Do Hercules Hooks really have herculean force strength to hold a150lb wall hanging? When Billy May tells us these things I’m wondering if we should really believe him. These hooks are meant to quickly, cleanly and easily glide in and out of drywall, plaster and paneling walls.

How Do Hercules Hooks Work?

You simply pierce the sharp end of the hook through the hollow space of the wall. Since the hook is curved this sharp end of the hook acts as a brace against the back side of the wall. When you take it out it’s suppose to leave less of a mess than with a regular wall hook or nail.

Advantages

• The hook on the end prevents lost nails. No more nails sinking right flush into the wall.
• The package comes with a stud finder.
• When you’re ready to rehang something else, the holes you leave will be smaller than when using a nail. This is due to the fact that you won’t have to take a nail in and out of your wall, making the same hole larger and larger.

The Amaaazing Hercules Hooks!

Disadvantages

• The hook don’t work on cement, stone or brick.

• If your home is an energy efficient home you may also have insulation in the inside wall (not just the outside wall). In this case your hook will get snagged in the insulation due to lack of space behind the wall. You may need to insert the hook at a shallow angle. In these cases the you may not get the hook in all the way.

• If your house has block wall construction you’ll have the same problem mentioned above. You won’t have the room to push the hook in and turn it around. There’s not enough room between the block wall and the back of the wallboard.

• If you have textured or plastered walls, it’s not so easy to push the hooks in. You may need to use a nail to put a little hole first.

• You may pierce the electric wiring, which is really dangerous. This could result in a fire hazard or injury to you. Make sure you know your wiring location.

Handy Hints

1. Locate where your studs are first before putting the wall hooks in.
2. When placing your hook, try to get the hook to hang 1/4″ below where the sharp end will enter the wall.
3. As per the video above, use two hooks when hanging anything over 40 lbs.
4. The hooks have limitations when it comes to the size of the sheet rock that you are putting the hooks into. You may want to avoid hanging really heavy objects on thinner sheet rock. For example ¼ inch sheet rock is the thinnest. Then ½ to 5/8 sheetrock is much stronger.
5. You don’t have to buy them online. They sell them at Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Hercules Hooks appear to work as advertised. Well what do ya know! The majority consumers who bought these hooks are quite happy with their purchase. Yesss! no more swiss cheese walls. BTW here’s another Billy May product..here’s my Mighty Putty review! This is so much fun reviewing “guy stuff”. Not bad for a chick, eh?

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