Quartet® 48" Cork Message Bar with Aluminum Frame

Comments about Quartet® 48" Cork Message Bar with Aluminum Frame:

This product worked just as we had planned!

Comments about Quartet® 48" Cork Message Bar with Aluminum Frame:

Product cork to thin for push pins.

Comments about Quartet® 48" Cork Message Bar with Aluminum Frame:

Hang my important notes, calendar page & other

Comments about Quartet® 48" Cork Message Bar with Aluminum Frame:

I love the IDEA of this product, however, there are 2 major flaws that make it practically useless. One, the mounting materials supplied (double stick foam pieces or self-stick magnets)just don't hold up. I cannot speak for the magnets, but the double stick foam pieces don't offer enough support (maybe if they double the number they give you it would help?). But honestly there should really be a way to nail or screw this into the wall. I hung this up yesterday with the foam, and less than 24 hours later it has fallen off the wall and ripped a large chunk of paint off the drywall. Secondly, the cork isn't thick enough to push a pushpin all the way in. You hit the aluminum behind the cork, so you're left with a wobbly, unsecure pin desperately trying to keep your paper in place. For [$] they should use a little more cork! Just adding 1/8" would probably fix this problem. What a joke! The whole point of this product is to hang on your wall and hold papers by means of thumb tacks. But it doesn't manage to complete either task, at least, not for more than a few hours. Be prepared to rig up a better way to hang it, and if there is such a thing as shorter push pins I suggest you buy them.

Comments about Quartet® 48" Cork Message Bar with Aluminum Frame:

I mounted the strip in our meeting room. I pin poster boards to it to list topics for discussion