Command Broom Grippers Honest Review: Do They Really Hold?

I almost didn't buy the Command Broom Grippers because I've been burned by adhesive hooks so many times I've lost count. Somewhere in a landfill right now is a graveyard of dollar-store command-style hooks that peeled off my walls within a month, usually taking a strip of paint with them. So when I finally caved and bought a two-pack of these for our garage mudroom wall back in March, my expectations were low and my skepticism was high. I wasn't writing a glowing review from day one. I wanted to find the catch, the fine print nobody mentions in the five-star reviews, before I recommended these to anyone.

Here's what almost nobody tells you upfront: these grippers work exactly as advertised, but only if you do a few things the box glosses over, and there are a couple of real limitations the glowing reviews conveniently skip. I've now had a set holding a broom, a mop, a dustpan, and a Swiffer off our garage wall for four months, through one failed strip, one honest mistake on my part, and a lot of trial and error figuring out what these can and can't handle. This is the review I wish I'd read before I bought mine, the one that tells you what actually happens instead of repeating the marketing copy.

How I Actually Use Them (Not Just the Broom)

Our garage has a mudroom wall right by the door into the kitchen, the kind of wall every family has where coats, shoes, and cleaning tools all pile up because nobody wants to walk them any farther than they have to. Before these, our broom and mop leaned against that wall and slid down about twice a day, usually knocking over whatever was propped next to them. I started with one pack for the broom and mop, but within two weeks I was back on Amazon ordering a second pack because the same clutter problem was happening with our dustpan and the Swiffer my husband refuses to put away properly.

That's the part most reviews skip. One pack gives you exactly two hangers, which sounds fine until you realize how many long-handled tools actually live in a typical mudroom or utility closet. My teenage son Jake, who normally treats chores like they're optional, actually hangs the broom back up now without being asked, mostly because it takes less effort than leaning it against the wall and hoping it stays put. That's the real test of any organizing product in my house. If a fifteen-year-old will use it correctly without a reminder, it's doing its job.

I also spaced these out differently than I expected to going in. My first instinct was to line all four hangers up in a neat row at the same height, the way it looks in the product photos. In practice, the broom and dustpan needed to sit a little higher so the bristles and pan cleared the mop head next to them when the door swings past on windy days. It took some fiddling with a tape measure and a pencil mark before I committed to sticking anything, and I'd tell anyone doing this for more than one tool to dry-fit the spacing with painter's tape first instead of guessing like I almost did.

What the Package Doesn't Tell You About Cure Time

I'll admit my first failure was entirely my fault, and I'm including it here because I guarantee some of the one-star reviews on this product are the same mistake in disguise. I pressed the first strip onto the wall, held it for the thirty seconds the box asks for, and then hung the mop about forty-five minutes later because I wanted to see it in action. It held for exactly one night before sliding down the wall in the morning, mop and all, clattering loud enough that my husband thought something had fallen off a shelf.

The small print, which is genuinely small and easy to miss on the packaging, recommends waiting a full hour before hanging anything light and closer to a full day before trusting the strip with something you'll be tugging on repeatedly. I hadn't given it anywhere near enough time before that first mop slid off. On the second attempt, I pressed the strip on, walked away, and didn't touch it for twenty-four hours. That one has not budged once in four months, through daily grabbing and a few sideways yanks from Jake when he's in a hurry.

So here's the honest takeaway nobody puts in the headline of their review: if you rush the cure time, you will get exactly the failure the one-star reviews describe, and it will feel like the product's fault even though it isn't. Give it the full day if you can. It costs you nothing but patience, and patience is apparently the one ingredient a lot of buyers skip.

The Weight Test Nobody Talks About

Every review I read before buying talked about how these hold a broom fine, which, sure, a dry broom weighs almost nothing. Nobody mentioned what happens with a mop that's still wet after actual use, so I decided to test it myself instead of guessing. I weighed our mop dry, then weighed it again right after mopping the kitchen floor without wringing it out first. It was noticeably heavier, water pooling in the cotton head, and I hung it up wet on purpose just to see what would happen.

The strip held, but I noticed a very slight sag over the following hour as the excess water dripped out, which told me I was pushing right up against the edge of what the strip is comfortable carrying. Since then I've made it a habit to wring the mop out properly before hanging it, which is honestly a good habit to have anyway since it keeps water off the floor beneath. If you're the type of person who hangs a soaking wet mop and forgets about it, know that you're asking more of these grippers than the packaging's weight rating really accounts for.

The dustpan and the Swiffer never gave me a moment of concern by comparison, since neither one holds any real water weight and both are lighter than the broom to begin with. If your household is only hanging dry, light tools, you honestly have very little to worry about on the weight front. It's specifically the wet mop scenario where I'd tell you to actually pay attention instead of assuming the strip doesn't care what you hang on it.

Wall Surface Matters More Than the Box Admits

This is the one that actually surprised me. Our garage has two different wall textures, a smooth painted section near the door and a slightly textured, almost orange-peel section farther down where the drywall finish changes. I put my second pack's strips on the textured section first without thinking twice about it, and within about ten days one corner had started lifting away from the wall on its own, no weight involved, just the adhesive slowly losing its grip on that bumpy surface.

I moved that hanger over to the smooth painted section instead, wiped it down with rubbing alcohol first this time, and it's been solid ever since. The box does technically mention a smooth surface is required, but it's easy to gloss over that line when you're excited to get organizing and your garage wall looks close enough to smooth from three feet away. If your walls are textured, stucco, cinderblock, or unfinished wood, do yourself a favor and press one strip onto an inconspicuous spot first before committing your whole broom-and-mop setup to it.

Why I Didn't Grab the Cheaper Off-Brand Strips First

Before I landed on the Command version, I actually had a pack of unbranded adhesive hooks from a big-box hardware aisle sitting in my cart, mostly because they were positioned right next to the Command display and looked nearly identical in the packaging photos. I almost bought those instead to save a little money, and if I'm being fully honest, that's probably the version a lot of buyers accidentally end up with when they're scanning shelves quickly.

I ended up going with the real thing after reading through enough complaints about the off-brand strips losing their grip within a couple of weeks, which lines up with my own history of cheap hooks failing. The foam-and-adhesive construction on these felt noticeably thicker and more substantial in hand compared to the knockoff I almost bought, and four months of daily grabbing later, I'm glad I paid the little bit extra for the version that's actually been tested by millions of buyers instead of gambling on a shelf-filler brand I'd never heard of.

The Real Cost If You Want to Do This Right

One pack gets you two hangers and four adhesive strips, which is genuinely enough if all you need is a home for a single broom and a single mop. Our household needed more than that. Between the broom, the mop, the dustpan, and the Swiffer, I ended up buying a second pack, which is worth knowing going in rather than discovering it after your first pack is already used up and you're back on Amazon a week later like I was.

Even with a second pack, the total was still less than what I'd have spent on a wall-mounted metal broom rack with multiple slots, and I didn't have to touch a drill or patch a hole when I moved a strip to the smooth section of wall. Check today's price before you buy so you know exactly how many packs your particular collection of tools will need. If you're organizing more than a broom and mop, budget for at least two packs from the start instead of assuming one will stretch further than it does.

The grippers didn't fail me. Rushing the cure time did.

Who This Is For

If your walls are smooth painted drywall and you're willing to actually wait out the cure time instead of testing it the same afternoon, these are a genuinely reliable, damage-free way to get long-handled tools off the floor. They're especially useful if you're organizing more than just a broom, since the claw grip works just as well on a dustpan handle or a Swiffer as it does on a mop. Renters and anyone who doesn't want to drill into a garage or mudroom wall will get the most value here.

It's also worth it if you've got kids or teenagers you're trying to get into the habit of actually putting tools away. The low effort required to hang something back up is, in my experience, the difference between a system that gets used and one that quietly gets ignored within a month.

Who Should Skip It

If your garage or utility walls are textured, stucco, cinderblock, or unfinished wood, be honest with yourself about whether you're willing to test a strip first or find a smooth section to mount to, because a bumpy surface is where these genuinely struggle. Skip these too if you know you'll be impatient with the cure time. If you're the kind of person who hangs something the same hour you stick a strip to the wall, you're setting yourself up for the exact failure that fills the one-star reviews. And if you're regularly hanging a soaking wet mop without wringing it out first, either build that habit or expect to see some sag over time.