VELCRO Brand Heavy Duty Fasteners | 4x2 Inch Strips 4 Sets | Holds 10 lbs | Stick-On Adhesive Backed | Black Industrial Strength | For Indoor or Outdoor Use, 90209

Did you know VELCRO was developed by mistake? Well not a real mistake. It was developed by George deMestral, Seemed he wanted to develop a product which worked like burs from the Burdock that attached to his clothes and his dogs fur. That was in 1941. After that, he tried and tried to come up with something that could mimic those burs. In 1955 he took out a loan of $150,000.00 and succeeded to come up with a viable product. The VELCRO line was release and immediately fell on its face. It was when NASA found it extremely helpful holding things from floating around in space capsules. The rest is history. VELCRO is not actually a product but instead a company name. A little fiction and fact from Bob's Almanac.Now about the product. Unfortunately I'm confined to a power wheelchair. Even so, I like to continue with my hobbies. Photography was my major in college and when I left I had a Masters of Fine Art with photography. I soon made some wise decisions and I thankfully made a name in the industry. I know nothing of videography. Just a few miles from me lives a Videographer who attended college the same time I was there. Not close friends but buddies I guess you could say. I needed his help. I want to mount a couple or three action cameras to my wheelchair. Since being confined to the chair the majority of my friends have been leaving. I'm sure it's because they really don't know how to react to the chair. I want to put on digital film my daily life in the chair. I want to let my friends I haven't changed, well perhaps my height. Though I have a lot of accessories for the cameras to mount them to my chair my friend suggested some VELCRO patches which could be used on the areas less accessible to me to mount a camera, a cheap camera, be assured. Well it worked out well. We stuck a VELCRO strip just about ground level to record some footage we could use in the final film I want to make. I've been doing that since I got the strips. They worked out so well I found other uses. I go out at night in the chair. It has a thirteen mile range and fortunately my friends, my grocery store, drug store, pizza joint and we can't forget the local tavern. There are no lights on the chair. They have a kit for it but they also want to charge almost $300.00 and that doesn't include any back lights. I have a lot of flash lights in the house. A few years back I purchased here at Amazon a two pack of DURACELL flashlights. They are very powerful and when tested they get out around twenty feet producing a lot of light. They do fall off after the estimated length of twenty feet. They are so lite that I put a Velcro patch on the chair body and connected the flashlights. It worked out so well I put the other flashlight on the opposite side of my chair. Here at Amazon they have blinking tail lights but I found a good pair at Walmart. Again I cut a VELCRO patch to size and now I have back lights. My first trip out at night was a great success. Besides the street lighting I had both side lights and the tail light on. On my way back I ran into a neighbor who suggested I should get better lighting on the back. He said that in certain places there are no sidewalks and more back lighting would be better. He held me up while he rummaged around in his garage and came back with a light bar. He held it up against the back of my chair and said he could fit it properly. The problem with the bar is it isn't wired for batteries. He want's to connect it to the chair battery. I didn't tell him yet I don't want it. Besides it would void my chair warranty. So there must be other things that I can stick these VELCRO strips to. I'll update the review when I find them.This review was written without any financial incentives. I neither receive a free product nor any discounts. Full Amazon retail was paid.I enjoy writing these product reviews and I sure hope you enjoy reading them. If you have any ideas that could improve them or you just want to leave a message you can get me through Amazon. If you do enjoy my reviews pleas click the helpful box. You can look at my Profile page and if you care too become a follower.MrBob

They do what you’re supposed to do

This is some strong holding Velcro! Works great

Holds dashboard cover just fine

I ended up using these for holding down a small rug...Would recommend.

This Velcro so far adheres well to the wall I am using it on. Typical hook and loop with sticky backing. Plenty of pieces to work with, and large enough pieces to be able to cut down to size if need be. I cut the strips to the size I wanted, attached both pieces to the object to be hung, peeled the tape off, then pressed the object onto the wall. It hangs, and it hasnt budged or fallen off. Remainder of Velcro was kept stored in box and tucked away for another time.What I needed this for: I had purchased a wall scratcher for my cat. She loves to stretch up a wall, and it occurred to me that she may enjoy a good scratch when she does that. So I bought her a scratch pad that adheres to the wall via some velcro. Well, once up in place, I determined that I needed to move it. Once I did so, although there was enough sticky to reattach, it wasn't enough for it to stay in place for long. It fell. Sooo, I set about buying some velcro. I looked for a variety that claims to hold some weight. The scratcher doesnt weigh much, but I figured opting for a more heavy duty option would be better than not. SO FAR SO GOOD. She is scratching to her hearts content, and the pad is staying securely in place. YAY!

Bought this to adhere a surge protection power strip and Apple TV box to the back side of my 46” patio TV. Same-day delivery from Amazon.The hook-and-loop material seems to stick together fairly well, but the adhesive is really weak. The spots on the TV I picked out have a slightly textured finish rather than being smooth as glass. Even after cleaning with alcohol, it was hard to get the adhesive to lock onto the TV surface. Tried several strips until I got one that looked like it might hold for more than a minute.Well, it held for more than a minute but not even 24 hours. By the next morning, my Apple TV box fell off the back of the TV. The hook and loop tapes were still stuck to each other but the adhesive on the TV side failed and the Apple TV unit fellll to the table below with all the Velcro still stuck to it. I don't think I have an alternate spot on the tV backplane that will work well so I may just scrap the Velcro idea and see if attaching an Apple TV mount to the brick may just work better for me.Other reviews have mentioned adhesive weaknesses and my experience shows this to be true, at least for this package. This is advertised to hold 10 pounds and it couldn't even endure a pound.

Good Velcro