Zipties on luggage?

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Apr 3, 2019, 4:28 pm

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travelhive

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Seems like there's always a way around almost every lock or zip tie. Here's a video that shows how thieves can use a ballpoint pen to open your locked luggage - and zip it back up so you never know it was ever opened:

Apr 8, 2019, 9:43 am

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ConnieDee

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What kind of cutter for zipties?

So what kind of zip tie cutter will always get through security? Do the small fingernail cutters work on the zip tie size that KLM uses?

(How can a message be too short? Isn't short good?)

Apr 8, 2019, 12:42 pm

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Originally Posted by ConnieDee

So what kind of zip tie cutter will always get through security? Do the small fingernail cutters work on the zip tie size that KLM uses?

(How can a message be too short? Isn't short good?)

I use generally put zip ties on my carry on if I plan on sleeping during a long flight and have never had any trouble using fingernail clippers to get them off. And I generally use these for my checked luggage.

I always figure that there's nothing that's gonna stop a committed thief from getting in to my bag. So my goal is just to make it take a tiny bit of work in the hopes that they move on to an easier target.

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Apr 8, 2019, 12:59 pm

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Yes, nail clippers work and I've always (knock wood) been able to get through security around the world.

Apr 8, 2019, 1:06 pm

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Originally Posted by Zeeb

This. I use zip ties as well for checked bags (and a nail clipper to undo them). It's not that they're really that hard to defeat, but thieves are looking for the laziest & fastest route so if they're comparing a bag with a zip tie vs. one without, 99% of the time I'm betting on them going after the one without.

Similar philosophy with the "take/hide/lock" signs you see around car parks. Two cars have laptops in them. Car A has the laptop hidden away in the trunk and all doors locked. Car B has the laptop sitting out on the seat and a window halfway rolled down. Car B is going to lose that laptop first.

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