Best Cable Tie (zip tie) Brand? Let's Find Out!

Sep 2020/15 min/8 products tested

The verdict

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Strong Ties
avg finish 159 lb
“Strong Ties finishes in the top position at 159 lb”
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Gardner Bender stainless steel
avg finish 376 lb
“even though the Gardner Bender has the lowest weight rating of only 100 lb, it did by far the best at 376 lb”
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2
Thomas & Betts
avg finish 137 lb
“Ty-Rap second at 137, the Harbor Freight Storehouse brand third at 116”
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HYCC stainless steel
avg finish 344 lb
“HYCC second at 344, and Storehouse third at 321”
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Best value
HYCC stainless steel
“Finally, I really like the HYCC stainless steel ties. For the price, they are hard to beat.”
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Also noted
Thomas & Betts
“I also really like Ty-Rap a lot. Unlike the other brands, it didn't fail. It actually slowly released.”
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Also noted
Gardner Bender White
“the Gardner Bender white, which is not designed for UV exposure, was extremely brittle, experiencing a broken locking mechanism at a very low weight on two of three samples”
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