Coolaroo Shade Fabric Accessories Black Butterfly Clips for Shade Fabric Attachment and Placement, (20 Count)

Happy customer, works well

We used a couple dozen of these on a huge patio shade we made about 6 years ago, and we just bought more to build another one. The clips on the old one were still in great shape when I took it down to repair some of the wooden structure it was attached to. I think you'll find that one of the wood, the fastener/screws, or the shade cloth itself will fail long before these do.

The clips work well holding the fabric. I am not sure I would pay the current price ($12) per pack. I would use needle nose pliers to close them up.

Others have said you need pliers to squeeze these together so I was prepared for that. I was using 3/8" cable to hang these on my patio and the clips worked perfect and slide without problems. Initially, I tried to clip the shade directly to the wire but realized it was uneven and strands of cloth were blocking the prongs of the clips making it difficult to close, even with pliers. I put the sunshade on my floor and placed the prong side of the clip through the material at even intervals and worked past the strands of cloth easily. I then put the sunscreen, with clips half-attached, against the cable and closed them BY HAND easily. I hope this tip helps as these clips get the job done.

These were easy to use, held the Coolaroo fabric securely, and had sufficient holes and hooks to fasten rope, wire, etc. But I found the Coolaroo fabric too stretchy with these, looked a little sloppy, so I fabricated a frame from wood lathe / strips, wrapped the fabric and stapled it. Much better looking and finished for small panels.

I don’t know what the reviews are talking about them being hard to install or that you need a pair of pliers. I installed 14 of them on a 23’ x12’ shade with my bare hands no problem. I did however use a pair of pliers to grip them together after they snapped in place with my fingers just in case but I don’t actually think it helped at all. Fingers were fine and really easy to install. They held up to a pretty decent wind storm already. Actually the bungee cords I used broke in the wind but these stayed perfectly in tact. The trick to installing them is to just make sure the fabric goes around the little nubs before you snap them. Use your fingers to get the nub side through the fabric before you snap them and you will love them. Well worth the money.

The clips are impossible to snap closed with your fingers and almost as difficult with pliers. The clips are poorly designed if you want to run the string light wire through the end of the clip as there is not enough space for it to fit. It's not even worth wasting my time trying to remove the ones I installed already so I can return them. A complete waste of money!!!

I used these along the edge of my shade cloth over my greenhouse and, also, l along the edge of my shade house. They work great though there is a small learning curve initially... I found pushing the little pegs through the cloth initially allowed for an easier closing...and when positioned accurately, I used channel lock pliers tom push them together. I've been very pleased and they are dirt cheap. I had a seam to rip out down the center of my shade cloth in my shade house and repaired it today...I used these butter fly clips to bring the two sides together...one butterfly clip on each side every 3 feet. I used light baling wire to tie the two clips together.....just bought more clips to have for my next repair.

Quality is good. I got white instead of black it's, no problem but got 19 out of 20 that's cheating. Can't return for 1 pieces.

Built a half pergola topped with Coolaro shade cloth. Used clips to secure cloth to tensioned airplane wire. Worked perfectly as advertised. Easy to use. However, not designed to be re-opened. So if that is your plan, expect to destroy a few.

Used this to mount shadecloth around a patio, very easy to clip.. re-usable if your careful about removal.. strong hold. Fantastic and versatile.

The clips are very hard to close and is not user friendly.

Not great, cheaply made and flimsy, they come apart in a small gust of wind.