Mommy's Helper Tip Resistant Furniture Safety Brackets

I cannot stress enough how easy and worthwhile these are to use! Get them, take an afternoon and get drilling! You will feel so much better once all of your furniture is secure. It only takes a minutes, a power drill and a stud finder. You will sleep better knowing your children are safer, and your children will have more freedom in a safer house. Don't overlook even small or short dressers, and certainly don't neglect to secure large, heavy armoirs. The mindset that a toddler couldn't pull down something "so heavy" is erroneous, because it doesn't take into consideration PHYSICS and the laws of leverage. An open drawer used as a step can easily topple even a very heavy armoir, especially with a 20 lb toddler navigating the furniture. It's not safe to leave anything un-anchored! I'm a small woman without much knowledge of tools or construction, and I was able to secure every piece of furniture in the house in one afternoon with these awesome brackets. They're cheap and easy to use, and you have no excuse. Do it for the peace of mind and for your children's safety!

I really like these furniture anchors, and this is my second time to order this product.The pieces that attach to the wall and the piece of furniture are the same, so you don't have to worry about putting the "right" piece in the right place. They're not too big, so I've never found a problem attaching them to furniture, even the storage cubes from ClosetMaid. The "zip ties" that attach the anchors are strong, but can be released so you can use them again. I also like that you can adjust the distance allowed from the wall. We end up with cords and plugs behind furniture, and it helps a lot to be able to adjust for those things.The only thing I don't like is the screws. The heads seem to strip very easily. But we've moved a lot the past few years, so mine have had a lot of wear and tear. I'll keep using the same brackets, I'll just end up buying a box of screws at the hardware store to replace the ones that came with this set.Overall, I'm very pleased with this product - I've purchased two sets - and the only reason I couldn't give 5 stars is the screws.

Something so small and simple could very easily save your childs life! After we took our son out of his crib and gave him free reign of his bedroom we had to make sure that if he did happen to climb on the bookshelves in the night (he loves to climb), that these would be there to hold it back, and they worked! I screwed each one into studs, you could possibly mount in drywall but I wouldn't if at all possible. There's no sign of frail or worn plastic that may break, or any real potential failures (installed about a year ago). My only complaint was the small screws it came with for attaching to the furniture, was really soft metal. So when trying to tighten down the screws they just kept stripping very easily. I ended up using some different ones I had for most of the furniture. I don't really think the soft metal heads on the screws would anyway effect the functionality of the product, as long as you were able to tighten them down properly, it was just more or less a pet peeve of mine.

We were pleased to find this product on line as we were not able to find anything locally to secure our bookcases. The bands and brackets work exactly as we had hoped. However like many of the other customers noted the screws are inferior. We purchased this product regardless and tried using the supplied screws. The heads stripped right away. Do yourself a favor and buy screws from your hardware store before starting the project. You'll save yourself time and frustration. With all this said, once again, the product works as promised. The only reason for three stars is the screw problem.

These straps are horrible. The screws are so cheap and crappy that they strip if you so much as think about them encountering any resistance while screwing them in, and twice when screws actually encountered resistance, the screwheads popped off! How's THAT safe? The screw heads are what holds the brackets to the wall or furniture!I highly recommend that Furniture Wall Straps by Safety First instead. We have tried several brands and those are by FAR the best. They are easy to install, appear ot be sturdy, and also easy to remove temporarily if you need to move the furniture to reach behind it.

This item is basically a tougher version of those sip tie holders with the sticky backs. instead of sticky backs, you get two screws to screw the item into a wall. These work GREAT! For optimum safety, be sure to screw these into studs. Where studs aren't available, make sure to get yourself some good anchors. This has helped keep a shelving unit and a light fixture in place. My niece has tested these and she can tell you they hold items well. Just a note, be sure that the item you want to secure can either have screws screwed into it or has some kind of bar the zip ties can hold onto. Otherwise, this may not be the product for you. Quakehold makes a couple of Velcro based items that may help in situations described above.