I have recently had appallingly bad luck with wall anchors. I was hanging shelves in my sewing room and most of the wall anchors I tried were a complete disaster. I tried toggle bolts, molly bolts and some new contraption and they were all awful. My wall ended up looking like Swiss cheese from my failed attempts and left me with a lot of drywall to repair.
All I want is an easy to use anchor that it strong enough to hold things and I can install with pinpoint accuracy so things end up level. I like level. Crooked makes me crazy. Swiss cheese makes me crazy too if it’s on my walls.
Bathroom hardware
I painted my guest bathroom and decided it was a good time to move one towel bar and the toilet tissue holder to better locations. I cringed. That meant more hollow wall anchors/potential failures. With very nice freshly paints walls I didn’t want Swiss cheese again.
I hated the kind I was using so I started researching to see what other people like. I found this funny little video from a guy who I assume is in Australia:
I went to HD and bought the kind he demonstrated. I got a 4 pack of E-Z Ancor Twist-N-Lock 75 Medium Duty #8 x 1-1/4 in. White Nylon. It took me minutes to successfully re-install the towel bar and toilet tissue holder in perfectly level, firmly attached beauty. I was sold. But I was out of anchors.
I was at Walmart and picked up Bulldog Auger Anchors. Same basic thing and I hung a bracket for a three tiered hanging basket in the kitchen that is perfectly straight and currently loaded down with fruits and vegetables in about 5 minutes. No swiss cheese, no cursing and swearing.
These will be my go to anchors for anything that doesn’t have to hold a ton of weight. Of course, if I’m hanging shelf units I’ll be back to my nemesis molly bolts. Why don’t I same capable of putting molly bolts in level??
