STAS Cliprail Pro Picture Hanging System Set - Covers 9.84 ft of Wall Space - Heavy Duty Picture Rail & Art Hanging Gallery Kit Without Nails - Home or Museum (Matte Silver Rails, 4 Hooks & Cords)

My wife and I are photographers - and over the years we've accumulated a LOT of framed photos from shows, etc. At home, I'd like to keep a rotating 'gallery' display going, and this is exactly the product to do it with. The heavy monofilament support cord can carry more than one photo vertically, and with a level, a single cord can carry a framed heavy picture. The 'zipper' sliding hooks are easy to adjust up and down. I will be buying MORE - shown in the photo are 3 sections of four purchased. One more set of four will cover a larger wall we have available for gallery space. Base rail installation was not too bad - find studs, place your snap-on screws into firm wood (NOT just drywall!! Get yourself a cheap stud finder...) and be aware of where the section join (longer) snap-on heads need to go (you may miss wood studs with those...). Use a level to insure that your rail will be nice and horizontal. Attaching the rail takes a firm fist blow to "snap!" it on those heads, and trimming to length for the final section is a good job for a vibrating multitool with a blade. I did NOT trim the length of the down-cables - they coil behind the pictures automatically, and in the future I may well have lower hung pictures, or multiples on a single cable. Price seems fair for the quality of the product.

I couldn't be happier with the system & STAS's customer service! First recommendation is if you are going to mount the rails right up against the ceiling, spend the few extra bucks for either the Clip Rail Max or Multi-Rail Max. The extra back rise will make a better looking installation. That being said I used the basic Cliprail and it worked out very well and looks very good. I ordered about 80' of their standard 2-rail packages. When I received them there was a note that there reviewed my overall order and felt I needed some additional parts to have the installation better. They gave me more connection kits at no charge. They were tight. I needed the additional parts. The installation was amazingly easy. I am not handy and it went like a breeze. The ceilings in my condo are not at all even so i "modified" their standard installation method to compensate for my bad ceilings. Of course being an engineer my idea was brilliant! ;-) The problem with the building construction not the rail system. I'm gong to send them a note and some photos showing my recommendation for the modifications for their installation instructions.

We just moved into a new home and didnt want to damage the wall but wanted a gallery of family photos. The Stas system was easy to install and looks amazing! The high quality materials and ease of use made picture hanging of various size picture frames quick. I ended up purchasing another pack of adjustable hooks for hanging more frames.

This makes picture/art hanging super easy and look like a pro did it. I've been married for 25 years and we have moved every 24 months. If you think dealing with movers is painful how about hanging a home full of art every 2 yrs. If you don't care whether art is hung level or placed in the center of walls, or the tops of picture are level with the tops of door/window casings then read no further. We have a nice home and I notice when things aren't level or are off by 1/8 of an inch, so it would take me a full week hanging art in each new home. Measuring the wall length and the art length and calculating the exact place on the wall to drill your anchors holes or worse finding that the hangers on the back of the art were not installed level. I could nver get that week back in my life, until I saw this system. I saw this system on Amazon and decided to try it out with the 4 rail complete system. It took me 5 minutes to measure the wall and locate my anchor points. I used my 4' level to make sure they were level drilled the holes and installed the anchors and screws, I put the cables on the rail and tapped the end plugs into place on the rails, then snapped the clip rail into place. That was was super easy and then all I needed to do was put the hooks on the cables and level the hooks approximately near where I wanted the art to hang. Then adjust the hooks to my final hanging point. What I love is that I can swap out art without needing to patch holes and repaint walls!!! This was a great invention, and I wish I had discovered it earlier in life I would have saved 4.5 days of time on each move.

Absolutely the best system...I use for my gallery

Tried it out for a hallway to hang family artwork that changes all of the time. It works very well. So much so that I ordered 2 additional systems and additional hooks. Do wish they had hooks that allowed you to clamp onto photos or canvas board though. Not everything gets a wire or a proper hanger installed to be able to use their hooks.

The ads for the system emphasize ease of installation. And the design does look easy until you are actually into the process. First prepare and plan to work in cm. Yes you can convert to inches, but if you can stay in cm the plan for the install will go more smoothly. The kit does not come with corner pieces. If you are going to run around a corner, those connectors are are available but need to be purchased separately. And if you are going around a corner, be mindful of the depth of the mollies that will be at 90 degrees from one another on each wall and make sure that they are far enough from the edge to not run into one another. The rails clip in solidly (so not without effort). Clipping into multiple clips is a challenge which, if you are using the 150 cm rails, is going to be 6 clips. Since STAS does not provide a clipping-on tool, you will probably by trying to use a rubber mallet -- but the closer the rail is to the ceiling, the more difficult it is to use a mallet. The video on the website shows using a segment of a rail to lever the rail OFF the clips, but it is not apparent that you could use a rail to help lever another rail ON TO the clips. The template they offer on the website to measure the minimum distance you need to put in a clip below a ceiling or molding is useful with a couple of observations: (1) if the ceiling or molding is not absolutely level, then using the template will not mark level points for the clips, and (2) while it may not matter if the rail is absolutely level (the cord will fall with a little crimp from the hook) the mollies MUST be placed in a straight line in order for the rail to actually clip in. If you want to be absolutely sure, create your own template out of wood or metal with a length of at least 1/3 of the length of the rail you are installing. Drill 6mm holes (the size of the mollies) 30 cm apart centered on the template. Attach a small bubble level to the template. Drill the first hole and install the mollie. Place the template over mollie and put in the screw and lightly tighten. Rotate the template to the level position and mark the other holes in the template for placement of additional mollies. Remove the screw and install the clip. Drill marked holes, install mollies and clips. Repeat as needed until all of the needed mollie holes are marked. The further away from a ceiling, the easier it is to do an install. The weight ratings are good for the system. You do need to pay attention not only to the weight that a single cord and clip can handle, but the total weight for the segment of rail. So long as you stay in the weight limits, the systems will be durable and functional.

These can be a little tricky to hang just right, but it is worth the effort. Swapping out your art was never this easy.