I received the below mentioned products as part of the Shoplet blogger review program.
If you’re looking for office supplies shoplet.com is the place to go. They have everything from promotional products for your business to office stationary and more. It’s been a while since I’ve done a shoplet review but I had an interest in trying the products I was offered for review.
When we first moved into our house, there was just four of us. Me, my husband, and my two oldest sons. We had planned on have more kids at some point so we wanted some room to grow and ability to add on if we needed to. Two kids later, our house doesn’t seem as big anymore. Toy, kids furniture, sports equipment, school supplies, all that. Our house is an OLD house. Built somewhere around the beginning of the 1900s and you could tell not much had changed since then. That included storage space. Very small closest in 2 bedrooms, no closets in the other two, and and a number of other things. So you can imagine storage is at a premium in this house. We had to get creative with organizing and storing. Reusable hooks have been my go to for getting the kids backpacks off the floor, for hanging purses, etc.
I received GeckoTech products to review from Shoplet. I had never heard of GeckoTech before this review and was interested to see if a GeckoTech reusable hook could earn it’s place in my house.
I also received Duck Packaging Tape to review. Of course I could always use packaging tape. Not only for shipping packages but packing up some of the stuff the kids have outgrown or don’t use anymore.
Ok the GeckoTech reusable hooks. They looked interesting. The whole square part of the hook is sticky on the back. You need to clean the surface you’re planning on using it on. Then wipe it down with rubbing alcohol, let it dry then stick your hook. To remove it you have to use a hair dryer to heat it and remove it. You’re supposed to use them on a non-porous surface.
The hook for my wreaths on my front door fell off a while ago. I tried the smaller of the GeckoTech hooks on the front door. I was worried it wouldn’t stick since my front door is mostly glass and it’s been cold here. I followed the steps and stuck my hook.
What I liked about putting it on the glass door is that it kinda blended in with the rest of the glass so it wasn’t glaringly obvious. I hung my wreath on it to see if it would hold up.
This hook is still up and it’s been over a month. No problems here. After this one worked so well I used the bigger one, that’s supposed to hold up to 5 lbs, in my foyer closet to hand my son’s backpack on. I followed the steps again and stuck it to the paneling in the closet. My guess is the paneling is too porous. I didn’t even have time to get a picture and the hook fell off the wall backpack and all. It landed on the closet floor which is hard wood and has our shoes on the floor. As you can imagine, the closet floor can get a bit dirty due to the shoes and other things the kids drag in the house. The sticky had dirt stuck on it, I couldn’t clean it off, and it wasn’t visually appealing to hang anymore.
The other issue I had is that, in order to remove them (when they actually stick) you have to use a hair dryer. Um, I have one outlet in my foyer and there’s no way my cord on my hair dryer would reach to the hook from the outlet so I’m thinking the only way I can remove it if I ever want to is to use an extension cord.
So that’s it for the hooks. Moving onto the Duck packing tape. I’m gonna tell you I feel really dumb but I had no idea how to make the tape work. The tape seemed to be on the roll backward. The tape itself was good tape but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out how it was supposed to roll of and cut properly.
I know it’s hard to tell in the picture but the way it was on the roll the sticky part was actually facing down towards the cutting edge to to unroll it like you’re supposed to when sealing up a package I had to pull it off like regular tape and cut it with a pair of scissors. Since the sticky side was facing the cutter I couldn’t flip it over and use it like I was supposed to. Other packaging tapes I’ve used were easy. Just roll it across the package, and bend my wrist forward a little to cut it. I thought that there had to be something I just wasn’t getting but I couldn’t figure it out. If anyone else knows please tell me.
So to some up. The GeckoTech hooks worked well on glass, not on my paneling. The removal method won’t always work in all situations. And the tape, while the tape quality itself was good, the rolling/cutting mechanism was off. Not sure if I just had a goof roll or not.
