Floating Shelf Brackets -8 Pack Heavy Duty Wood Invisible Shelf Brackets with Screws,DIY Adjustable Hardware Blind Supports Shelves 120LBS

I read through a lot of reviews. The most useful was one that suggested taking off the plastic anchor sleeve and drill a 1/4"hole instead. Then just screw the bolt into the wall. What's important is drilling level, perfectly perpendicular holes both into the wall and into the shelf. Easiest is to put the brackets into the wall then bring the shelf to them to mark where the shelf needs the holes drilled. Again, the holes need to be straight and perpendicular. Yes, it can be done if you have the right tools. I was hanging a driftwood mantle so I needed to be a little creative. I attached the mantle to a board. I put boards at each end making it level. I used a drill with a level built in so I could drill straight down at the marks in the boards and a few inches into the mantle. After detaching the board I used it to mark the wall with the holes drilled at the marks. It was easier to handle the board and level it than trying to handle the driftwood to measure. Since the drill has built in levels I knew I could make at least level holes so I guesstimated the straightness. Worked perfectly this time but since then I was able to get the parts I needed for my portable drill press which will allow me to make perfectly straight, perpendicular holes in the wall. These brackets do need to go into studs the way that I used it. I'm not sure if the plastic anchor would work in drywall. Personally, I wouldn't trust any wall hanging shelves on drywall. If any heavy items are on the shelf I'd be afraid that any shelf would get ripped out of the wall.

Came with no instructions. If you don't have a set of metric bits, forget this anchor. Even if you do, run away. The one bracket I managed to install only loosely gripped the wall after fully tightening, The plastic does not deform enough to grab the sheet rock. They will NOT fit in a 7/16" hole. The anchor might work if you drilled into a stud, but I wouldn't bother. Find anything else.

Pros: sturdy, easy to install, comes with 8 brackets to install up to 4 shelves (size shelves up to 24in long, 4 -6in depth) and does what it supposed to do.Cons: didn't come with instruction, not good to use to install on dry wall only. Has to be mounted to the stud (which is not a con). But the instructions is online with in the specs section on Amazon.

These work great. Drill a 1/4" hole into the stud. Make sure it's STRAIGHT. Buy a drill guide for $10 if you don't have one. Remove the anchor from the bracket and throw it away. Use a socket to screw the bracket into the hole. Do this for all of your brackets. Lay your shelf on top of the brackets and carefully mark their positions. Now use a dowel jig ($30) and a 3/8 bit to drill holes into your shelf at the marked positions. Now you can push your shelf onto the brackets. It'll be tight but that's fine. Use a mallet. I used 3 brackets for a 76" long shelf (5/8" thick and 5.5" wide) and it's super secure.

ok, I'll tell you how to use those brackets, and here is why: what the other reviewers say did not work for me and what the seller's instructions say is wrong, incomplete, spiced with non-sense - unless I got a completely different product than everyone else. So here is my experience:Whats wrong:The anchor does NOT fit into a 7/16" hole. That is too small of a hole!The anchor DOES fit into a 1/2" hole, but it will freely spin. That is too BIG of a hole!. And btw, 1/2" is NOT 12 mm ! 12 mm is about 15/32". Don't get me started on the imperial vs metric system, my blood pressure is already high.Anyway, the anchor does NOT fit in a 15/32" hole either. Its still too small of a hole!I did not go yet another time to ACE and get a 31/64 bit to try. Instead I did this for each bracket:1. Drill the 1/2 hole into the stud. Make sure you are drilling it straight !!! You only got one shot at this.2. Hold the plastic part, and screw in the metal part until the plastic anchor starts expanding outwards.3. Push it into the hole. If it goes in easy, take it out and screw in some more. Try again.4. Once its too difficult to push in, hammer it in with a mullet.5. Once completely in, turn the metal further to tighten it. It will now grip.You do this for all brackets, then you lay your shelve on top of the screws into position and mark the locations of where the holes need to be. Be precise ! Then drill the holes into the board 4 inches deep with a 3/8 bit. Again, drill straight or you will regret. After that you slide the board onto the brackets. Just kidding - it doesn't slide. You'll have to hammer it with a mullet. 3/8 is really on the low side, you might want to try to go up 1 mm (test on a piece of scrap). I mounted a 10 feet oak board on 4 of those brackets. Hammering that into place was an act that took a lot of time and patience and my wife and children learned a few new cuss words in the process. Next time I'll try a larger drill. It will worked out, I got it flush to the wall at the end.In conclusion:I would never use this hardware for a large board again, but for just a board that is hanging on two brackets, I would, now that I know what to do. One more thing though: The reason I picked these floating shelf brackets over the ones that you get at the big box store, is that they are relatively small diameter, so you can actually mount a floating 3/4 inch board. This will be the case if you do everything right. But since I spent so much time taking anchors in and out, hammering, etc two of the drywall holes have gotten so big that they now show, and I'll have to patch and paint.I hope this helps and I wish you all the best luck.

Installation was straight forward, though I did not torque them enough the first time so I was able to pull them out of the wall with a claw hammer. Make sure your crank them in tight with your impact driver and a 9mm socket.* Drill 12 mm (1/2") hole through drywall and into studs to receive anchor end of the brackets* Tap the brackets into the holes with a rubber mallet* Use impact driver with 9mm (5/16") socket to lock the anchors in place* Hold the shelf board on top of the installed brackets to mark bracket position* Drill 10 mm (3/8") hole in shelf to receive bracket pins* Gently tap shelf into place on the pins using a rubber mallet