HomeDone Drywall Anchor 100-Pack - Hollow Wall Anchors with Screws

This is essentially the same product I have purchased at Lowe's for years, very handy to have. For the quantity, though, these were a fraction of the Lowe's price. I'm glad I finally thought to look!

The biggest annoyance with this product was that I needed to predrill all my holes. The other problem was the 15% failure rate. Meaning that out of the 68 anchors I used had 9 anchors that would fall apart or would not go into the 1/2" drywall I was trying to out it in. That did not account for the 23 screws that stripped when I tried to put up the shelving supports that I bought them for.

If you have not used this type of drywall anchor, you should. Just drive it into the wall (assuming there is no student directly behind the sheetrock) with a drill/driver, and then drive the screw into the anchor. Easy and strong sheetrock anchor. It does leave a pretty big hole if you need to remove it, but sparkle away.

I was excited to try these since I have good results from seemingly the same things from the box stores at a higher price. These often snap or break before I can even get them in the wall. I waste 1-2 for every one I use...

They are hard to actually thread into drywall. They don't self tap, and a small pilot hole doesn't work. I have to make a big hole for the base of the screw, and then I have a 75% chance of it working.When it doesn't work, either the plastic threads get crushed, or the plastic Phillips head gets mangled.When it works it seems very strong.Maybe I'm doing it wrong. But if these were so sensitive to installation technique then there should be instructions in the packaging.In all cases I believe I was anchoring into regular drywall.

Works as intended, but leaves huge hole if placed incorrectly

A must have item for around the house.As with most, the screws could be of slightly better quality as long as you apply firm pressure while screwing then in they hold up fine.

just what you'd expect, as these are long considered to be an excellent anchoring system for drywall applications and I use them liberally for anything requiring substantial anchorage into sheetrock.