The Gladiator Claw

Posted by 141drew Apr 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM and filed under Reviews & Features

Updated on May 28, 2021 at 11:37 AM

We’ve got a ton of members that use Gladiator products in their garage. I personally love their benches and I know more than a few guys that are pretty high on their cabinets as well. It’s all pretty solid stuff for residential use… And priced fairly as well.

Today, however, I was researching for another project and found a little piece of brilliance on the Gladiator web site. It’s the Gladiator Claw.

Check it out.

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-B-

Well-known member

Apr 28, 2009

Yet again what a load of marketing self serving garbage, that design has been around in one for or another for over 20 years. various cycling companies have tried it and it has failed to sell every time it is know as a one hand hook in the hardware industry. The problem is 20-50 hooks just do not sell especially in the same area of a standard $1 hook .

JCByrd24

Well-known member

Apr 28, 2009

I have to agree with B on this one....what's easier, hanging a bike on a hook by an un-moving and un-restrained wheel, or first having to push on something with an un-restrained wheel, which is destined to become moving while trying to hang....they engineered the goodness out of the hook.

Ryan

Administrator

Staff member

Apr 28, 2009

Really? I thought it was pretty trick... Just for tricks sake I guess... So, have you tried one? They don't work so hot?

JCByrd24

Well-known member

Apr 28, 2009

It takes the already combersome operation of lifting a bike over your head and hanging by a hook and adds a step that naturally will spin the thing you're trying to hang it by...not so much trick as tricky....BUT perhaps they are just marketing wrong, maybe there are other operations where it would be incredibly useful...this thread should turn into finding one.

307WYLD

Banned

Apr 28, 2009

I can see several actually...depending on the load-bearing capacity. It would be great for hanging my heavy bag from when I'm doing a workout, because it always takes up alot of space in my home gym when I'm not going to be using it.

It would be useful for hanging ladders along a stretch of wall, for businesses that use alot of ladders. Two that come to mind are tree trimmers and painters. By hanging them offset from the wall rather than leaning them against, you free up that wall for other equipment with a walkway, for times when you dont need to load ladders for a particular job.

JCByrd24

Well-known member

Apr 28, 2009

307, not sure you're getting our point...nothing you've mentioned requires anything more than a regular hook...I'm not sold yet.

Mtrhd0024

Member

Apr 28, 2009

How bout one of these:

Thats the only kinda hook you need right there! :bounce:

Someone took something so simple and thought waayyy too hard about it. :headscrat

307WYLD

Banned

Apr 28, 2009

JCByrd24 said:
307, not sure you're getting our point...nothing you've mentioned requires anything more than a regular hook...I'm not sold yet.

Well if you have ever worked on a heavy bag for an hour doing not just jabs and hooks, but takedown holds as well, you'll know that a simple hook will not suffice to keep it up where it is supposed to be.

And by using this kind of hook for ladders, especially where they are offset from the wall, allowing a walkway for say a row of string-trimmer and leaf blowers, you will not have to worry about Clumsy Clem being able to knock 2 or 4 ladders off their perches when he swings that string-trimmer too far left or right.

Stuey

Well-known member

Apr 28, 2009

307WYLD said:
Well if you have ever worked on a heavy bag for an hour doing not just jabs and hooks, but takedown holds as well, you'll know that a simple hook will not suffice to keep it up where it is supposed to be.

True, but nobody in their right mind would use this type of hook to mount a heavy bag.

Anyways, this hook looks decent, but a tad overpriced. I think I'd prefer one of those Racor lifts over the Claw.

e-tek

Well-known member

Apr 28, 2009

Way to ruin Ryan's find you guys!!!

justheman

Member

Apr 28, 2009

why dont you just hold the brake handle while putting it up so the tire doesn't spin.

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e-tek

Well-known member

Apr 28, 2009

justheman said:
why dont you just hold the brake handle while putting it up so the tire doesn't spin.

Don't be a wise-*** - are you new here? :lol_hitti

justheman

Member

Apr 28, 2009

nope...

Ryan

Administrator

Staff member

Apr 28, 2009

e-tek said:
Way to ruin Ryan's find you guys!!!

Actually, I think they made it better with valid points.

I'm guilty of over thinking sometimes...

JCByrd24

Well-known member

Apr 29, 2009

justheman said:
why dont you just hold the brake handle while putting it up so the tire doesn't spin.

Thought you had me there for a minute......but when you lift a bike in a manor so as to hang on a ceiling mounted hook, the most convinient way is not with either hand on the handlebars. One hand goes on the stem (center of handlebars) other goes on the seat/seatpost. If you try to lift with one handlebar, the front wheel will (want to) turn, complicating the problem....

I still thing there is probably a good use, more as a latch than as a hanging hook it seems like.

vette-kid

Well-known member

Apr 29, 2009

$60 freakin buck...I dont think so!

307, I dont hitnk there is any chance that this thing would hold a heavy bag, especially if you given it da business. Beside, I dont see how hanging it on this would be any easier than using an eye bolt with a good D ring or swivel thingy.

interesting product...but it offers no real advantage and is crazy expensive for its intended use. :wtf:

307WYLD

Banned

Apr 29, 2009

vette-kid said:
$60 freakin buck...I dont think so!

307, I dont hitnk there is any chance that this thing would hold a heavy bag, especially if you given it da business. Beside, I dont see how hanging it on this would be any easier than using an eye bolt with a good D ring or swivel thingy.

interesting product...but it offers no real advantage and is crazy expensive for its intended use.

I have no idea what this product is made like or of, however I was giving one of two ideas I had for it. And if you had read my first post, you would realize that I dont care for a permanently mounted heavy bag, because of space limitations. I like being able to take mine down and store it in a corner or in a closet when I am not using it.

vette-kid

Well-known member

Apr 30, 2009

307WYLD said:
I have no idea what this product is made like or of, however I was giving one of two ideas I had for it. And if you had read my first post, you would realize that I dont care for a permanently mounted heavy bag, because of space limitations. I like being able to take mine down and store it in a corner or in a closet when I am not using it.

I read your post...thats why I said use a D ring...carabiner type. Unclip and move it out of the way. Your reply reads as if I offended you somehow...my humble apology. That was not my intent. Cheers :beer:

Herb

Well-known member

Apr 30, 2009

My wife could never lift her bike that high. I think it's a neat idea, but one has to consider the consumer that will be using it. I'm sure there are some men (none of us

) that would have that problem.

Tman

Well-known member

Apr 30, 2009

All my years in the bike shop (12) I learned that even selling a $1 hook was tricky, let alone some of the pricier bike hanging solutions.

Gladiator GarageWorks

Active member

May 5, 2009

Thanks for the kind words about the Claw Ryan. And thanks to all who chimed in with responses. You all made some very good and appreciated points. I'll have to pass these along to the guys who helped design the Claw and see what they think.

http://americaninventorclaw.com/

Overall, we've gotten positive feedback about the functionality of the Claw, and any other insight you guys have about it, or any other Gladiator products is much appreciated, too.

d33pt

Well-known member

Jun 2, 2009

my bike can't even hang upside down because of the hydraulic brakes. i use the pulley hanger system. it was only $15 at costco, but i've seen it for around $7 at HF.

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