My husband needs hangers for his slacks. He likes the old-fashioned wood hangers with felt (or something like that!) that holds the slacks in place. The slacks hang upside-down from the cuffs (or that area of the slacks). I've noticed that some wood slacks hangers don't hold on tight enough and the slacks slip out. If I buy these hangers online, how can I tell if the hangers will hold the slacks tightly enough? Or are there better hangers that we should consider? Thanks for your help!
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Posted 1 year ago #
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This is going to sound crazy, but the hangers that hold onto pants the best are the cheap ones that the dry cleaners give out! They are not especially attractive, but they do serve the purpose, and prevent the pants from sliding off of the hangers.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I use skirt hangers with the clips to hang pants from the cuff. There is no wrinkling at all since there are no bends in the pants.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I do the same as Gypsie with my dress slacks and uniform pants.
Posted 1 year ago # -
The best damn hangers you will ever encounter
Posted 1 year ago # -
I have an unrelated question about hangers. I'm interested in those ultraslim hangers that organizing professionals rave about, but I'm super worried that the fuzzy stuff would just come off all over my clothes. Does anyone have experience with these?
Posted 1 year ago # -
I just started using these about six months ago. I like them -- the fuzz doesn't come off on the clothes, and they take up less space in the closet. They're pretty lightweight, though, so I use wooden hangers in my coat closet and for heavier items. And they can't be used with damp things, so I use different hangers in my laundry room, drip dry clothes straight from the washer.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I have mostly plastic hangers (the cheap ones) for most of my tops; padded satin ones for sweaters and really slippery tops/dresses. I use the metal skirt hangers for skirts and pants. THe coat closet gets the semi-shaped wooden hangers. DH likes the wooden hangers for his trousers - but since these are mainly "nice" jeans, the hangers are plenty tight. Wire hangers that happen to stray into our house get made into other things - like hooks to hang over closet rods, or hoops to make a covering for pest-susetible plants in the garden or a long slip thing to reach stuff that the cats have pushed under an appliance. :)
Posted 1 year ago # -
@happymonkey - Good to know! Do you ever have problems with them accidentally reshaping your clothes? That's my other main concern. I'm weirdly paranoid about clothes hangers I suppose...
Posted 1 year ago # -
I started using them about a year ago--we hang everything in the house on them except my husband's suits (he has very broad shoulders so we just continued using the hangers his suits came with).
I haven't had any problems with them leaving bumps in my clothes or reshaping them, but I think the "shoulder" on the hanger corresponds pretty closely to where my actual shoulder would fall.
HSN has a deal now where you can get 48 of them for $36, which I think is a pretty good deal depending on the shipping--regular price on them at Target is about $1 each by us ($4.99 for a 5 pack or $20 for the kit that has 20 hangers and some hooks and skirt clips).
Posted 1 year ago # -
The Real Simple ones on the Bed Bath & Beyond website are $30 for a pack of 50. Seriously considering this.
Posted 1 year ago # -
For those of you interested in getting rid of hangers please keep this "green" option in mind! Dry cleaners often take them back. Just check with them first. It's so much better than putting them in the landfill :o)
Posted 1 year ago # -
I know Goodwill and Salvation Army don't take hangers, but smaller charities and thrift shops sometimes will.
We donate a lot to the Vietnam Veterans of America (they pickup at the door and my dad is a Vietnam vet) and they take all kinds of hangers, even the wire ones.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Our local thrift stores (one run by the Catholic Church, the other by a consortium of Protestant churches) both take hangers gladly, as well as clena, unripped plastic grocery bags.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Will dry cleaners take non-wire ones? I wouldn't think so.
Posted 1 year ago # -
@emmylemmy - that's a good question. I never tried to give them anything other than the wire ones. You're probably right though!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Yeah, because I don't tend to use wire hangers (or dry clean much, for that matter) but I have gracious plenty crappy plastic ones that I'm thinking about getting rid of. Guess I'll have to get creative! I'll definitely check out local thrift stores.
Posted 1 year ago # -
You can use hangers with clips to stick your clothes tight enough
Posted 7 months ago # -
I recently bought some new clothes & needed some new hangers.
I went to the shop on Saturday & bought 2 hangers like this
http://www.theholdingcompany.co.uk/images/products/small/pf_MSA002.jpg
(except mine only hold 4 items)
I love them!
I put my work blouses on one, my work cardigans on another and went back today to buy a third to hold my work dresses.Not only do they keep like with like in the wardrobe they should stop over-spending as I can have a rule that I can only have what fits on the hanger (though for that reason I would've prefered them to hold 5 items)
Unfortunately the stop doesn't have a trouser version : (
Posted 5 months ago # -
For getting rid of hangers, I have used freecycle and craigslist free. I have never been able to get the dry cleaner to take them.
Posted 5 months ago #
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