Coolaroo Shade Fabric Accessories Black Butterfly Clips for Shade Fabric Attachment and Placement, (20 Count)

Happy customer, works well

I don’t know what the reviews are talking about them being hard to install or that you need a pair of pliers. I installed 14 of them on a 23’ x12’ shade with my bare hands no problem. I did however use a pair of pliers to grip them together after they snapped in place with my fingers just in case but I don’t actually think it helped at all. Fingers were fine and really easy to install. They held up to a pretty decent wind storm already. Actually the bungee cords I used broke in the wind but these stayed perfectly in tact. The trick to installing them is to just make sure the fabric goes around the little nubs before you snap them. Use your fingers to get the nub side through the fabric before you snap them and you will love them. Well worth the money.

These work really well, but they can be a pain to use. They will not clamp on with more than a single fold of the coolaroo material, the teeth are not long enough, sharp enough, or stout enough to punch and hold. You will also need a good size pair of pliers to make them bite. Otherwise, they have held up very well. I used them to hang two large sheets under our pergola - and even through the terrible wind and rain we've had over the past month, there are no signs of loosening or tearing. I connected them to simple twist in brass hooks that fit right in the center hole, so I can take them up and down as necessary. Much better than stapling or using wires.

We used a couple dozen of these on a huge patio shade we made about 6 years ago, and we just bought more to build another one. The clips on the old one were still in great shape when I took it down to repair some of the wooden structure it was attached to. I think you'll find that one of the wood, the fastener/screws, or the shade cloth itself will fail long before these do.

These were easy to use, held the Coolaroo fabric securely, and had sufficient holes and hooks to fasten rope, wire, etc. But I found the Coolaroo fabric too stretchy with these, looked a little sloppy, so I fabricated a frame from wood lathe / strips, wrapped the fabric and stapled it. Much better looking and finished for small panels.

Others have said you need pliers to squeeze these together so I was prepared for that. I was using 3/8" cable to hang these on my patio and the clips worked perfect and slide without problems. Initially, I tried to clip the shade directly to the wire but realized it was uneven and strands of cloth were blocking the prongs of the clips making it difficult to close, even with pliers. I put the sunshade on my floor and placed the prong side of the clip through the material at even intervals and worked past the strands of cloth easily. I then put the sunscreen, with clips half-attached, against the cable and closed them BY HAND easily. I hope this tip helps as these clips get the job done.

Coolaroo needs to improve this product. They become brittle and break. I bought three 20-packs two years ago and installed them holding three 6' x 30' runs of shade cloth spanned lengthwise between nylon coated cables. This setup shades my back yard from the intense sun here in Southern California. The cables slide through the clips and are rather loosely spanned, not taut. Despite claiming three times in their product description that their plastic is "UV stabilized to provide lasting protection from the sun's rays," ten of the 60 clips have deteriorated and broken at the bend, rendering them useless. Several others are half broken. I believe I can expect to have to replace all of them eventually. There is an additional flaw. Two years ago when I was attaching the clips to the shade cloth, several of the plastic barbed pins (two per clip) broke while pressing the clips together around the shade cloth. I pressed them together carefully using finger force, not a hammer or pliers. This frailties are unacceptable. With all we know about plastics and UV rays nowadays, shame on Coolaroo for manufacturing such an inferior product. UPDATE August 2020 Nearly all of the rest of the 60 clips now have either partially broken (one half of the cable loop) or completely broken. The "UV stabilized" plastic becomes brittle in the sun.

These clips are awesome. They hold on to cloth of any kind and won't let go. We used them to hold a huge shade on the most windy side of the house and they held up all winter and are still holding. Very good value. Color goes well with our tarp color. Made putting up shade tarps possible for us.

Quality is good. I got white instead of black it's, no problem but got 19 out of 20 that's cheating. Can't return for 1 pieces.

Built a half pergola topped with Coolaro shade cloth. Used clips to secure cloth to tensioned airplane wire. Worked perfectly as advertised. Easy to use. However, not designed to be re-opened. So if that is your plan, expect to destroy a few.

Used this to mount shadecloth around a patio, very easy to clip.. re-usable if your careful about removal.. strong hold. Fantastic and versatile.

The clips are very hard to close and is not user friendly.

Not great, cheaply made and flimsy, they come apart in a small gust of wind.