Answered: Custom Zip Ties

[karim]

Is it allowed to use custom (From the local market) zip ties? Does it fall under non-functional decoration?

[Karthik]

Is it allowed to use custom (From the local market) zip ties? Does it fall under non-functional decoration?

As per <R7b>, which is quoted below, you are allowed to use and parts which are identical in all ways except for color to legal VEX parts. So this means you can use any locally sourced zip ties that are identical, except for color, to the VEX EDR zip ties.

<R7> Robots are allowed the following additional “non-VEX” components:
b. Any parts which are identical to legal VEX parts. For the purposes of this rule, products which are identical in all ways except for color are permissible. Note: It is up to inspectors to determine whether a component is “identical” to an official VEX component.