Extreme Clothespins by Henry Berry & Dairy

I give these clothespins 10 out of 10 acorns. These are fantastic! I've had mine for over a year and a half, and the paint has not chipped and they work just as well as when I got them. Not one of them has gotten broken, either!

These work great, too! I love how they have a little holes on the "handles" so that you can put a wire hanger through a hole and hang your shirt on the hanger. This saves a LOT of space on the clothesline, and it also makes doing laundry much easier. Instead of having to pin the shirt to the line, take it off the line, put it on a hanger, and hang it up. With these clothespins, I can hang my shirt on the hanger, and then bring it directly inside and hang it in the closet. It's wonderful!

These are also really heavy-duty. I can hang up heavy pairs of pants with these, without having to worry about them falling off the line. Just three of them will hold a quilt or soaked towel to the line. I've never had one fall off the line, or drop my clothes. Granted, I don't get much wind, but still, that's pretty impressive!

Pro-tip: No matter how pretty the green clothespins are, don't get them if your clothesline is over greenery. I've lost a few of mine to the grass! The second ones I got, I went for orange. They are so much easier to find if they drop into the grass!

In this picture (from amazon) you can see the little holes on the clothespins, as well as how nice and bright and easy to find the orange clothespins are, while still being a nice orange color. I don't particularly care for neon oranges--this is a nice orange!

I thought I'd take some pictures today as I was hanging my clothes up to dry with these marvelous clothespins

You can also buy these clothespins here: https://popotamus.net/shop/frontpage.html
They have a huge selection of colors.

Thank you, Henrik! I'm happy to see there's an affordable place to buy these overseas. They really are fantastic clothespins. There's more colors available at https://popotamus.net/, and they prices are a lot better than amazon.co.uk.

I got my pins on ebay 2 years ago and love them. Here's a link to a pack of 50 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Extreme-Clothespins-Stainless-Steel-50-Pack-Lifetime-Guarantee/273490479852?hash=item3fad4d8aec:g:R74AAOSww3tY39~s
This is the ebay store with smaller packs and colors https://www.ebay.com/sch/henryberryanddairyllc/m.html?item=272682362385&hash=item3f7d22a611%3Ag%3A6UQAAOSwZKBZId7x&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
They have some great descriptions of what can be done with the clips!

Hmm, does buy it for life make sense when cheap pins are 2 cents each?
You can buy 50 for the price of the metal pins.
They last 2 years at least, so that's a 100 year supply and you get 50 times as many so you can have more, and/or save money while still having enough for life.

These really are long lasting! Looking at my original review, I've had these for 3.5 years. There is not a sign of rust. Not one of them has broken. I actually just bought some "for" my kids (any excuse to get more of these is a good one!)

I will say that it is important to get bright ones (or at least ones that aren't green!) so you don't lose them. I went out and took some pictures of mine today. The orange and green ones are the ones I've had for over 3 years. The blue and pink are the new ones.

Oh! And these things really hold on to the clothesline well. I've never had one lose clothes. In fact, we had a windsock (my mom made it when I was little, but never put it up, and just gave it to us). The windsock didn't have any way to attach string to it. So, I used clothespins! It hasn't flown off!

Hi,
These look great, but we detest and boycott Amazon for many reasons. Is there another US place to get these?

You may not care for walmart either but...
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Extreme-Clothespins-Stainless-Steel-20-Pack/239626439?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=10102

Hey, y'all! You can buy them, directly: https://www.extremeclothespins.com/collections/all?page=1
I think I'll get some, use the old ones for the lighter stuff(until they break or otherwise die,  at which point I'll get more of these!), and use these for the heavier items.

Nicole Alderman wrote:These really are long lasting! Looking at my original review, I've had these for 3.5 years. There is not a sign of rust. Not one of them has broken. I actually just bought some "for" my kids (any excuse to get more of these is a good one!)

It's now, apparently, been 5.5 years since I bought mine . They are still working perfectly. I've had a total of 1 out of my oldest 40 pins cease to work perfectly. It's a little stretched out, and only works on really thick things. Aside from that, they're all still in great shape. No rust or anything, and I leave them out in the rain far more than I should (often like 8 Pacific Northwest months in a row, which is damp/raining  most of the time)

I have wooden clothespins that go into a nice clothespin bag after every use.  The bag hangs on the line and is super convenient to use.  The clothespins are 5 to 10 yr old and are getting a nice natural sheen from regular handling.  Good quality wood clothespins can be purchased at many hardware stores.  Skip the Dollar Store ones.  I also hang my shirts on clothes hangers on the line, a great time saver.  But the hangers just hang on the line with a clothes pin next to it to keep it from sliding.  I wonder about the carbon footprint of the stainless steel pins. Is it wise to buy stainless steel when wood will do the job?   I have been needing to replace my plastic carousel sock hangers because they are falling apart after many years of use.  But I have only seen stainless steel ones for sale on Amazon.  Wouldn't a folding bamboo one be nice?

For fellow Canadians, Lee Valley is another source for these. I’ve had a set going on 7 years now.
It’s not just that they last forever, it’s that they’re about 100 times stronger than any wooden or plastic clothespin I’ve ever owned. You end up needing WAY fewer because one alone will hang a heavy pair of jeans (hang up a duvet with 2 pins with 100km/hr winds? No prob). They don’t leave dents, rust, or wet-woody-stuff on fabrics, they don’t get brittle and break, leaving shards of plastic on your land that little piece of rusty metal to throw in the garbage, they NEVER pop apart, I hang everything from clothing and bedding to bird feeders and backyard chicken things and tools with them. When the fender on my bike broke, I fixed it with one of these. They’re indispensable at my house, both inside and out!

https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/home/laundry/clothes-pegs/69724-lifetime-clothespins?item=ET134

I'm with Greta Lee. I have wooden clothespins that are more than 15 years old. They have lived through Georgia summers and Central Germany winters, Oregon rains and heatwaves. I've lost very few to breakage over the years. If the wooden pieces separate, it's simple to put them back together. I save any stray pieces in my clothespin basket just in case, but I rarely need to do any repairs.

Just as an aside, one of my favorite tasks is hanging out my laundry. So relaxing!

Andrea Munroe wrote:For fellow Canadians, Lee Valley is another source for these. I’ve had a set going on 7 years now.
It’s not just that they last forever, it’s that they’re about 100 times stronger than any wooden or plastic clothespin I’ve ever owned. You end up needing WAY fewer because one alone will hang a heavy pair of jeans (hang up a duvet with 2 pins with 100km/hr winds? No prob). They don’t leave dents, rust, or wet-woody-stuff on fabrics, they don’t get brittle and break, leaving shards of plastic on your land that little piece of rusty metal to throw in the garbage, they NEVER pop apart, I hang everything from clothing and bedding to bird feeders and backyard chicken things and tools with them. When the fender on my bike broke, I fixed it with one of these. They’re indispensable at my house, both inside and out!

https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/home/laundry/clothes-pegs/69724-lifetime-clothespins?item=ET134

Thank you! Especially the info about duvet and the wind. I haven't yet found a clothespin strong enough for holding pillows swinging in the wind which I like to air out all year round along with other bedding.
A little pricey (Canada) but seem worth it

Cara Campbell wrote:Hi,
These look great, but we detest and boycott Amazon for many reasons. Is there another US place to get these?

This is kind of hard to do just that,  when there aren't options to buy locally or out of town :-)

Ela La Salle wrote:

Cara Campbell wrote:Hi,
These look great, but we detest and boycott Amazon for many reasons. Is there another US place to get these?

This is kind of hard to do just that,  when there aren't options to buy locally or out of town :-)

Carla mentioned above that you can get them directly from their website: https://www.extremeclothespins.com/collections/all?page=1

I just updated the first post of this thread with that link, too!

My wooden clothespins have disintigrated to the point where I needed new ones, so I could finally justify getting some of these.
One thing you might want to know is that, since the springs are stronger, they're a little more difficult for my arthritic old hands than the wooden ones.

A quick update, since it's been 2 years since I've posted. My clothespins are still doing great. One (out of the multitude) had some of the paint chip off. It doesn't even have rust. One (out of the multitude) had it's spring wear out (probably because I used them to clip my upper and lower clotheslines together, which puts way more strain on the clothespin than is necessary). I've lost a few, and so will likely buy some more.

These things are awesome. I still have no regrets in buying them 6.5 years ago!

Andrea Munroe wrote:It’s not just that they last forever, it’s that they’re about 100 times stronger than any wooden or plastic clothespin I’ve ever owned. You end up needing WAY fewer because one alone will hang a heavy pair of jeans (hang up a duvet with 2 pins with 100km/hr winds? No prob). They don’t leave dents, rust, or wet-woody-stuff on fabrics, they don’t get brittle and break, leaving shards of plastic on your land that little piece of rusty metal to throw in the garbage, they NEVER pop apart...

Exactly! Mine are 5 years old and none have broken or deformed, though they've faded in the sun. There's crazy wind here sometimes, and they hold on MUCH stronger than the good wooden ones I have. The wooden ones are deteriorating in the weather here.

The only drawbacks are:
1) If your fingers are weak or arthritic these could be difficult, as mentioned by somebody already.
2) My favorite place to dry clothes is on a chainlink fence outside my land, and I think several of these clips have been stolen.

Rebecca Norman wrote:The only drawbacks are:
1) If your fingers are weak or arthritic these could be difficult, as mentioned by somebody already.

The version I have, has a hole at the end of each handle. I'm thinking one could use stainless nuts and bolts to add a wide extension to each side of the handle. That way instead of just using your thumb and 1 finger to operate them, you'd be able to pinch it over a longer surface area. Depending on the type of arthritis, this idea may or may not be helpful. But generally, more surface area distributes the same amount of force. If people are interested, I might be able to do a little experimenting later - or if others have more time, go for it and post pictures of what you come up with.

Of course, this means they'll take up more room in your clothespin basket!

And wrote:

2) My favorite place to dry clothes is on a chainlink fence outside my land, and I think several of these clips have been stolen.

I use these to hold dog fur around some of my gardens to discourage the deer (nothing *stops* deer in my ecosystem, but everything that suggests they go elsewhere is a help - this year they even decided they like comfrey which they'd never touched before...sigh...) However, the darling birds, like to steal the dog fur to line their nests, which can result in the clothespin getting knocked off. I *don't* want the mower finding them - not that I mow that often, but I don't want it or the clothespin hurt. So I made leashes for them. About 8" of fine rope, with a loop at one end large enough for the clothespin to be slid through, and the other end went through the hole I mentioned and got stitched to itself. I put the rope through the wire, loop the pin through the loop, and now the pin can't "fall" off. If you tend to leave the pins in the same spots, this might discourage "relocation".