Stop Using Cheap Drywall Anchors | No Drill Needed

The vast majority of items that need to be mounted to a wall or ceiling come with standard drywall anchors. The problem is that these drywall anchors are about as cheap as they come and are often hard to install because the plastic anchors just spin in the wall while you tighten the screw or the screw strips so you can't fully tighten the screw to the bracket. There is a better way and I will show you what product makes the pain of these cheap drywall anchors go away with superior hold and no drilling needed.

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[goldenpun]

Project Farm has a video where he tests a whole bunch of drywall anchors and it's very illuminating.

[steves]

I like that you screwed them in by hand screwdriver. I always do this to get a feel of the snugness. Some people use there drill driver which can over tighten if your not careful.

[xerolith]

Dude, your videos are awesome. No fluff, just great info and demonstration. You deserve way more subs. Have helped me with a lot of things I wasn't aware of.

[eleyjadore]

I'm a beginner with DIY projects and wanted to to put up curtains. None of the plastic anchors i bought would go into my drywall. I made all of the rookie mistakes including using a drill. I wasn't aware i didn't need a drill for wall anchors and now have holes all around my window. I will be purchasing the metal anchors and update. Thanks for this!

[nicollehedberg]

Thank you! These metal drywall screws are awesome and I just went to Home Depot to get mine and about to install mirrored bathroom cabinets. Great helpful video!!

[benhikescamps]

Great video. Well demonstrated too. I've used these for a shelf in my kitchen that's' piled high with saucepans! Never had any issues. Solid and reliable. Thanks from the UK 🇬🇧

[dd_zzero]

I was about to hand something up with exactly the cheap stuff you were talking about. I knew I didn't want to work with them. Very glad I found this video. Thank you for the information.

[RobertSmith-quwd]

First I absolutely agree that anchors that come with products are usually horrible. I do find that the ez anchors tend to weaken the drywall it is screwed into and make for a bigger repair down the road compared to a good version of a plastic anchor (and by good I mean the ones that have an internal section that expands and grips the drywall as well as ends that separate decently behind the drywall for added pulling resistance). Of course it also depends on having the right screw for it and knowing how much weight it has to endure. My favorite for heavy items when I really need to be sure of holding strength is the snaptoggle by Paulin, which is quick to install and the toggle anchor stays in place if you need to remove the bolt.

[bachavelli]

I love these anchors from your video. I use them for more permanent type of mounting. For picture frames or other lighter weight decor I'm hooked on the command strips. No holes in walls and it makes it easy if I want to rearrange things.

[dgpsf]

I friggin LOVE the EZ-Ancor product too! Which also comes in white nylon. Both that version and the metal version have always worked great for me, and I have for more than a decade been tossing those stupid little pack-in plastic anchors that you always get. I don't know why they even bother to waste the plastic to make the worthless kind.

[davidkahler]

Snaptoggles for heavy duty needs, walldogs for everything else. Both these products are miraculous.

[SpeakerBuilder]

I use these metal screw in anchors all the time and find I can rely on them to hold a significant amount of weight, but since they are NOT pre-threaded, i have to either put them in a vice or hold them with channel lock pliers and drive the screw into them and back out to form the threads well before securing them to the wall, now the screw will easily thread into the anchor and I do not risk further driving the anchor too far into the wall and permanently damaging the hole that was created.

[TheBluegoatman]

The best drywall anchor I have ever used is made by Toggler. They make several different kinds. You predrill and push the anchor in the wall and use a tool to open the anchor up inside the wall. Nothing i have found works better than that flared piece in the wall. They are rated to carry over 150 pounds.

[csx]

I bought some of those years ago while browsing. They looked interesting. I've never actually found a use for them. I've never had the dry wall anchor problems you described. I've mounted a larger, heavier chime assembly with the cheesy anchors with no problems. For heavy items I used the metal molly wall anchors.

[TheTrmetzgar]

These are great but like the guy stated before they are a pain to remove so don't. if you need to cover them simple tap them in a little with a hammer, just enough to dimple them in. After that simply mud them over and paint. Easy

[edwardmanfredi]

I've been using the plastic ones by E-Z anchor now for about 6-7 yrs and I really like them; honestly I didn't know that they made metal ones. Like yourself, I throw the cheap ones away when I buy something to put on the wall. The interior of our house is walled with 1/4 inch DW which doesn't offer much in the way of strength; so on occasion, for the heavier stuff, I have resorted to putting braces in the wall and reparing the drywall to hang something. Even though EZ says 50 lbs, once you start to get up there in weight, 1/4 inch DW just doesn't cut it. Thanks again for doing the research and the video production.

[stu-po]

I like these but there is a downside. The metal seems to be zinc, and it seems soft. I have stripped them out taking the screws in and out. Then trying to replace it doesn't quite work without actually repairing the hole in the wall. The expanding ones I usually can slice the lip off with a knife, then push it into the wall and replace it with another one. And the hole is a lot smaller if I have to repair it.

[richdobbs]

I've used the same E-Z Ancor as my main drywall anchor for about 25 years. My brother introduced them to me sometime between 1990 and 1997.

[garycobb]

My problem with the self tapping anchors is the large hole it leaves in the wall when you remove it and the destruction it does to the dry wall. It’s a much bigger repair job to fill the hole and fix the wall. If the “cheap” ones spin, you are drilling to large of a hole. Pick a drill size so you can just fit it into the hole and hammer it in the rest of the way. It will be tight

[paigej]

Very good. Every questions answered. It’s late tonight but I’ll be purchasing those screws first thing tomorrow to put to the test.