The 2.5″ bolts that came with the kit weren’t going to work, so I picked up some 4″ bolts from the next aisle over and used them instead. For example, this week I was installing Hungarian-style shelves to hold media equipment, so I needed to attach some 2圆s to the wall. It’s also possible to easily install other bolts of the same thread pattern. Obviously, you can remove the bolt and re-install it, so you can easily remove whatever you attached to the wall without having to start over. This offers a couple of advantages over the classic toggle. The cap and toggle stay in place, allowing you to install the bolt whenever you like. Finally, just break off the straps flush with the cap. Next, push the cap along the straps, zip-tie style, until the toggle lies flush behind the wall, and pull the toggle tight with the straps. To install, simply push the toggle long-wise through the hole you drilled (generally a half inch, or about what you use for a medium-to-large standard toggle), then line up the straps to flip the toggle 90 degrees.

The straps can move up or down independently, see-sawing the anchor to form an “I” or a “T” as needed. While traditional toggle bolt anchors consist of a single bolt with “wings” at one end that pop open after being pushed through the wall, the SnapToggle’s two parallel plastic straps tee into a single bar-shaped anchor. They’re odd-looking, which probably explains why at Lowe’s I found a box opened and a few scattered around the wall anchor area. They’re much easier to install, and they stay in place when you unscrew the bolt. You know how regular toggle bolt wall anchors always require extra space behind the drywall, and to remove you unscrew them, dropping the toggle behind the wall? This week I found the best toggles I’ve ever used - SnapToggles, made by Toggler.

Hilti anchors zip tight