Clamp hooks for a 15.5mm (5/8") diameter rail by mgg942

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

We have an Ikea wall mounted dish drainer. The wall mounting is a long rail from which the dish drainer hangs and a lot of left over rail and S shaped hooks so that cups, or strainers, etc can be suspended from the rail.
I found the supplied hooks (S-shaped Stainless Steel) annoying as they were a very loose fit and easily moved out of position when casually hanging something from them. I wanted hooks that 'held their position' and didn't require so much concentration - or hand eye coordination.
Hence these hooks. The slighter one requires only one M3 screw, but requires partial disassembly of the rail, the other does not require any disassembly but requires 2 M3 x 10mm long screws. (I use stainless steel button head cap screws.)
The slighter one can only carry light articles. I recommend lighter than 250gms. There's no science behind this figure but I do know that this hook will not support a mug weighing 370gm long term. Looks fine to start with but the hook fails (where the handle of the mug rests) after approx one year. However it seems OK carrying a strainer which weights about 220gms.
Hence the more rugged hook. Hopefully this will hold the mug 'forever'.