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Definitely needs extra clips to attach it to the door. Once those were added, works greatI love this product but you can't put anything heavy on itEDIT: turns out that for this new set (well, I bought two more), my doors aren't cooperating; so the unit slides and pouches out. I could probably solve the problem by screwing the shelves against the door (duct tape is not enough), or by covering the door with a towel, but I found a better use for the shelves: as baskets. I placed each of the three-tiered pieces opposite each other, and then wound white duct tape over the 'basket' centers where they met, so they would stay closed. Look at the picture and imagine instead, fastening the two units facing and against each other at their 'basket' junctures:___][___|______|___][___|______|___][___|______|As I tried to show (sideways) above, the result is a three-tiered, double-faced basket which can sit on the ground at waist height (or on a shelf). Each double-faced 'basket' can hold a standard Rubbermaid twin sink dishpan, so if a 'basket' does happen to split apart, the unit as a whole will still function.If the duct tape (or binder clips, even paper clips) hook the facing units rightly to make that freestanding three-tier 'basket' sturdy, you can even hang/carry/hold plant pots (i.e., herbs). Can hang it on a shower, closet, patio or other rod, or easily carry it around rooms or to and from the car as desired, sit it on top of the washer or a rolling cart, hang from the rolling cart, etc. For me, this usage is far more useful than the product's original intent. In particular, rolling carts are designed at waist height, so what if I want them higher? Plop one of these makeshift 'basket' thingies on the highest shelf, then if I need to use the cart's own top shelf for something else, voila, easy to just lift off the basket!The 'basket' will also hang well from a high-enough door, if you use the big white wreath hangers here in Amazon (see my review on the hangers, they are better than you could buy in a Dollar Store). The long wreath hangers angle out, so the (now doubled, facing) shelves are stable. I just don't want to use them that way. Original review, follows below.=================These are half-width and half-height shelves ('half' meaning the amount of door width and height each uses up). But they are very sturdy, and I don't remember ever having to clean them in the past (this is a repeat purchase). The beauty of them is that the steel is strong, the coating is strong, and you don't need special hooks to hang them over your doors. They come in a pair with ONE set of over-the-door thin metal hooks, just as pictured. So, for example, you can instead hang them from a rolling cart (covered below), using mere S-hooks.The over-the-door hooks won't prevent most interior doors from closing, and are also coated (with paint, not plastic). So if you have white doors like I do, the unit is unobtrusive. Great for bathroom supplies, VHS tapes, most handheld books, canned goods. But you do have to be a tad careful when you swing the door.Because the top wire is amenable to any kind of hanging hook, you could instead take the pair and twist-tie them together to make a whole hanging three-tier 'basket', and then hang that 'basket' from some wire rolling trolley/cart/rack (like you can buy from Seville or Whitmor right here in Amazon or elsewhere). So you get an extra hanging space from the same cart space. Of course, in that configuration, what you put in the 'basket' will need to be unbreakable or fairly lightweight, in case you roll the rack often.Alternatively, you can take either or both in the pair, and use them upside down, as sorters/dividers for large mixed objects.Lots of bang for the buck!It comes with screws that you can screw into your door to provide better stability, but I'm renting so I can't use those. The hooks on top that secure it to the door started to bend and I don't have much weight on it, I wish those were a bit stronger. Still works well, I just took some things off of it and bend the hooks back in place every once in a while.Holds lots of items and I wish I bought it years ago. We do open the door slower not to move it. Maybe in the near future we will buy something to hold it so we don't have to drill holes in the door.I live in a condo that has very limited closet and pantry space, so I was able to hang these on the door to my little laundry room to hold extra cans and pantry items. You cannot overload it if you are using the over the door hangers as they are very thin and mine actually bent and the unit fell. I found some stronger ones that I got with another product and those are working, but you still don’t wanna overload these shelves. It’s kind of a clever design but the hardware is very cheap and weakI love it. I wish I'd discovered it sooner.No commentIt is great for storing the jars, tins and bottles.on the weak side but overall a decent product, it organizes smaller items nicely. I put stiffer plastic liner on the shelves so there's more of an even surface for things to sit on. i use it for such things as spice bottles (suggest mostly plastic bottles, not all glass), tape rolls, flashlights, etc. it collapsed once from too much weight (i added 2 larger, glass candle jars and some air fresheners) and the over-the-door hangar on one side un-bent, but because it is not very strong metal it was easy to re-shape and it has been holding fine once i removed the extra weight.I was going to return this because the hangers bent immediately but then I figured I could make it work. be prepared to add washers because if you use only the screws they provide the self will pop right out. you also need to find a stronger hanger, I hung it on another over the door hanger. see picture. as long as you reinforce everything it will work fineSet it up and was very flimsy, the ware it is made of is very weak and the door hangers that come with it bent immediately causing it all and my spices to fall and break. The shelves do not have any back security bar so if rack moves spices falloff the back. comes in 2 pieces and held together with very weak hooks. comes with screws to adhere to wall, however the placement and notches are very small indents and slips off screws. Avoid this product all together. not worth he hassleI use this in back of the door for towels, and extra toilet paper. Excellent and it gives me more space. You can roll a towel into each one, but if you roll two in one together, not large enough. I find it works for me with the one towel easy row.
