86570 Tie Tensioning Tool, for Ties Rated at 120 to 250-Pound, Supplies up to 65-Pound of Tension, Handle Grips for Comfort

Works great and pulls the plastic ties very tight and then cuts end of flush. Much better than hand/plier pulling.

Pulls a wide variety of zip ties snug, cuts them off flush with the zip tie head. There are no sharp edges left like when you use diagonal cutters to clip zip tie tails. See the video. Make sure to place the short orange handle on the Klein tool nearest to the zip tie. One light pull on the orange handle will clip the tail clean and flush. Don’t pull too hard on tightening lever because this tool can easily snap even a robust zip tie in two! Simple to use, very well made, Klein quality throughout, worth the $$!

Works great durable quality look sleek not too big and bulky and cuts super clean may be hard to use in tight spaces but for me it serves me very well

Wow!! If you have never tried a zip tie tensioner before you are in for a treat. This can tighten a zip tie so tight it will break it. Most people reviewing this tool are not using it right. It's not their fault - there are NO instructions. When I got it I said which end goes where? What you do is assemble the zip tie like you normally would and pull it tight by hand. With the zip tie in place place the tool over the tail with the little orange lever facing the connection or closest to the item being tied. Squeeze the big lever until it's as tight as you want it. After each squeeze push the tool inward (toward the work) to take up the slack. Squeeze again until tight. You can over do it and break the tie. If you do that, don't worry, I've do it too. It's part of the learning process. Now that you know where the break point is do it just a little less. When you are done tightening squeeze the orange lever and it will cut the tie flush with the tie. Hope this helps. Always buy more ties than you need you'll break a few. Just a few words on types of ties. There are 50, 125, 175 and 250 lb. ties. You can kinda guess which are the heavy duty they are thicker and generally longer tag the small ones you generally see. This tool is made to work with the 125 and heavier ties. I haven't tried it on the small ones because hand tight is usually all you want. It's my opinion this would work if you were gentle with it.

Intended to complement the other hand tools in my (DIY-er) electrician’s bag, I purchased this tensioning tool. Already own a couple of handgun-like (in resemblance) tensioning tools for our home work shop and my all-purpose hand-tool bag, so looked for something different, motivated by Amazon reviews. The tool, as anticipated for Klein Tools is well-built and performs its intended purpose flawlessly. My main reservation (and 1-star deduction) is due to its size. It’s a rather large item (certainly for the size of the nylon zip ties I customarily use.) Admittedly, Amazon has the tool’s size posted. I didn’t consult the specifications when ordering. My mistake. Nevertheless, even to effortlessly generate the necessary leverage to tightly fasten the nylon zip ties, I believe the size of the tool could have been reduced slightly. If the quality and functioning of the tool is all that counts, this item deserves a 5-star review. In comparison to the (smaller) handgun-resembling tensioning tools and if space is scarce in your tool-bag, it merits a 4-star review (in my book.) The price is certainly fair, all the more as a Klein Tools quality product.

Good quality, worth buying. Easy to use, this thing tighten the zip ties quite tight. From my experience I wouldn’t use cheap zip ties due to the force this device put on them would make it snap from the tightness

I have about 500 cable ties I need to install on an indoor playground. These are heavy-duty, in-line cable ties. The company that makes the cable ties also makes a gun to install them, which costs over $350. So, I thought I'd give this tool a try before breaking the bank on the Panduit gun, and I'm so glad I did. This is a heavy duty tool. It handles my 0.39" wide cable ties with no problem. Like all tensioning tools, you must first start the cable tie by hand. With this tool, I only need to get about 1" of tie through before I can use the tool. If I were using standard cable ties instead of the inline ones, I'd need to get even less through. This was important because my ties barely fit around the foam tubes with which I am covering the steel tubing. With this tool, as long as I can get the tie through, I can tighten it. Doing it by hand, I'd have to use two ties in place of one. When the ties are 50 cents a piece, and I'm installing 500 of them, using one instead of two is a huge cost savings. This tool has no problem tensioniong over 60lbs and is the best way to cut off the excess tie. Again, because my ties are inline, it cuts it off about 3/8" beyond where the tie comes out of the tie head. For regular cable ties it cuts it flush with where the tie comes out of the head. Overall, this is a great tool if you have to do a lot of cable ties and well worth the price. I've used it for everything from standard cheep ties (1000 for $20 7" ties) to the very heavy duty 14" ties. So, save your fingers and buy this tool.

This is a great addition to your tool kit. If you have to do zip-ties frequently in your line of work, this something you may want to look in to to help speed up your workflow. You simply insert it and squeeze, then when you've reached your desired tightness you can squeeze the blade to trim the excess tie. Very obvious to use, and robustly built. I can use this on pretty small zip ties probably 3mm, all the way up to the nearly half inch wide zip ties.

Son una herramienta para el apriete de cintillos (cinchos plásticos) dejando un corte al sobrante libre de filos y riesgos.

So I purchased another klein tool for good reason as I am always impressed with quality. until I got this product don't get me wrong it does the job but I don't know how long for in my opinion its to expensive for something made in Mexico

I really love this! You just can’t go wrong with Klein. I tried a couple other random brands, but this one’s just better, mainly because it works with wider zip ties, which is exactly what I needed.

Couple test runs and this should do the job . Cuts pretty flush so no more cuts .

This will get the wire strap tight and cuts it flush with the head. Excellent tool.