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Garden storage: GearHooks review & giveaway

April 26, 2018 by Catherine 72 Comments

Reviewing GearHooks, a flexible storage solution for sport and leisure equipment. We put it to the test in our family shed, tackling bikes, tools and the usual clutter!

Do you struggle to effectively manage the storage in your outdoor buildings?

I suspect your typical family shed or garage has to cope with a multitude of storage challenges – including bikes, gardening equipment, DIY supplies, toys, and pretty much anything else that we don’t want to store in the house.  Here’s what the inside of our shed usually looks like – be warned, it’s not pretty…

Garden shed interior

If I’m being completely honest, I actually had a little tidy-up before I took this picture.  The entrance to the shed was overrun with ‘stuff’ that had built up over the winter months, when it was too cold to be out there long enough to put it away properly.  Which brings me onto the main challenge that we have with our outdoor storage: we just can’t get to the things we need easily enough.

We have four bikes which occupy much of the floor space, and it’s quite a juggling act to line them up neatly enough to allow us room to reach the shelves at the back.  If I need a plant pot, it’s a major operation moving lots of stuff in order to get to the shelf, then another big job putting it all back again.  And don’t get me started on the random scattering of gardening tools and the contortions required to reach them!

We’ve been wondering how to tackle this storage problem for a while now, and since a bigger shed isn’t an option, we needed to get smarter with the space available.  GearHooks sent us a storage rack with hooks for bikes and gardening tools to try out, and hopefully create a space-saving storage solution.  I’ve got a fab giveaway for you too, with GearHooks of your choice worth £100 up for grabs!

GearHooks components

The principle behind GearHooks is a simple one.  A universal 1 metre long GearRail fixes to the wall with three holes and super-strong fixings, then you add a combination of sturdy hooks to suit your storage needs.  The rail took minutes to put up using an allen key.

GearHooks assembly

You don’t need to drill any more holes to attach the hooks; you simply insert a clever sprung baseplate into the rail, and screw the front hook section on.  This means it’s really quick and easy to move and adjust the hooks should you need to.

GearHooks assembly

Once the hooks were attached, it was time to fill them up!  We decided to store the larger bikes at the ends, leaving the smaller tools and bike easily accessible in the middle. 

GearHooks filled rack

As you can see, we’ve managed to get four bikes and lots of gardening tools on there, with a lot of room still to spare on the longer tool hook.  We could easily fit another hook on there too.

GearHooks filled rack

The whole system really is very sturdy.  The galvanised steel hooks will each hold up to 25kg, and the rubber coating protects whatever you hang on them – so if you’ve got expensive kit you know it’s in safe hands.

Let’s take a look at the shed now shall we?

Garden shed interior GearHooks

This simple piece of kit has made such a difference.  It’s really easy to get to all the bikes, and we don’t have to move every single one each time we need to get just one bike out.  All those higgledy-piggledy bits hanging on the walls are gone – the tool hooks swallowed them up no problem – and the floor is CLEAR!  It’s so much easier to walk around the bikes and get to the back of the shed, and I can grab my gardening equipment in seconds.  I really do think we’re using the space much better now, and it’s going to be so much easier to keep things tidy.

A GearRail costs £25 and hooks start at £11.94; you can find out more and see all the configurations available on the GearHooks website here.  GearHooks have kindly given me a discount code for my readers; if you order before the end of May 2018, use the code Growingfamily04 to grab a 20% discount and free UK shipping!  Don’t forget to enter the competition to win £100 worth of GearHooks too.

Which GearHooks storage solution would make the biggest difference in your home?

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Reviewing GearHooks, a flexible storage solution for sport and leisure equipment. We put it to the test in our family shed, tackling bikes, tools and the usual clutter!

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Comments

  1. iain maciver says

    April 26, 2018 at 11:56 am

    I would go for the one you had from gearhooks

    Reply
  2. Annabel Greaves says

    April 26, 2018 at 12:36 pm

    The bike storage racks would be the most useful for me and my family x

    Reply
  3. John Menzies says

    April 26, 2018 at 1:59 pm

    For my garage and garden shed

    Reply
  4. Tony Metcalfe says

    April 26, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    The bike storage racks would be very useful for me and my family, it would be a great help.

    Reply
  5. Graham Ross says

    April 26, 2018 at 4:29 pm

    For my garden and allotment shed

    Reply
  6. Susan Smith says

    April 26, 2018 at 4:48 pm

    Would have to be the bike storage hooks, would be so easy to hook them up, than having to get them past the car all the time

    Reply
  7. john prendergast says

    April 26, 2018 at 8:39 pm

    GearHooks Custom Storage rack would be great for my shed

    Reply
  8. Solange says

    April 26, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    The bike storage racks would make the biggest difference in my home.

    Reply
  9. Sarah Mackay says

    April 26, 2018 at 10:28 pm

    The GearHooks Custom Storage rack would be brilliant for organising my garage.

    Reply
  10. A S,Edinburgh says

    April 26, 2018 at 11:45 pm

    I think the GearHooks® guitar and musical instruments wall storage rack.

    Reply
  11. Sheena Batey says

    April 27, 2018 at 11:23 am

    The bike storage racks would be so useful

    Reply
  12. Kim M says

    April 27, 2018 at 1:04 pm

    Would love the Bike hooks for my shed x

    Reply
  13. Karen Barrett says

    April 27, 2018 at 5:31 pm

    Bike storage rack for 3, 4 or 5 bikes. GearHooks® BR3/4/5 would be perfect for all the bikes

    Reply
  14. MANDY DOHERTY says

    April 27, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    The Golf bag and trolley storage rack would be ideal for my son in law

    Reply
  15. Marion Payne says

    April 27, 2018 at 11:10 pm

    Gearhooks custom storage rack would be very usedul to store things off the ground in my shed

    Reply
  16. EMMA WALTERS says

    April 28, 2018 at 6:28 am

    the Custom Storage rack would be ideal for all our family 🙂

    Reply
  17. Andrea Upton says

    April 28, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    The bike storage would be great for us

    Reply
  18. Kirsty Fox says

    April 28, 2018 at 10:29 pm

    It would be the bike storage because they take up so much space in the shed

    Reply
  19. Dean T says

    April 29, 2018 at 2:02 am

    For my fam the bike storage since they are just so awkward to store, this looks neat!

    Reply
  20. Jodie W says

    April 29, 2018 at 7:04 pm

    we have exactly the same problems as you, especially with the bikes. Being able to hang them and just get to the one/s you need would be fantastic. So i would go for a bike hook rack

    Reply
  21. Kim Styles says

    April 29, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    The bike hook rack would be perfect for us – we are a family of cyclists and our shed is jammed with bikes blocking up the entrance!

    Reply
  22. charlotte says

    April 30, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    i love the garden ones, it would be very handy to have as it takes up a lot of room

    Reply
  23. Stevie says

    May 1, 2018 at 2:32 pm

    I think the gardening tool rack could make the biggest difference.

    Reply
  24. Jason Tolliss says

    May 1, 2018 at 7:19 pm

    The GearHooks Custom Storage rack

    Reply
  25. Kirsty Woods says

    May 1, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    The garden one for all my tools

    Reply
  26. Natalie Gillham says

    May 1, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    The Bike storage rack for 3, 4 or 5 bikes is just what I need to keep our bikes in good condition and free up space in our small storage area.

    Reply
  27. Tracy Hanley says

    May 2, 2018 at 9:05 am

    GearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack

    Reply
  28. Hafsah says

    May 2, 2018 at 2:16 pm

    I think it’ll be the GearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack for us.

    Reply
  29. Heather Haigh says

    May 2, 2018 at 5:11 pm

    Bike storage rack for 3, 4 or 5 bikes would be ideal.

    Reply
  30. Kelly Hirst says

    May 2, 2018 at 9:43 pm

    I’d like the music rack -perfect for my husbands guitars

    Reply
  31. ElizM says

    May 5, 2018 at 1:13 pm

    the guitar and musical instruments rack would transform our home which is currently overrun with my son’s guitar, violin, electric violin (and also a load of my daughter’s instruments – how do you hang a clarinet?) . I suppose the piano would have to stay on the floor but the music bags could hang, couldn’t they…

    Reply
  32. janine atkin says

    May 6, 2018 at 10:34 am

    The bike storage racks would free up some floor space

    Reply
  33. claire griffiths says

    May 7, 2018 at 12:54 pm

    the bike storage racks would be great

    Reply
  34. Pam Francis Gregory says

    May 7, 2018 at 1:00 pm

    GearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack looks great

    Reply
  35. Emily Hutchinson says

    May 11, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    The bike hook would be brilliant, bikes are so bulky!

    Reply
  36. cheryl hadfield says

    May 11, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    The bike storage racks would be so useful in our house

    Reply
  37. Cath Joyce says

    May 11, 2018 at 10:17 pm

    The bike storage and display rack for up to 6 bikes would be perfect for me as our garage is full of bikes.

    Reply
  38. Lynn Neal says

    May 12, 2018 at 9:37 am

    I think the garden tools rack would be the most useful because they are tricky to store neatly and heavy when they fall on you!

    Reply
  39. gaynor Vincent says

    May 12, 2018 at 10:58 am

    Definitely I would love the garden tools rack to tidy up my shed!

    Reply
  40. amanda w says

    May 14, 2018 at 11:09 am

    the garden one would be perfect to sort our things out in the garage!! at the moment it resembles a jumble sale!!

    Reply
  41. Lizzy Cooper says

    May 15, 2018 at 11:34 am

    The bike storage! They take up so much space when they’re on the floor!

    Reply
  42. Kerryn Johnson says

    May 15, 2018 at 2:42 pm

    Custom storage rack for our shed

    Reply
  43. Carole Nott says

    May 15, 2018 at 8:34 pm

    the GearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack would be good for me

    Reply
  44. Andy Tanner says

    May 16, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    the bike storage racks

    Reply
  45. Janet Birkin says

    May 16, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    For the shed would be ideal

    Reply
  46. James Travis says

    May 16, 2018 at 11:39 pm

    For the garage

    Reply
  47. Victoria Prince says

    May 17, 2018 at 9:24 am

    The GearHooks Garden Tools wall storage rack! Dad has a ridiculous number of tools all over the garage, this would make a tremendous difference to keeping things tidier and making them easier to access

    Reply
  48. Margaret Gallagher says

    May 17, 2018 at 11:25 pm

    Bike storage – they take up so much room – would be the perfect storage solution

    Reply
  49. debbie jayne davies says

    May 18, 2018 at 9:10 am

    We definitley need the wall mounted bike rack we only have a small shed and as my husband is a carpenter our shed is full with his tools so not much room for bikes. this is a fab idea!

    Reply
  50. debbie jayne davies says

    May 18, 2018 at 9:12 am

    definitly the wall mounted bike rack. my husband is a carpenterso our shed is full of his tools so not much room for our bikes but this would be a perfect solution.

    Reply
  51. paula cheadle says

    May 18, 2018 at 12:55 pm

    the garden storage for my hubby

    Reply
  52. Theresa Thomas says

    May 18, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    The bike storage racks would be very useful for me and my family, as we currently store our bikes in out spare bedroom

    Reply
  53. carol boffey says

    May 18, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    for the garden shed

    Reply
  54. Susan Ann Bennett says

    May 18, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    Fabulous prize for getting my garage organised

    Reply
  55. Hazel Rea says

    May 18, 2018 at 10:04 pm

    I’m torn between the Garden Tools wall storage rack and the Bike Storage Rack because together they would probably allow us to get the car into the garage!

    Reply
  56. Hazel Rea says

    May 18, 2018 at 10:08 pm

    I’m torn between the Gardening Storage Rack and the Bicycle Storage rack because together they would probably allow us to get the car into the garage.

    Reply
  57. vera Bahounkova says

    May 19, 2018 at 11:23 am

    GearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack

    Reply
  58. JULIE WARD says

    May 19, 2018 at 11:33 am

    The garden tools wall storage rack, my son could do with this

    Reply
  59. donna l jones says

    May 19, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    The bike storage racks would be very useful

    Reply
  60. Kelly White says

    May 20, 2018 at 2:23 am

    I’d go for the climbing one or a custom one.

    Reply
  61. Nancy Bradford says

    May 20, 2018 at 9:33 am

    I have so much random junk that needs storing in our shed I think I’d have to go for the combi or customised system x

    Reply
  62. Janine H says

    May 20, 2018 at 9:48 am

    We really need the Garden Tools wall storage rack

    Reply
  63. Kim Neville says

    May 20, 2018 at 9:59 am

    The GearHooks Garden Tools wall storage rack would be perfect for us

    Reply
  64. Rachael Sexey says

    May 20, 2018 at 10:38 am

    Gearhooks custom storage rack would be very useful to store things off the ground in my shed

    Reply
  65. Elizabeth Smith says

    May 20, 2018 at 10:52 am

    When I sort out amd repair the shed (heart drops at the thought of such a mammoth task) I’d love to get the tidy for garden tools

    Reply
  66. Lydia Frew says

    May 20, 2018 at 11:43 am

    The Garden kit would make the most difference but when we rebuild our garage the bike storage set would also make a big difference.

    Reply
  67. Anna L says

    May 20, 2018 at 2:18 pm

    The garage ones would be great

    Reply
  68. Kate Davies says

    May 20, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    The customer set would be perfect.

    Reply
  69. Daniela Guitian-Tomlinson says

    May 20, 2018 at 10:54 pm

    Just what we need! ⭐️

    Reply
  70. Tee Simpson says

    May 20, 2018 at 11:03 pm

    The bikes hooks for me

    Reply
  71. Marina Owen says

    May 20, 2018 at 11:11 pm

    These would be perfect for our garage. There’s a lot of things on the floor which could be hanged with these gear hooks.

    Reply
  72. Natalie Crossan says

    May 20, 2018 at 11:21 pm

    we would love the customer set please 😀 x

    Reply

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