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I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by BlindEyeHalo »

ipsum2 wrote: post #119

I used to like her videos, but found out that she takes other people's work and passes it off as her own. This video is a good example. Anyone reading the title and watching the video, it appears that she's done all of the work iterating on the prototypes. No one else is mentioned in doing any of the work. Only in the comments does she post "If you have any technical questions, my co-inventor @stumcconnel will be her…

I am just assuming that she bankrolled the development herself from the income her youtube makes:

How is this different from any tech CEO going on stage saying "We created this amazing thing"? It's not like they personally developed this.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by ilogik »

beAbU wrote: post #136
Zanni wrote: post #63

I came across the Kickstarter [1] for this as a Facebook ad and passed over it for all the reasons folks are citing below. Folding hanger? What's the use case? But watching the video, she's really put a lot of thought into this. The system with the paired rod is pretty slick. I love the notches for keeping the hangers spaced. This solves a problem not everyone has (not me, for instance--I have full-size closets), but…

Worth noting this is Simone Giertz, she's a very popular maker on the internet, and her youtube channel has over 2M subscribers. A lot of her funding on KS is porbably based on that alone. It is a cool design, but 3 years? She definitely worked on other projects in that time. Ultimately the volume taken up by the clothes is the same, you either have a shallow but wide closet, or deep but narrow. If you are not worrie…

this hanger has custom plastic parts. 3 years does not sound exaggerated. it's not 3 years of a full time job, but 3 years from concept to being ready for production sounds plausible.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by BlindEyeHalo »

I really like her videos but I don't understand how this solves the problem in a better way than any of the obvious alternatives and it kind of bothers me that she doesn't address this at all in the video. All she does is say "there are no folding coat hangers on the market".

The simplest thing would be to just get a hanger with a rotating hook and hang it at a ~45 degree angle and I don't see how her solution is better, especially considering she wants to have over $6 per hanger.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by mettamage »

BlindEyeHalo wrote: post #173

I really like her videos but I don't understand how this solves the problem in a better way than any of the obvious alternatives and it kind of bothers me that she doesn't address this at all in the video. All she does is say "there are no folding coat hangers on the market". The simplest thing would be to just get a hanger with a rotating hook and hang it at a ~45 degree angle and I don't see how her solution is bet…

She did address it by browsing quickly through a Google Images page, which indicates what kind of solutions she encountered.

Nevertheless, fair question.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by rplnt »

ansible wrote: post #162
fluxem wrote: post #153

Here’s an idea. Instead of the rod being parallel with the wall, have multiple small rods perpendicular to the wall. They can easily accommodate full size coat hangers. Problem solved

> Here’s an idea. Instead of the rod being parallel with the wall, have multiple small rods perpendicular to the wall. They can easily accommodate full size coat hangers. Problem solved That takes up more wall space, and makes it harder to see what everything is. I get that this is not the product for you (or me either), but don't compare the 3 years of on again, off again mulling over the design with your 20 seconds…

> with your 20 seconds of thought on the problem space

It's a solved problem, is what I imagine OP meant by the "idea". It's not theirs. Those products exist.

It's not harder to see what everything is because they come in variants where they are stacked vertically, can pop out, can slide out. I agree it might not be as space efficient, but at least you are not limited to thin items that don't crease. And it's just a rack and you can use $0.50 coat hangers instead of $6 ones.

I do see the beauty of this design, and it can be useful when you have limited width as well (as the van pictured), so this is not a hate on that, just that this is not a revolution, just a different take on it.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by rplnt »

cntrmmbrpsswrd wrote: post #158
fluxem wrote: post #153

Here’s an idea. Instead of the rod being parallel with the wall, have multiple small rods perpendicular to the wall. They can easily accommodate full size coat hangers. Problem solved

I like this simple solution, but it makes it difficult to see all your clothes and which article you want.

It's common for them to be stacked like stairs or if there's more space to slide out, so that's not usually an issue. Sometimes it's kinda both (stairs that pop up).

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by bhelkey »

BlindEyeHalo wrote: post #173

I really like her videos but I don't understand how this solves the problem in a better way than any of the obvious alternatives and it kind of bothers me that she doesn't address this at all in the video. All she does is say "there are no folding coat hangers on the market". The simplest thing would be to just get a hanger with a rotating hook and hang it at a ~45 degree angle and I don't see how her solution is bet…

She says that there are foldable coat hangers but none fold while hanging while holding clothes.

I have no idea if this is true or not but that is the problem statement.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by rplnt »

fluxem wrote: post #153

Here’s an idea. Instead of the rod being parallel with the wall, have multiple small rods perpendicular to the wall. They can easily accommodate full size coat hangers. Problem solved

Twist the hook 45 degrees. Save square root of whatever the coat hanger width is. There's some wasted space in corners though.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by sirk390 »

BlindEyeHalo wrote: post #173

I really like her videos but I don't understand how this solves the problem in a better way than any of the obvious alternatives and it kind of bothers me that she doesn't address this at all in the video. All she does is say "there are no folding coat hangers on the market". The simplest thing would be to just get a hanger with a rotating hook and hang it at a ~45 degree angle and I don't see how her solution is bet…

I you hang them at 45 degree the depth will be reducted by sqrt(2). (about 0.7 x hanger length), and you will lose space on each side. And the more you increase the angle, the more you will lose space on the sides. With this technique, you will reduce the depth to 0.5 x hanger length and not lose space on the side.
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