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3M's Command Medium Designer Hook sticks to the wall with an adhesive strip instead of a screw. This pack (17081BN-3ES) holds three brushed-finish plastic hooks and six medium indoor strips, and each hook is rated for 3 lb, about 1.4 kg, of hats, bags, scarves or dog leads. On Amazon Australia it is sold and shipped by Amazon US through the Global Store at A$31.47.
Being an import, it comes in US packaging with instructions in pounds and Fahrenheit, and the listing warns that the manufacturer warranty may not apply, though you may have other rights under law. Delivery and tax are added at checkout. 3M's white Medium Designer Hooks are sold locally by Amazon AU as a nine-hook pack for A$17.27, so the import premium mostly pays for the brushed-nickel finish.
Our verdict
Worth A$31.47 only if you want the brushed-nickel finish: 3 lb of tool-free hanging on smooth, cured, alcohol-wiped walls, from a US import that costs about three times the white local pack per hook.
- A good fit for
- Renters with painted walls, tile, glass or finished timber who hang hats, leads and light bags under 1.4 kg and want the nickel look.
- We would skip it if
- Wallpaper or textured walls, paint younger than seven days, showers and steamy bathrooms, loads past 3 lb, or if white hooks will do.
Reasons to consider it
- No holes, marks or sticky residue when removed the way 3M prescribes: pull the tab straight down and stretch it along the wall at least 30 cm
- No tools: an alcohol wipe, a 30-second press and an hour of waiting
- Six strips for three hooks, so each hook gets one spare repositioning
The compromises
- The 3 lb rating depends on smooth indoor surfaces, an alcohol wipe, 10–40°C application and paint at least seven days old
- An Amazon US import at about A$10.49 a hook, with US packaging and a warning that the manufacturer warranty may not apply
- 3M's own white medium designer hooks sell locally at nine for A$17.27
What we have not verified: 3M publishes the rating and the steps but nothing about what happens above 3 lb or on old, many-layered paint. The Global Store price moves with stock and exchange rates, and the listing does not say how much GST or delivery checkout adds.
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A closer look at the products, who they may suit, and what to check before buying.
Medium Designer Hooks (Brushed Nickel)
A$31.47 buys three brushed-nickel hooks and six strips: 3 lb (about 1.4 kg) per hook, no tools, no holes, and removal by stretching the tab straight down the wall.
Before you buy: An Amazon US import, so the manufacturer warranty may not apply; the rating holds only on smooth indoor surfaces prepared to 3M's steps, and the white local pack costs far less per hook.
Price checked 5 November 2026. Retailer prices can change.What the 3 lb rating depends on
Each hook is rated for 3 lb, and 3M's instructions spell out where that holds: smooth, solid indoor surfaces such as painted walls, painted or varnished timber, tile, glass and metal. The steps are fixed. Wipe the surface with rubbing alcohol, not household cleaners or water; press the strip to the back of the hook; peel the black liner and press it to the wall for 30 seconds; then wait an hour before hanging anything.
The tips add the limits: wait seven days after painting, do not hang over beds or on wallpaper, and do not hang valuable or irreplaceable items. Indoor hooks are meant for 50 to 105°F, about 10 to 40°C. Winter coats and a loaded backpack sit past 3 lb, and 3M documents nothing about what an overloaded hook does.
A$10.49 a hook in nickel, against the white local pack
At A$31.47 the three-pack works out to about A$10.49 a hook, and it arrives as a Global Store import from Amazon US, not from Amazon AU stock. The practical cost of that is a US-labelled box and a listing that says the manufacturer warranty may not apply; returns follow the Global Store policy.
3M's white Medium Designer Hooks are sold and dispatched by Amazon AU at A$17.27 for nine hooks and 12 strips, under A$2 a hook, with a 1.36 kg rating on smooth surfaces. Buy the nickel pack when the finish matters; for a cupboard door or the inside of a wardrobe, the white pack does the same job for far less.
Removal and what one spare strip buys
Damage-free depends on removal as much as on mounting. Hold the hook, never pull the strip towards you, and stretch the tab slowly straight down along the wall, at least 12 inches or about 30 cm, until the adhesive lets go. Pulling it outward is what takes paint with it.
Each mount uses one strip, so the six strips cover the first mount of all three hooks plus one move each. Move the set twice and you are buying refill strips.
Where the rules rule it out
Wallpaper, textured finishes and bare brick are off the list before weight comes up. Fresh paint only means a seven-day wait. Shower walls and steamy bathrooms need a water-resistant strip, which these medium indoor strips are not, and anything over 3 lb needs a bigger hook or a screw.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Amazon Australia: Command Medium Designer Hooks, brushed nickel, 3 hooks (opens in a new tab)
- Command: how to use hooks and strips (opens in a new tab)
- Amazon Australia: 3M Command Medium Designer Hooks, 9 hooks and 12 strips (opens in a new tab)
