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> But my first thought was that it will almost certainly be cloned and sold en masse pretty quickly, so I hope she gets enough revenue from it to pay for her ti
by irjustin 3y ago
> But my first thought was that it will almost certainly be cloned and sold en masse pretty quickly, so I hope she gets enough revenue from it to pay for her time.
The reason why this isn't a thing yet is a few reasons - from my humble perspective:
First, it's actually a 2 part system.
You need the coat hanger but you also need the coat rack, more specifically - the dowel, to be really close to the wall.
So you would want to sell this as a kit. She doesn't really talk about it in the video - it feels like an odd afterthought. The kickstarter has it but only at the $135 starting level.
Secondly, it's not a "one size fits all solution". I can't use this with really bulky jackets. I think it's a cool, front door, guest entryway piece.
Last, it's pricy - really pricy. You're asking me to pay ~$15-20/hanger. If you have this specific problem... still hard pressed - definitely expendable income level. But because it takes up more width, it can hold fewer items not a general place to store clothes (hence i think guest front door would be a cool-piece/talking-point).
- pengaru 3y ago> You need the coat hanger but you also need the coat rack, more specifically - the dowel, to be really close to the wall. Curtain rods are a solved problem with widespread availability across the quality spectrum, this is a total non-issue.
- Doxin 3y agoThe ones getting sold on this kickstarter are grooved to keep the hangers at a neat 90 degrees to the wall. With a normal rod the hangers can twist some. Whether or not this is a problem is up to personal taste.
- irjustin 3y agoehhhhhhh i'm not so sure about it. I think the details matter. Curtain rods are typically 1-4" from the wall. This product looks like it works best <0.5" [0] from the wall otherwise it's possible the hanger will move around or have a "sagging" look. Finding curtain rods that are that close is uncommon and limited in styles/options (I didn't see one on a quick amazon/aliexpress search). That's not to say you're wrong, but I don't think it's as simple as you believe it to be. [0] https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/043/060/840/f8e1ace8b30ae8b9e526118ce16de7bc_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1699989641&gif-q=50&q=92&s=d262fe9fedbd95cb1ffc694c0d266b72 https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/043/060/840/f8e1ace8b30ae8b...
- shitloadofbooks 3y agoAre you misunderstanding something? Clothes Railings are "normally" fixed on the ends (to the wall of the cupboard) or from above and can thus, be positioned any distance from the rear wall. Do an Image Search for "Clothes Railing U Bracket" for example.
- irjustin 3y agoHaving two sidewalls available such that u brackets work is probably not a good use case for this hanger. Usually it means you're inside a closet? But I agree you could build/attach small sidewalls or simply blocks and use this u bracket. But we've entered DIY space since it's not a common package and "readily available" as a solved problem.
- jamincan 3y agoFrom comments I read elsewhere, there are apparently apartments in places like New York that have non-standard depth closets that don't fit regular hangers that these could be useful for, and the van-life crowd has also been mentioned. In both instances, a regular rod mounted on either side would work fine.
- adkaplan 3y agoI think also the negative comments here are missing how commonly closets are built incorrectly without the correct depth for a coat hanger. Not every day, but there are enough people living in condos which had lazy architects/contractors and might appreciate the solution. I've lived in one and seen several others. I couldn't think of another solution besides kids hangers, which wasn't a satisfying compromise.