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4.5
Easy to usethese are soo east to use. LOVE THEM!!!!!!!My brother told me that I needed to "upgrade" from hanging everything up on my walls with push pins...and so I saw these hooks and I decided to try them. It wasn't hard at all to push them into the wall, however when I went to hang something on it...the thing would not stay the way that it was suppose to stay so that I could hang something on it. So it was tricky maneuvering the board that I was trying to hang up to quickly catch on the hook before it flipped upside down...however when my board was finally hooked on, it stayed put. Maybe it just needed that weight to pull it down or something. I have only used two hooks together and I do not know if one hook will be good enough...but you can always try. There was enough hooks in this pack that I didn't need to use one at a time.As a person with poor hand/eye coordination, I'm thankful not to have to ice bruised fingers from trying to hammer nails into my walls. They are super strong and make it easy to hang things straight and right where you want them.My only two gripes:1. You do have to put a fair amount of pressure and strength behind getting the hook into the wall and positioning it where you want... I wouldn't necessarily say it's "easy" but once you get the hang of it it's not too difficult.2. Part of the appeal is supposed to be "smaller holes" than nails or screws... and maybe it's just my old walls, but in the process of twisting and pushing them into the wall they certainly make a hole about the same as a normal nail would. But these seem strong enough to take the place of some things that might need anchors if screws are used.If you're looking for an easy way to hang a lot of weight off of a straight sheetrock wall, your days of looking for studs are over, studs. The simple design lends itself to usability, and the metal is durable. The set of twenty is plenty, and we really only needed one. Now we have 19 spares, but I don't think we'll need them. Process of hanging things takes a grand total of 45-60 seconds, depending on whether or not you've had your coffee. Only thing I ended up changing was that the hook angle was a little steep for the item I was hanging, so I took a pair of heavy pliers to it and it bent to my will with relative ease.I've had and used these for years, and I love them! They work just as they say they do, and they hold up as much weight as they say they will. I just wish they made some where the hook coming out of the wall wasn't so "hook-like," if that makes sense. Sometimes I need just a straight nail coming out, and a hook won't work. Otherwise, though, I use them for everything I possibly can. To me, they are better than the Commando hooks because they hold a lot more weight, and they leave such a small hole that when you pull them out, no one would notice.Overall these are perfectly sufficient for my purposes. They are significantly cheaper than the sets you see at Home Depot or other retailers.My father-in-law purchased some for me from Big Lots several months ago now that I thought had a better shape to the hook at the end (the part that sticks out of the wall that you can hang pictures on). These are kind of jetted out from wall and can make it a little difficult to slip them into a picture frame or what have you.Again, overall they work for me and if they are too challenging to get to work you can just bend them to make them work for you.The hooks hold up, but my wall doesn't. You should really use studs to hang heavier stuff. This is great for quick and easy, no-tool hanging and leave smaller holes than nails or screws. But just remember that your drywall isn't as tough as the hooks are, and one of them is eventually going to fall victim to gravity.This hole you see in the picture was caused by a coat hook rack that was used repeatedly by heavy winter coats (plus purses & backpacks) on a daily basis, so that was way too much stress to be putting in my walls.I originally found these as Hercules hooks on TV and they really are fantastic for hanging pictures on drywall.These off-brand "super hooks" are pretty much exactly the same at a fraction of the price. In the end its a bent piece of wire so for me price was the determining factor. Came super fast and the 20 pack should keep me hanging for a long time to come.There is a reason these are cheaper. The curve is not “curled” enough. When you poke them in, because they aren’t curled enough or the tail end isn‘t long enough to reach the wall again, they don’t end up sitting on the back of your wall for stability, they just kinda sit in the hole. If you touch the frame, the hook swings side to side since it’s just sitting in there, unlike real gorilla hooks. Only reason for 2 stars is the metal seems strong enough at least, but they are a cheap knockoff. Don’t waste your time.Is it 100 pounds? 40 pounds? Ad says both. Package insert says 40 pounds. The hole left is bigger than a picture hook nail, which can hold as much. Oh, and not eligible for return.They work well, are far less expensive than those found in stores, and can be reused. However, I would never put 100 lbs. on one of them. I have no scientific proof they won't support that weight, but I prefer to error on the side of caution. I used two on the largest of our pictures, which I found to be quite sufficient.I bought this hooks because in the description it said that the hook can hold up to 100 Lbs. of weight, but when I received this hooks the literature inside the packet said that it can hold only up to 20 lbs. This same hooks are available in walmart for $ 4.35 and in Dollarama for $ 2.00. The only reason I paid $ 29.00 was because of their claim of holding up to 100 lbs. I am very disappointed with this product.
