Reusable Zip Tie Handcuffs? 102 Most Correct Answers

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a high score of 4.88 out of a possible 5.0

ASHEVILLE, NC – Milspec Plastics is an Asheville, North Carolina based company that manufactures patented Cobra Cuffs® and XTREME® cable ties. Cobra Cuffs are the only rubber-based, double-locking, disposable, foldable restraints on the market, now available in a single-strap version with the same features; called XTREME Ties. Cobra Cuffs has earned a rating of 4.88 out of 5.0 for the disposable restraint category by the NTOA’s Member Tested and Recommended Program.

“In testing and evaluating Milspec Plastics’ Cobra Cuffs, I found them to be an easy-to-use, reliable, and functional disposable restraint product,” commented a Maryland Police Officer.

The National Tactical Officer Association’s Member Tested and Recommended program allows manufacturers to have their products tested by the local law enforcement community. Cobra Cuffs, a patented one-way restraint system, allows the officer to quickly subdue suspects. The Cobra Cuffs are compact, foldable and easy to stow on a MOLLE system or tactical vest. The cuffs allow the officer to quickly restrain a suspect without undue manipulation, while the riveted straps provide additional leverage to control suspects. A double lock reduces adhesion due to accidental over-tightening, which is common with standard cable ties. The tactical stab-resistant double cuff is available in a variety of colors to color code suspects in large-scale arrest or detention situations. The disposable Cobra Cuffs reduce disease transmission by eliminating reuse. Cobra Cuffs also offers reusable Blue Trainer Cobra Cuffs for product familiarization by officers without product loss during training.

“The Cobra cuffs add a whole new chapter to the disposable restraint book. They are so far ahead of any other product available that I consider them a ‘must have’ for our teams,” said a California police officer.

Cobra Cuffs received a perfect score of 5 for Design, Performance, Ease of Use, Size, Versatility, Convenience, Application, Comfort and Accuracy. Cobra Cuffs come six in a pack for an MSRP of $17.88 with available colors of white, black, tan, yellow, orange, red, pink and O.D. sold. green. Special contract pricing is available for large volume orders or agency purchases. For more information on Cobra Cuffs, visit www.cobracuffs.com

About Milspec Plastics:

Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Milspec Plastics manufactures the patented Cobra Cuffs®, XTREME™ Cable Ties and supplies security products to both the law enforcement and civilian markets. Milspec Plastics has a proven track record of successfully supplying high performance products to law enforcement agencies. With decades of experience in plastics technology; Milspec Plastics has developed innovative solutions that have been field tested and approved. www.cobracuffs.com

Milspec Plastics 28 Schenck Parkway, Suite 200 Asheville, NC 28803 Email: [email protected]

When a restraint situation goes beyond normal handcuffs and leg irons, control increases. Is this the only option? Is the occupant safe and is their well-being considered? Is the staff safe? These are the questions that often have to and should be answered.

Every day, law enforcement officials around the world face runaway inmates who need to be restrained to protect themselves or the staff assigned to care for them. Whether you’re dealing with a determined self-harm situation or just a violent behavior issue, there are times when you seem to run out of options. Conventional restraints don’t work – what’s next?

Several new options on the market answer this question.

Correctional officers are faced with runaway inmates who must be restrained to protect themselves or staff assigned to their care. (image free images)

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cuff muzzle

The cuff muzzle is a safety device that can be used to cover occupants’ hands during transport or in conjunction with four-point, ambulatory, or medical restraints. Clear vinyl allows personnel to see muzzled hands while limiting the inmate’s ability to tamper with the restraints or other dangerous contraband. Cuff muzzles can also prevent self-harming inmates from scratching themselves or staff while restrained.

Transboard

Correctional and psychiatric facility personnel often need to immobilize inmates for safe transport from an accident area or to a safer area. The Transboard makes the secured transport of dangerously aggressive occupants safer for staff and occupants alike. Designed with multiple grips/ports along the edge, the Transboard is designed to allow for up to 6 point leather or polyurethane restraints – wrists, chest, knees and ankles. At 28 pounds, it’s lightweight and easy to carry. The transboard is coated for easy cleaning and also has an attached cushion to protect an occupant’s head from banging against the transboard while it is restrained.

Duramax isolation bed

The most extreme cases can only be managed by fixing several limbs. The Duramax isolation bed allows secure fixation at up to five points – wrists, chest and ankles. The bed, which weighs just 110 pounds, eliminates the need for a special restraint cell. The Duramax bed can be permanently fixed to the floor through the recessed base, or moved in and out of a regular cubicle as needed, providing flexibility for departments with limited bed space. The lightly textured, non-porous surface allows for easy cleaning and has a contoured top for added patient/occupant comfort.

Unrivaled high-security restraints

Peerless High Security is the next step in restraint for dangerous inmates or inmates who have already proven their ability to escape or overcome restraints. Universal handcuff keys are useless with these high seat belts, a special consideration for occupants who have a history of hiding or fabricating handcuff keys. Each Peerless High Security Restraint is encoded and matched to an enterprise-tracked key. Multiple sets can be ordered so that each set is closed differently or the same.

Nylon timing belt

Simple and practical, Humane Restraint’s Nylon Control Strap is a cost-effective way to deal with a recalcitrant occupant during transit. By fastening the 52 inch belt around the occupant’s knees or ankles and locking the other end of the belt in the vehicle door, this belt will severely limit the occupant’s ability to kick or move.

Economical and effective, these are just some of the options available when your restraint systems aren’t working and you’re out of options.

Thumb cuffs are small, easy to wear, and use retention devices. They fit any thumb, big or small, and have a positive locking mechanism inside. These thumb cuffs can be locked so they neither tighten nor loosen. Ideal for undercover law enforcement, security guards, private investigators or anyone who needs a small but tough set of thumb cuffs.

Comes with two keys. Features a double closure to prevent the thumb cuffs from being overtightened.

Features:

4″ overall size

heavy duty

Lightweight and compact

Nickel-plated steel

Including 2 keys

Thumbcuffs: what they are and how to use them

Thumbcuffs might sound like a weird torture device to some, or a fun toy to others. Even so, it is simply a device used to restrain a person. You’ll find thumbcuffs in many operations and activities performed by law enforcement officers such as cops, detectives, soldiers, and yes, even bounty hunters. What are thumbcuffs really and how are they used?

under the thumb

Thumbcuffs are used as a means of restraint. Made of metal, they are similar to the more common wrist or handcuffs, except that handcuffs are designed to fit around the thumbs, particularly below the knuckles. They’re significantly smaller than handcuffs, of course, but they’re just as effective.

They can effectively restrain the individual by holding their hands together close in front of their body. If desired, they can be put on with the hands behind the back for better fixation. In either position, it will be difficult for a person to run away or attempt an escape as they will be severely constrained by their uncomfortable and unfamiliar position. If a person cannot use their hands or arms to balance their body, they will have a hard time running fast.

Because thumbcuffs are smaller, they are easier to wear and conceal. They come with a set of unlocking keys.

Use of thumbcuffs

Thumbcuffs are opened and slipped around each thumb. To keep them in place, make sure they are positioned below the ankles. Once you close the cuffs around your thumbs, the slight protrusion or angle of the knuckles keeps them from slipping off.

Risks associated with thumbcuffs

Thumbcuffs, unlike handcuffs, require a degree of cooperation from a person to restrain them. With handcuffs, a person can be restrained even if they try to fight back. As long as you can get his hands or arms in the right position, you can easily put the handcuffs around his wrists. Thumbcuffs require the thumbs to be fully extended to slide firmly into the device.

Thumbcuffs are also notorious for causing thumb injuries. If they are not equipped with a lock spring, there is a risk that the cuffs will overtighten. If they wrap around your thumb too tightly, they could block blood flow. If the thumbs remain in their position for several hours, the lack of blood flow can lead to pain or even injury.

Today, handcuffs are preferred over thumbcuffs to minimize injury. However, you are likely to still find thumbcuffs, used by some police forces to arrest suspects. They have also found their place as popular recreational toys, particularly for magicians performing escape tricks.

The police have a tough and often thankless job. It is their duty to protect and serve the citizens of their community. Part of that work is arresting criminals who threaten the safety of residents and business owners. The use of zip ties makes it easier to apprehend criminals.

Cable ties are difficult for humans to free

Cable ties are products that you cannot easily break. Once the zip tie is secure, scissors or other human intervention is required to loosen it. For this reason, cable ties are used to control crowds during a riot or whenever handcuffs are unavailable.

Cable ties are inexpensive

If you are running a small police force in a rural area, a cable tie is preferable to a handcuff because of its low cost. Any police force can afford to have a large supply of cable ties on hand when a crime is committed. Off-duty cops may use zip ties when they need to stop a crime if they don’t have the typical equipment to apprehend a suspect.

Cable ties are easy to use

It doesn’t take much experience to use a cable tie. All you have to do is secure the suspect’s hands and wrap the zip tie around them. Because of how easy it is to use, zip ties are a favorite security tool because you don’t have to spend a lot of time fumbling with them or letting a suspect get away because you weren’t able to successfully apprehend you.

Cable ties are an asset to any security operation as they are inexpensive, easy to use and anyone can have them at any time. So if your law enforcement agencies don’t use zip ties as a backup security tool, you could pay a potentially heavy price if a criminal escaped because he or she couldn’t be properly apprehended.

: A strip of plastic that can be fastened around a person’s wrists or ankles as a shackle

Well, we all know that cable ties are for tying up cables, but they are used for many other things, these are just a few alternatives.

The army and police use larger, wider cable ties as shackles, they can be fastened around ankles or wrists to disable the person. They can also be used to secure people to fences or posts to prevent them from escaping. The reason they are used is that it is much easier to carry ten or twenty zip ties than so many pairs of handcuffs.

Gardeners use them to keep plant guards on stakes or to train plants tied on patios. Landscapers use tens of thousands of zip ties when planting small trees and shrubs on large projects to secure rabbit gates. If you rely on the strength of a cable tie outdoors, consider UV and heat stabilized cable ties. This is because standard nylon ties can degrade when exposed to UV light.

How many times have you bought a toy that was secured in the box with two or three cable ties? Also small tools that are hung on display stands via a header card and again there is the good old cable tie that attaches the header card to the tool. Next time you’re in B&Q, check out how many items are zip-tieed to display boards.

In turn, the tops of sacks and bags are often secured with a zip tie, and if the sack is being used to store products that you need to constantly open and close, you may see the releasable zip tie being used. Some companies have their name or a unique code printed on the cable tie for identification purposes, you would use custom printed cable ties for this.

Advertising signs that suddenly appear on lamp posts are almost always held up with the zip tie, the next time you sit at a traffic light and take a look at the lamp posts it is surprising how many zip ties are on some of them where the advertising signs used to be pulled down and the ties left behind.

These are just a few instances where you can find zip ties that are not used to hold cables…… What other places have you seen cable ties, next time you are out just look around and I bet you will see them everywhere!

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Is dislocating a thumb to escape handcuffs a “thing”? I was recently at a writers conference on a panel called “Blood and Guts” and was asked exactly that. Panels are a group of people who happen to know a little bit more about a topic. They ask questions from the audience, who in this case were writers. (Subscribe to posts only for subscribers)

One author asked if we thought it was possible to dislocate your thumb to escape from handcuffs. I said I don’t believe it and asked a few police officers afterwards. They agreed, probably not. However, they said women are more likely to escape the handcuffs. If it was because they had dislocated their thumbs, they couldn’t tell for sure. But they kind of doubted it. They’re more likely to escape because officers have to leave some space between the handcuffs and the wrist, enough to slip a finger between the two. (Here’s a post on escaping zip ties in case you need it.)

In the videos I’ve watched, which all women show, the cuff is pulled over the hand. The mandatory space that police officers must leave free can make this easier. The women all folded their hands together vertically. And in each case, the thumb joint had to be pulled a bit to get through.

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That’s the type of escape we’re going to be looking at: pulling the cuff all over the hand. And if you can’t fit it over your hand, will it help dislocate your thumb? First, which joint are we even talking about?

According to Andrew Winch, a physical therapist specializing in sports medicine, it’s not the joint we usually think of that’s causing the problem. The CMC joint at the wrist stops the cuff. According to PT Winch:

The 1st CMC actually controls where the 1st metacarpal (the next joint up) and therefore the 1st MCP moves in space. As the 1st metacarpal rolls over the socket formed by the carpal bones (at the CMC joint), the 1st metacarpal rolls forward bringing the 1st MCP with it. So theoretically, a luxation of the 1st CMC would theoretically displace the entire 1st metacarpal. So yes, the CMC would need to be dislocated to get the metacarpal out of the way required to slip out of a properly tightened set of cuffs (which first catch on the head of the 1st metacarpal on the 1st CMC).

He continued:

…the first CMC is a saddle joint, so the only real way to traumatically dislocate it is to fracture one of the bony components of the saddle (or pull your thumb straight out far enough that you deflect the joint past those ridges, tearing any ligament in the joint).

Even if it was the next joint, the MCP joint, holding the cuffs in check, dislocating it wouldn’t help much either.

As you can see, and according to Winch, the thickness of the hand doesn’t change much. And even if the hand were thinner, the rest of the thumb would be a problem once you placed the cuff over the dislocated joint. Here’s why:

need i say more

In my opinion, and more importantly the professional opinion of PT Winch, dislocating your thumb to remove handcuffs is not usually a “thing”. Can it happen in rare cases? Oh well. But it would be really rare like a syndrome like Ehlers-Danlos affecting the connective tissue. If that’s the case, you’ll have something like this:

However, it is common for people with Ehler-Danlos syndrome to also have heart problems. Even if they remain calm enough to escape the handcuffs in such an emergency situation, a quick escape on foot could be a problem.

FULLY UPDATED INFO!!!! (1/1/20) This was sent to me by Fightwriter Hanah. I LOVE it when you all send me more info. My favorite knowledge is what I don’t have yet.

“While someone with EDS might have trouble extricating themselves after leaving the cuffs, it’s due to a drop in blood pressure on standing up (POTS), a lack of coordination (EDS causes problems with proprioception and many of us are clumsy), Pain from loose joints or most likely other dislocations. Most people who can dislocate on command are also prone to dislocate when they don’t want to.”

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Handcuffs, handcuffing device used by police on arrested prisoners. Until modern times, handcuffs came in two forms: (1) the number 8, which held the hands tightly together either in front or behind the body, and (2) rings, which fitted around the wrists and were connected by a short chain, this are similar to those used by modern police forces. The old names were handcuffs; shackbolts or shackles; Gyves; and pans. Most modern handcuffs are made of steel, adjustable to wrist size, and equipped with an automatic locking device. Disposable nylon handcuffs are now available; Their advantage is that one police officer can easily carry several pairs, for example, at the scene of a riot.

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Well, we all know that cable ties are for tying up cables, but they are used for many other things, these are just a few alternatives.

The army and police use larger, wider cable ties as shackles, they can be fastened around ankles or wrists to disable the person. They can also be used to secure people to fences or posts to prevent them from escaping. The reason they are used is that it is much easier to carry ten or twenty zip ties than so many pairs of handcuffs.

Gardeners use them to keep plant guards on stakes or to train plants tied on patios. Landscapers use tens of thousands of zip ties when planting small trees and shrubs on large projects to secure rabbit gates. If you rely on the strength of a cable tie outdoors, consider UV and heat stabilized cable ties. This is because standard nylon ties can degrade when exposed to UV light.

How many times have you bought a toy that was secured in the box with two or three cable ties? Also small tools that are hung on display stands via a header card and again there is the good old cable tie that attaches the header card to the tool. Next time you’re in B&Q, check out how many items are zip-tieed to display boards.

In turn, the tops of sacks and bags are often secured with a zip tie, and if the sack is being used to store products that you need to constantly open and close, you may see the releasable zip tie being used. Some companies have their name or a unique code printed on the cable tie for identification purposes, you would use custom printed cable ties for this.

Advertising signs that suddenly appear on lamp posts are almost always held up with the zip tie, the next time you sit at a traffic light and take a look at the lamp posts it is surprising how many zip ties are on some of them where the advertising signs used to be pulled down and the ties left behind.

These are just a few instances where you can find zip ties that are not used to hold cables…… What other places have you seen cable ties, next time you are out just look around and I bet you will see them everywhere!

Please browse our range of Cable Ties and Cable Ties.