200N/44lbs HOWDIA Gas Struts Soft Open Lid Hinge for Cabinet Toy Box Safety Lift Support

Duncan: Almost three times more powerful than the ones that came with the kitchen and needed for a day double for combination to hide a boiler!

United Kingdom on Dec 27, 2023

guy houle: très bien

Canada on Dec 05, 2023

Betty: Easy fit by myself

United Kingdom on Oct 31, 2023

Pete Saunders: I bought two to support a 1200mm x 550mm opening lid of a window seat made from 18mm plywood. I only need one ...Great product

United Kingdom on May 26, 2023

t meakings: Exactly as described, good quality product very easy to install

United Kingdom on Jul 15, 2021

Mark: These work great! I installed them on my hinged lids to the storage under the seats in my pop-up camper, one per lid, and it works perfectly to hold the lid up when open and stays closed when closed. Perfect for my needs.

United States on Jun 28, 2021

G SmithG Smith: I bought these to replace the defective and poorly designed pistons in my pool towel box. You’ll see in the pic I had to use some pieces of wood to install these. They work great. The 100N strength might be a bit too strong for the lightweight top, but I’ve managed to overcome that. I no longer have any fears that the box top will drop on someone’s head or hand when they go get a towel.

United States on Jun 18, 2020

B.Ninja: Bought these to replace a cheaper pair of hinges that fell apart on install. Installation was simple although the instructions were written only on the clear plastic bag; no separate instruction sheet with the spacing numbers.
Once installed I realized they do not slow the last 3-4" of the close action, they do raise the lid completely after opening only a few inches. I will see if I can upload a video later.

United States on Jan 06, 2020

Katherine A. DaleyKatherine A. Daley: Well, let’s say that I bought this product in-spite of the challenges many others had posted about.

After completing my installation I can tell you why others were challenged as was I.

This product is designed for cabinets with horizontal doors. Think of a hinge covered toy box flipped over on its front side and mount the bottom to the wall up near the ceiling. These gas shocks were designed to hold up that front door and is not designed to give you a soft close as the description indicates (like some stated after mounting to a toy box). I myself, installed them on a large hope chest made of heavy cherry and cedar. The tongue weight of the lid alone was 22 lbs. which is why I was interested in this product. After installation, it did what I wanted them to do, which was to hold up this heavy lid and added the benefit of opening assist after ½ way up. By no means, do these struts offer a soft close. So, if you are considering this for your kid’s toy box, then move on to another product. The reason there is no soft close is due to its design. By the time the cover is closed, the strut has reached it’s full compression and therefore, no...

United States on Sep 30, 2019

Cosmo: Mounted one strut on our airstream medicine cabinet door. It was quite heavy and didn’t stay open, so always a problem. Although measuring and mounting the strut was difficult in the tight space we had, we are very happy with the initial result. Product came quickly and was priced fairly. There were two mounting plates to use with different orientations but since the package didn’t contain an explanation, this took us some time to figure out. Also, the measurements given were in mm only- it would have been nice to also have empirical measurements for use in USA.

United States on Jul 19, 2019