Zip Ties - Buy/Sell/Trade/Announce. Read Only. No more posting. - PlanetChristmas! Forums. Read Only. We've moved to http://talk.planetchristmas.com - The Forums of PlanetChristmas have moved to http://talk.PlanetChristmas.com
you can go to any local electrical supplier in your area and get them a little cheaper than lowes ,or hd, and in bigger quantities we have a frost supply and they sell em there,
I went to Harbor freight and bought some, but 7 or 8 out of ten still broke when you tried to use them. I was hoping there are better zip ties out there.
I purchased 10,000 on Ebay for $120 including shipping last Feb. If you do not need that many, maybe you can find someother people in the area to split it. I used 9,000 last year, so I will be on the hunt soon. I used the 8" 40 pound heavy duty black
Last edited on Sunday January 20th, 2008 10:25 pm by kpharr40
i had a friend that worked for gm and he had the zip ties that actually had a prong built into them to stick in a hole and they held kinda like a one way and he hooked me up with like 3 or 4 giant bags of zip ties and i told him i would give him like 20 bucks or so and he said no you can have them so i took em , he alsogave me some boxes of electrical tape along with it , if you know anyone that can get these for cheap i would get them i haven't had one break yet
Graingers or McMaster Carr, Panduit brand is my personal favorite. Built ATC and industrial process control panels for years and these were all I used, never had breakage problems regardless of the temperature.
Tony
____________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
I just got some from http://www.allelectronics.com , they seem to be pretty good quality. The price was a bit better then the other vendors who sell good quality zip ties.
I get mine from Bill Foley (screen name "Bill Foley")
He was importing them so PM him and see if he can get you some.
$6 / 1,000 is pretty good (2006 price plus shipping).
They are the 4" natural 15# rating.
____________________ Kevin Thomas
"When you believe a thing, believe in it all the way" - Walt Disney
99,999+ lights - 500+ channels - FM100B http://www.ChristmasInKent.com
Let your light so shine before others...
I've had the best luck with the ties that Northern Tool sells. There are cheaper ones out there, but I've had to throw away whole bags of them because they don't latch properly or come loose after cinching down, etc. Northern occasionally has some good sales too.
When I find a winning product, I like to stay with it. So, it's Northern Tools for all my tie-wraps......
Randy wrote: I've had the best luck with the ties that Northern Tool sells. There are cheaper ones out there, but I've had to throw away whole bags of them because they don't latch properly or come loose after cinching down, etc. Northern occasionally has some good sales too.
When I find a winning product, I like to stay with it. So, it's Northern Tools for all my tie-wraps......
Randy
I too have gotten mine from Northern Tool. Their price is pretty good too.
speakefamily wrote: Does anyone know where I can find (good) zip ties. Not lowes or home Depot.
was hoping to find better. speakefamily wrote: I went to Harbor freight and bought some, but 7 or 8 out of ten still broke when you tried to use them. I was hoping there are better zip ties out there.
I have a bag of 1000 of the black (UV resist) cable ties from Home Depot (just under $20). I use them when installing network wiring. I don't remember the brand but I haven't had any trouble with them breaking. I would expect the ones from Harbor Freight Tools to be a cheaper quality. What are you doing with cable ties that is causing them to break?
TED
Last edited on Monday January 21st, 2008 05:07 am by TED
dougd wrote: Those are good prices at Northern Tools if they aren't the ones that break real easy or wont latch at all.
I've bought thousands of zip ties from Northern Tools over the years and they are a decent product at a very resonable price. my two....
TED wrote:
I have a bag of 1000 of the black (UV resist) cable ties from Home Depot (just under $20). I use them when installing network wiring. I don't remember the brand but I haven't had any trouble with them breaking. I would expect the ones from Harbor Freight Tools to be a cheaper quality. What are you doing with cable ties that is causing them to break?
TED
I bought these also except they were the natural. They were $15.00 for 1000
I only had two bad ones in the entire bag. None of them ever broke when using them.
____________________ Keeping static alive for another year anyway
How does a zip-tie "s***"? I've bought from many sources (typically the cheapest available within my lead-time) and have never had issues with any of them (all-electronics, Northern, Menards, Home depot... etc)
The only time that I really had any problems was when I pulled way too hard and stretched it, or bumped one on a wireframe when it was really cold and broke off the small locking tab.
I use a wire tie gun now and don’t have the stretching issue anymore. Some day I’ll move to a warmer climate so the breaking problem will go away too.
____________________ No really... Just one more light and I'll be finished....
Disclaimer: If you take any of what I say as non-constructive, it's not how I intended it.
