M. ONeill
2025-08-21 17:35:32
Perfect for hanging a small art hanging on the wall. Dealt with a minimally stuccoed wall fine. First time I put it up, I immediately hung the item on the hook and everything fell down. Then I read the instructions which say to put the hook on the wall, let it sit for at least 1 hour before hanging anything on it. Reolaced the hook. Let it sit overnight. Works great and the quilted art is still hanging
J. Davis
2025-08-13 12:58:18
Overall, these work well, and if you can't put holes in your wall for some reason (e.g. I'm renting, and the landlord is picky about that), then they're the best solution that I'm aware of, though for some stuff, it really would be better to put a nail or screw or bolt or whatnot in the wall, since those will hold more weight, and the odds of a nail pulling itself out of the wall and damaging what you're hanging are going to be far less than the odds of one of these coming off of the wall, because what you're hanging was a tad too heavy, or your wall wasn't a good enough surface for the hook to stick. But putting nails in the wall isn't always an option.Overall, I prefer these clear hooks over the white ones, because the white ones stand out quite a lot if your wall isn't white. However, on one of my walls, I found that the clear ones wouldn't stay, whereas the white ones would, so I think that the stickiness of the white ones is better. Regardless, it clearly shows that these hooks will stick to some surfaces better than others, so your mileage may vary. However, on the walls that both the clear and white hooks worked on, I've found that the white ones stick _very_ strongly. After I didn't like how the white ones appeared, I remove a whole bunch of them and replaced them with the clear ones. For the most part, the hooks came off surprisingly well without any damage to the wall. However, in a few cases, the strip that you pull down to get them off the wall broke right at the edge of the plastic, so I couldn't use it to get the hook off the wall, and that made it quite difficult to get the hook of the wall, because it was stuck quite strongly. I don't know if the clear ones stick quite as strongly on that wall, since I haven't had to try to rip any of them off yet. But on that wall, they've stuck plenty well for what I've needed. It's that one wall with different paint where they didn't stick well. Personally, if your wall isn't white (and maybe even if it is), I'd suggest going with the clear ones and seeing if they work for you, and if they don't stick well enough, then I'd try the white ones.My main complaint with these hooks (both white and clear) is the fact that the hook is not secured to the plastic. It's basically hinged where it's connected to the plastic. So, if you have anything the hook that can't be lifted off it without it touching the hook (e.g. a calendar), then you're forced to use a finger to hold the hook in place to remove the item from the hook, which can be really annoying if the hook is high up on the wall. It probably wouldn't be a problem with something like a frying pan, but for the stuff that I've been hanging, it's been very annoying. My solution was to glue the hook to the plastic, which works reasonably well, but it's annoying to have to do that. It also works better if you realize that you need to glue them _before_ you put them up on the wall. :)Another issue is that the plastic portion that sticks to the wall sticks up quite a bit above what you hang (presumably so that it has lots of surface area to stick to the wall). So, you can't hang something right up at the edge of the ceiling or lined up with the top of a cabinet or anything like that. You're stuck with a gap of about 2 inches. 3M has smaller hooks that are shorter and would stick up less, but they supposedly hold only up to .5 pounds, whereas these supposedly hold up to 2 pounds. So, that extra size seems to be the cost of making them hold more weight.In any case, these hooks definitely have some faults, but I don't know of anything better if you want to be able to hang stuff without putting a hole in your wall. And from what I've seen, your odds are good that you'll be able to get them off the wall later without damaging the paint, but it's certainly not guaranteed.
Pat
2025-08-12 18:29:35
We have several plate glass panels that face the road, we have always taped various decorations up for the different holidays, now we have these unobtrusive hooks on them. These hold our stuff perfectly and are invisible when not in use. Plus they are easily removed, when we decide to move on. Great price, too.