Zip-Ties are a great item to have with you in a kit


There are very well made Zip-Ties (along with everything else in life) and average Zip-Ties. The good ones are made out of a tough plastic (nylon) instead of a less expensive soft plastic. And the locking tab is made out of metal, not the inexpensive plastic.


The metal locking tab will not ever slip and is much stronger then the plastic one.


Most Zip-Ties are the inexpensive ones, it’s somewhat hard to find the better ones today. In the past they were much more common, but the cheep ones have stormed through the market because people don’t want to spend much on something like this.

I do use the cheep ones on projects that are not critical or for the numerous projects my brothers keep coming up for me to work on as they don’t offer to pay for parts most times. But for my stuff that I work on and in a camping / survival kit I use the better and much stronger Ties.

With the cheep ties you can usually pull on them and have them break or slip. Not so with the good ones, it takes a cutting tool to remove them.

In a survival situation you want the best you can get.