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Pegboard hooks?

RustyGoat

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I currently have two different brands of hooks. The first was one of those 50 piece sets from Menards or something and they constantly fall out when you pick up the tool. I also bought a few extra hooks that are beefier and never fall out. I can't remember the brand or where I purchased the beefier ones to buy more. What do you use? Suggestions?
 
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nine4gmc

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Most of the ones you buy in packs are 1/8" IIRC, the commercial use ones are 1/4". I found a guy selling a flat rate box full on ebay for CHEAP.
 

cludwin

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Yep gotta go 1/4" that is the key also the ones with the extra bit that locks them in place are worth their weight in gold...

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Walmart sells a combo pack for $5.....by far the best quality & heavy duty ones available locally. The ones that Lowes & Home Depot sell are pure junk.
 

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hangfirew8

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Sorry I was going on past history. Looks like the Stanleys they sell now are OK.

Oh yeah I hate those plastic retainers. The only time they do their job is when you try to move the hook.

-HF
 

nine4gmc

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Sorry I was going on past history. Looks like the Stanleys they sell now are OK.

Oh yeah I hate those plastic retainers. The only time they do their job is when you try to move the hook.

-HF

Yeah you right! Pull a tool off a hook and they pop out, try relocating them and you better have a screwdriver or prybar to pop them out...:willy_nil
 

nine4gmc

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No, I wouldn't even try them being plastic. I have 0 problems with my cheap used heavy duty 1/4" hangers. They won't go in a landfill in a few years either, not that I'm green or anything.
 

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I looked when I was in Harbor Freight a couple weeks ago and the only ones they had were just like the ones I have that fall out.

I bought the 1/4 inch at HF. They usually have both 1/8 and 1/4. Maybe you got to the store after someone bought all the 1/4 inch.
 

NUTTSGT

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I believe everyone that I had that used the plastic clip, has been tossed in the scrap bucket. It seems that if you want decent pegboard hooks, you have to spend a little more or find the older used ones cheap.

Do you have any stores going out of business around you ? Many times they will sell boxes of used commerical grade hooks for cheap.
 

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Before I re-arranged things and decommissioned the peg board I was going to silicone the hooks in place. Silicone will strip out cleanly if you need to get it out and I figured it would hold them in place pretty good too.
 
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