Review and Giveaway: Wonder Hanger

I jumped at the chance to review today's giveaway product: the Wonder Hanger.  My husband and I share a very small, non-walk-in closet, so I'm always looking for something that will maximize space. 

The Wonder Hanger® is an affordable tool that's great for any Spring Cleaning features. This cascading clothes organizer increases closet space by enabling you to stack clothes vertically. Each Wonder Hanger holds 5 wood, metal or plastic hangers. There are 8 hangers to a package – enough to hang 40 garments. The open-mouth design allows you to easily add or remove your jackets, skirts, pants and shirts. Supporting up to 20 pounds, it can hold up to 5 heavy winter jackets.

You can use it to group complete outfits or similar items, organize by color or season, and hang handbags or belts. It retails for $9.99 and can be purchased at major retail chains including Walmart, Target, Bed Bath and Beyond and CVS and online at http://www.buywonderhanger.com/.

First of all, I liked that 8 hangers came in a package.  One specialty hanger, like my husband's multi-pants hanger, is nice, but 8 is enough to make a significant difference in the closet.  Here you can see one side of our closet before and after the addition of the Wonder Hangers:

You do need some room in your closet to initially hang the items on the hanger, otherwise they can get kind of tangled and wrinkled.  If your closet is very crowded, I would recommend taking some items out and then carefully rehanging everything on the Wonder Hangers.  The hangers definitely do save some horizontal space, and they are strong and easy to use. The regular hangers seem to stay on the notches well, instead of slipping off, like I thought they might.

However, the hangers are not a perfect solution.  For one thing, you could theoretically hang five times the number of garments in your closet using them, but that would still be five times the weight.  Our closet bar is already bowing, and I don't want to add too much weight.  Also, you have to have the vertical space to use them.  If you have anything  a huge stack in the bottom of your closet, your clothes are going to be dragging.  Even without items on the bottom of the closet, these would probably be better for shirts or pants than for dresses or long skirts.

Overall, I think this product is a good idea, although not perfect, and it could be very useful in the right setting.

One lucky Frugally Blonde reader can win a 8-pack of Wonder Hangers!  To enter, please leave a comment on this post telling me where you would use your Wonder Hangers.  (You must do this to enter.)  For extra entries, you may do any or all of the following, for a maximum of 5 entries (please leave a separate comment for each):

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The contest ends on Saturday, May 8, at midnight. The contest is open to residents of the US only, and the winner must provide a valid mailing address (no PO boxes).  I will choose the winner randomly and notify him or her by email, and he or she will have 72 hours to respond.  Good luck!

This is a Mama Buzz review. The product for review and giveaway prize were provided by Wonder Hanger.  The opinions are my own.