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Hi, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van

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Freedom. I used this stainless-steel cable-tie gun

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kit while fastening P V C conduit

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to my roof rack.

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Plastic ties had broken down outside over

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time, so I used metal ties where

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I wanted a stronger option.

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This kit was cheap and did the

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job, but operating the tool could be

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fiddly. The matching product picture shows the

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hand-operated tool and a supply of metal

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ties. The tool pulls the tie tail

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to tighten the loop and provides a

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cutting function for the excess.

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That combines the fastening material and the

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tensioning-and-cutting tool in one kit,

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rather than making the ties and the

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hand tool the same item.

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My roof-route photographs show band attachments beside

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a junction box and along a straight

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conduit section. The route grew as more

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pipe and box sections were added around

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the rack. I returned to add and

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tighten more ties during the final assembly

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session. These are my build photographs; the

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workshop clip illustrates general measuring and holding

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work. The installation sequence involved feeding a

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tie into the tool's slots,

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getting it to grip,

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pulling it tight and cutting it.

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Those operations could all be awkward in

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my use. The tool's job matters alongside

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the tie supply, because the same tensioning

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and trimming work returned as I added

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more attachments along the route.

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My experience with the metal ties included

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their trade-offs. They were hard to cut

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and left sharp edges.

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A tight metal tie can also wear

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into whatever it is holding over time.

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Those observations belong with my positive account

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of using the kit outside where plastic

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ties had broken down.

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My junction-box photograph shows one of those

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attachment locations beside the rack.

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The bands were part of fastening the

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conduit arrangement, alongside the separate drilling,

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wire preparation and pipe-joint work.

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The photograph helps show the physical fastening

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job that the tie tool supported as

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the roof route came together.

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My page compares two researched alternatives.

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The Idong option is another kit combining

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a metal-tie tensioning tool with ties.

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The iCrimp option provides a different one-handed

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tensioning-and-cutting arrangement, with a release tool included.

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Their matching pictures show the tool formats.

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These are comparison options,

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rather than additional kits I am claiming

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to have used. Thanks for watching.

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I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom.

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My metal-tie kit was inexpensive and useful

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for the roof-conduit work,

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although feeding, gripping, tensioning and cutting could

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be fiddly. The full review,

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matching build photographs, product reference and current

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buying options are linked below.

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Until next time.