Review on 🔧 Optimize Your Space with Whitmor's Wire Over-The-Door Ironing Caddy - Efficient Organizer for Iron and Ironing Board Storage by Eric Avina

Got this so I can finally get my ironing board and iron out of the basement and store it on the 2nd floor where all the closets and bedrooms are . At the moment it's hanging on the back of the closet door - and that's a good thing. The hanging strap above the door is strong enough and thin enough that the door still closes. The car itself is not very good. It's not bad either. That's wrong. The price is more than reasonable, so perhaps its flaws aren't fatal. HARDWARE: I have every intention of bolting this thing to a solid wood door as my old board and big Rowenta iron are hefty. So I checked the supplied screws. I have solid 1" doors and I measured... and I think the screws from the kit will pop out the other side of the door so that doesn't happen! (Look for better hardware.) For reference, screws (4) come with plastic wall anchors - but I think you want to use MUCH heavier hardware to hang this on drywall and expect it not to pop out under the weight of the boards and iron. A lot of. More. Design flaw, but you can work around it IRON STORAGE: My iron sits in its place with lots of room - too much room! It swings back and forth to and from the door as well as side to side easily. I eventually realized that if I pulled the heel of the iron at the bottom "stops" it would jam and not move as much. The wings on the sides of the iron body are also quite widely spaced. Gap. It's not a big deal on a wide soleplate iron like mine, but if you have a thin iron it may not work. Again design flaw. BOARD HOLDER: My biggest issue with this item is that I have a Y-leg type ironing board. Yes, you can fold out the brackets to the side to accommodate them. No, it won't take long. in the way of the muscles. But once the brackets are folded back, it is difficult to mount the board as the distance between the "nose" of the ironing board and the bottom of the iron decreases significantly. Nearly nothing. You have to lift the board up and over the hooks before putting it back in place and there is almost no room for that. It begins. In fact, fiddling with it will cause the entire cart to come out the door and shake, making the process worse. (I assume screwing it to the door will fix the problem.) All of this causes the iron to spring back into place, which happens regardless of how the carriage is attached. It's something over my shoulders. So if you're older and have trouble lifting weights on your shoulders or under 5ft 6in, this could be a problem. Hangers that were just 2 inches longer would solve the problem. Another design flaw. Quite large. FINALLY: If you have T-legs on your board and don't mind wiggling the iron over your head then this is very good for you and worth the price. I wouldn't buy it again though. Somewhere . . . For heavy Y-boards there is a better caddy. That should be enough for now.