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By pantoufle on Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2011
The single most important thing you need to know about this doubler is that in order to use the top half for women's shirts/blouses, you will need to hang the rod on the bottom rung and even then, it might still be too short. I put this in my smaller single closet where it pretty much takes up the whole width. A couple things to note that I was uncertain about when I bought this: 1. Don't worry too much about the length of this, I measured my closet and it seemed several inches short of these measurements but the "hooks" that hang on your original closet rod can move about a bit. 2. This arrives in literally three pieces, the left "hook" and the right "hook," which are interchangeable, and the bottom rod. You hang the two hooks from your original closet rod and then slip the rod onto the rungs of the hooks. At first, it seems shaky but once my clothing was on it, I didn't notice it much and have no trouble taking things on and off the bars. 3. To give your bottom clothing just a bit more clearance, instead of putting your hangers inside the rectangular compartments on the bottom rod, simply hang your hangers right over the top of the bar. Hopefully you can see this in my picture that I've included vs. the stock pic. 4. Unless you are a small man, men's shirts will not fit on the original closet bar anymore even with the bottom bar hung on the last rung. To give you some idea of size, my size 0 dress shirts fit on the top bar with perhaps two inches clearance. Having said that, see #5. 5. There are eight rungs that you can adjust the bar on. Even if you can't fit your shirts on the top closet bar even with the bottom bar on the last rung, you can simply move the bottom bar higher so that you have more room on the bottom. The first several rungs are very high so you could hang the rod from one of those, giving you just a bit space on top that you could use to hang one of those wire baskets/shelves or hang other small things like hats of folded scarves etc. 6. The three pieces seem well made and durable, not too heavy or flimsy. Overall, this was a super inexpensive way to double my closet and I highly recommend it but with the caveat that depending on your clothing length and how high your original closet bar, it might not be perfect for everyone. But with my standard apartment sized closet, it works quite well.
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Price was good and it works OK but edges not smooth
By T. W. Trussell on Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2013
I ordered three of these for my mother-in-law, who, at 81, is getting to where she can't stretch to reach like she used to. So her acupuncturist recommended she lower her closet rods so she doesn't have to reach up as far. An adjustable Closet Doubler seemed perfect for the job! (She doesn't need to "double" her closet, she just needed to lower the rod a few inches.) This particular model is inexpensive, and is adjustable in height (but not width, so be sure to note the width if you want to use more than one). It also has some hooks along the sides you can use to hang small items, maybe narrow purse straps or belts hung by the buckles, or maybe other small accessories. My big gripe with this is it's made of wire that has been cut and welded together but not smoothed on the cuts, so except for the little hooks (which have nice little plastic caps on them) the ends of the wires are really sharp. Because of the way it's made, there are LOTS of little sharp places along the sides. I would NOT recommend hanging silk shirts or scarves or other fine material next to it because it seems like it would be easy to snag on the sharp places. In my review of the Amazon packaging, I (with tongue in cheek) suggested that instead of the packaging protecting the product, they could have put something to protect ME from the product, because I abraded my hands when carrying them to my mother-in-law in the plastic bags they were shipped in. My mother-in-law has been happy with them -- she can reach her clothes without straining her back. SO the sharp edges were less of a concern to her than to me. After I had ordered these, I went to order more for a different closet, and so I also ordered Honey-Can-Do HNG-01816 Chrome Adjustable Hanging Closet Rod for the same price, and which I will rate much higher in my review.
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