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Well, I had the opportunity to hang something other than my kids up on the wall in the last few weeks with my hercules hooks. Hung a few small framed photos on the wall. The hooks worked nicely. And then, just the other day, I had to move a very large framed photos weighing perhaps 15 or 20 pounds. This was an artist’s sketch of my kids placed into a custom matte and frame. This picture is of great value to us.

The center location was not on a stud. Ordinarily, in a situation like this, I would at minimum, use a molly bolt rather than a flimsy drywall anchor. And I definitely would not use only a drywall screw for this heavy of a picture. But this time, I simply used a Hercules Hook. I marked where I wanted it and poked it in and gave it a twist and I was done! About 30 seconds!

For hanging pictures, these hooks are the best! Don’t take Billy May’s word, take mine – I would not promote them here if they were junk. I was able to get a large pack of these hercules hooks at ebay for under $10.