organized I can hang it however I want

to

and obviously with even bigger cords

helps you to secure it and organize it

of course another way is to restrain

someone with feeder hands now I have

some larger wider zip ties for this I

just couldn't get my hands on them this

is definitely going to keep you busy for

a while also go on YouTube there's a lot

of videos on how to get out of these and

I may need it

with all the pals or MOLLE webbing that

you have being able to take a zip tie

like this little flashlight sheath I

can't attach it so I'll put it right on

the outside of my gear that way I can

get to it quickly if I need to it's not

necessarily packed away really for items

that you use a lot or you want to keep

handy it really does work really well

there's no way to really attach this

otherwise it is good and secure on your

pack

now radios are notorious for coming off

packs they have this little clip it just

doesn't hold even if you use the clip

you can pack this down little carabiner

or your d-ring dealloc

you're really tight on there that's

going to hold much better on your pack

here it's not going to slide off now

typically if you have small clips and

you try to use those from Mali they can

work for a little while but they can

easily come loose here you've got it

secured it's not going to go anywhere

and yet you need to get to it

clip it off use it put it right back on

if you're packing your bag and you have

some loose articles like this t-shirt or

different things pants take a zip tie

and you can really get it compressed

down this is going to get it really

tight and you can really cinch it down

obviously with this length we could have

even folded it over and made a little

ball but you get the idea a lot of

different bags and packs have the zipper

locks where you can actually take a

small padlock or here a zip tie secure

it down that's going to keep anybody

from just coming around and messing with

your gear without you knowing now they

can take the whole bag but this

definitely will slow them down but even

if you don't have the small locks you

can either take pulls or your grab

handle like this just gives you some

security again even this old magazine

pouch maybe you need to carry it by hand

you can either use this loop or the belt

loops give yourself a handle be able to

carry it that way and of course that

applies to a lot of other situations

another really cool trick especially

with Spyderco is to take a small zip tie

just secure it get it pretty tight we're

just going to trim off the edge now once

this is in place you can move this

either side according to which pocket

you're going to wear it in how you carry

your knife and I'm going to demonstrate

how this will open your knife really

quickly slip it down into my pocket then

when you draw it it'll actually deploy

the blade when you place the knife in

the pocket make sure that the little nub

here the little

lock on the zip tie is on the side of

your clip so as I pull the blade out it

deploys automatically and the more you

practice the better gets the first time

I saw this was Crockett 20 he had one on

a knife and this was when I was out with

nutnfancy at the all-star shoot and

Crockett Medus for dinner and he was

demonstrating this in the parking lot

and this is just an ingenious little way

to use a zip tie you have a cut or wound

you can use the zip tie to be able to

hold this secure this will hold into

place and he can get medical attention

but it'll also add pressure to the wound

with the bandage

now with the splint set up use to twist

ties together to make a length if you

need to and of course you can add as

many as you need to get the length since

these down and you get yourself a

makeshift splint now some say that zip

ties can be used as a tourniquet but all

the medical professionals I've talked to

have said no go this is too thin you

need something wider to be able to

really get a hold of that and stop the

blood now if you have a tarp and you

have eyelets you can run it through the

eyelets to make a makeshift shelter

tighten it down and that's really going

to hold it secure and you can bring out

your other now if you have gear that

breaks especially straps you can run

your zip tie through the buckle get it

started and you're gonna be able to get

home or complete the mission these can

also be used as a snare now how that

works you got me but if you can catch

something in this you're doing good by

the way if you know how leaving the

comments below also taking zip ties

especially if you're going to be out in

the woods using this as a Gator this

keeps all the critters out of course

hanging things is definitely a big plus

being able to secure it hang it

especially with chickens around they'll

knock this thing down really secure here

for the coop I just have the door

secured with the zip tied it's been that

way for a long time so it holds up well

hello ladies you can repair fencing with

it and obviously chicken wire

this will hold into place until I can do

a better repair or with the plastic it's

not going to go anywhere here on this

lawnmower these brackets have become

loose whatever was holding it before and

take pull this together tidy it up

keeps it from breaking another use is to

mark trails especially the multicolored

type that will really help you to know

where you're going especially if you're

backtracking yourself and you find a zip

tie of a certain color dude I feel like

we've been here before

oh we have been trail marker in winter

months you can also put zip ties on your

wheels and this is going to give you

some traction in ice and snow

now the zip tie works by this little

locking system inside this head and it

secures itself to the ridges on the zip

tie and so as the piece goes in you can

hear the clicking and this secures it

into place now to reuse your zip tie

right here if you can pull that little

locking piece down either with a

fingernail or in my case just a small

screwdriver get up under a little lock

then you can pull the zip tie loose now

one thing I will warn you about is

sometimes you can put too much pressure

on this lock and it disables the zip tie

but here we still have a good secure fit

if you've used a zip tie instead of

cutting it right here in the middle try

cutting it right next to where the lock

is pull your piece out and you can reuse

the leftover section now typically when

you cut a zip tie to trim it to have a

sharp little piece there and that can

cut you if you're not careful but here's

a little trick to keep it from doing

that take a pair of pliers and just

twist that off and that makes it a lot

smoother edge right there in fact

there's no edge it's been pushed through

and I saw that on Wrangler star so kudos

to Wrangler star another little trick is

to take a length of paracord about a

foot long slip it through your zip tie

and then just start pulling back and

forth it'll snap the zip tie you still

have your paracord if you only have one

size zip tie of course you can cut these

down however you want to but you can

extend the length just by adding these

zip ties together and so however many

zip ties you have you can definitely

extend this out into a even like a rope

or something like that and it holds

really secure of course there's a

million other uses for zip ties but

hopefully this will get you started

thinking about taking regular household

items that you can use for a multitude

of purposes especially when supplies are

limited

zip ties a great item to stock up for

your preps be strong be of good courage

god bless america

long live the Republic

you

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