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★★☆☆☆
(It's Really Better Than Two Stars...)
First off, I really like this product. By this product I mean the pegboard system. It was a breeze to install - the panels just slide together - it seem quite durable, the shape of the board is `configurable', and overall I just like the look and feel of the product.
So why 2 stars? Let's see, how to say this so that it comes out right: I know, the hooks suck. Okay, being objective, let me ask: why provide 1/8" hooks for a board into which 1/4" hooks fit quite nicely. I know they do because after having the eighth inch hooks fall out of the board and onto the floor constantly whenever I went to get something, I bought the quarter inch variety and now I'm extremely pleased, though with less money in my pocket. In case you're wondering, yes I tried being careful when getting a tool from the board, but who needs to extend that delicate a touch to retrieving a tool? So here's the bottom line, I'm annoyed that a company with such a great product would `cheap out' with crappy hardware and make the `ultimate' system, the `annoying to try to get your tools off the board and still keep the hooks in the board' system. Hey, I would have gladly paid a few dollars more for better hardware and would be bending the ears of my family and friends telling them what a great product this is. And by the way, that marketing garbage about the big bonus regarding how the board supports 1/8 and 1/4 inch hooks, is just that, garbage. If I wanted to use 1/8 inch hooks, I would have purchased a board with 1/8 inch holes. No, I wanted solid, and the company had an opportunity to deliver that, and they cheaped out and let me, and themselves, down. For that, they get 2 stars.
July 2011 · Industrial and Scientific · verified purchase