I found that cheap plant tie that has minimal wire and a bunch of rubber works well too, I also use the wider Velcro stuff that can be seen at the back end of the tape measure, the rubber wire you can twist to the desired clamp and easily back it off as needed.
I got a cheaper version of what you're talking about and it was bitch to do but I figured it out. The red is where I wrapped around the closest nodes and yellow is how I twisted the two outer parts together in the middle and surprisingly gave it enough torsion to close it up!
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The bottom was a problem though, I had to use a spanner to keep that closed, split pretty deep
I think what happened was I trained it a bit just before a much needed water change when they were more weak and workable. Once they juiced up n got fresh nutes overnight it ripped at its pressure points from it growing, I even imagined it. I knew it could handle the training at the time but I was iffy about what would happen once she started eating properly again
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First time grow, makes me feel like I just stepped on a dogs foot when I hurt a plant or sm but y'all made me feel better n gave me the confidence that I could do something about it, relax and smoke.Thanks everybody cause i was tweakn