Hangman Anti-Tip Kit to Prevent Furniture Falling-Steel (TK-400-2)

This is solid hardware for babyproofing heavy furniture. Do not buy the cheap plastic. Investing in a few dollars gives superb protection.

Easy to install with basic hand tools

Too complicated of a system. I ended up using the brackets without the pin and just drilling it strait through.

We have 4 year-old twins. I just used these to secure two dressers in bedrooms, and to secure two sets of shelves (with very heavy objects on them) in the garage. The anchor, cotter pin and bolt seem of excellent quality. The wall screws seem ok, they are 1.5 in length, though perhaps a .5 longer would be better considering youve got the thickness of the drywall and the thickness of the anchor before the screw bites into the wall-stud. The furniture screws are much shorter, as they must be, in order not to over-penetrate the thickness of the piece of furniture. The wire seems good. It is with the wire, however, that I discovered a critical quality control issue with one of the kits. Quality Control with the Wire The wire is braided galvanized steel and certainly will not snap. The wire connects to the cotter pins basically via a metal eye-hook. The eye-hook connects to the wire by crimping. Here is the weakest point, probably, in the whole mechanism. And here is where I found a problem One of the eye-hooks somehow was never crimped onto the steel wire. I took the wire out of the pack, happened to hold it by one of the eye-hooks, and the eye-hook slipped right off! If I had managed to install this kit without discovering the flaw, it would have provided literally no protection whatsoever. Whats worse, is that I would have had a false sense of security. YOU MUST CHECK THIS Luckily this problem only occurred with one of the 8 eye-hooks we used. Also luckily, you can find the flaw through visual inspection prior to installation. Look at the sleeve of the eye-hook and ensure it is slightly deformed and not smooth and round. The deformity is the result of the eye-hooks being crimped onto the wire. If your eye-hook is NOT deformed, then it has not been crimped and therefore will not provide any protection. You can see in the pictures how the flawed eye-hook has not been crimped. I also recommend, after installation, give a gentle tug on the furniture to see that nothing pulls loose easily, and to see how far your object will tilt. I assume the crimping process, when done, does in fact achieve a strong bond between the wire and eye-hooks!

Wire is too short. Buy something else

Great and easy to install. It didnt take very long and they hold very well. Weve installed them on every bit of furniture in the kids room. No worries here about tipping.

We purchased two of these to secure a full length, stand-up mirror to a bedroom wall to prevent it from being tipped over by our 1 year old. The instructions that come with the kit are very straightforward, making installation very easy. The quick release pins make it very simple to attach/detach, and it is evident that the materials are of high quality. I even tested the strength of the hardware by trying my hardest to knock the mirror over....it wasnt going anywhere. Overall, Im very happy with this purchase.

Sturdy and exactly what you expect.

purchased the 2 pack for anchoring a floor mirror I built for my wife. received the item the day after I ordered them through Amazon only to find that the lanyard (cables) had not been included. contacted Amazon and received the next set A DAY LATER (shipping time/customer service was incredible!). the floor mirror is massive and setting it on a wood floor I was concerned with the bottom kicking out due to slipping or even being rocked over by our two 90lb pitbulls. the mirror itself is 2ft X 7 1/2ft alone. the frame is made up of 4 x 6s which totals the weight at roughly 180LBS. the hangman cable is rated for 400LBS and easily did the trick. piece of mind at such an inexpensive cost cannot be measured in stars...but since thats how its done, both the hangman cable and Amazons customer service both get an easy 5.

Yes! Easy to unhook and move furniture if needed to vacuum.