Twist Tie Roll with Cutter
Custom length twist-ties on demand
About 5 years ago, I bought a box of 25 of these white twist-tie spools with cutters. Each spool contains a 60 feet long twist-tie. I find a reason to reach for one just about every other day, and I’ve dispersed them in drawers throughout my house. They’re much easier to use than the paper, poor-quality, often-too-short twist ties that come with many products (like garbage bags) that come in small squares and are perforated on the sides. They also work better than Scotch tape or twine for many light binding purposes, such as holding unwieldy wire hangers together for a trip back to the cleaners.
The ability to pull out and cut 10 or 20 inches instead of just a short segment, and have a strong binding means you can progressively tighten (and retighten) around something bulky and springy — such as thick, coiled coaxial or other electric cables — is highly handy and a sanity saver.
While twist-tie spools abound in automotive and hobby shops, they can drive you crazy if they aren’t packaged in a center-fed spool or lack a built-in cutter. Having several circles of the wire jump out and go everywhere, and realizing you don’t have scissors or needle-nose pliers at hand when you’ve got something under tension and can’t easily move, are two annoyances that these particular spools eliminate.
I prefer white over green and back, for both aesthetic and find-in-dim-spots purposes.
09/1/15Twist Tie Roll with Cutter (60-Feet) $5
