They’re just about always so tight it feels uncomfortable to cut those when youre dealing with fibres or just about anything
Use dikes, not a knife, and cut the head of the tie, not the strap
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picnic@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Are those zipties? I fucking hate zipties whenever cleaning out old installs. They’re just about always so tight it feels uncomfortable to cut those when youre dealing with fibres or just about anything, really.
I use velcro ties myself most of the times. If I absolutely have to use zipties, I leave then so loose that they’re just guiding the cabling, not choking it.
Just today I cleaned out one +15 years old install and oh boy, multiple zipties there. Awful
Revan343@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 8 hours ago
Yeah, I’m exactly the same myself.
Also (just the idea of) single use “structural” stuff like that doesn’t appeal to me at all.
makyo@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yeah if you never have to be the one to open it up again and pull stuff apart again then sure. But I’m sure as hell not going to cut and redo zip ties the 4-5 times a year I’m in there adding or changing out something.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Exactly. Let’s use a securing mechanism that requires a razor-sharp blade, held perilously close to what you don’t want to cut, in order to undo.