Plastic or wire hangers?

@Sherry12 (2472)
United States
May 31, 2008 12:25pm CST
Do you like to use the plastic or wire hangers? I've been using a combination of both. The plastic ones are easier to use and don't get all tangled up. I just don't like to pay for the plastic ones when I can get the wire ones for free. Which do you use and which do you like best? Are the plastic ones really better for your clothes? I have't been able to tell a difference.
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5 responses
• United States
1 Jun 08
I prefer plastic hangars becasue they don't ruin the shoulders of my shirts. I now they cost a bit more? but over time if you get a few here and there, they never rust out and it's good to have them.
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@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
5 Jun 08
Thank you that is right.
@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
1 Jun 08
Well, I just re-organized our closet and we had a combination of wire and plastic. I bought new plastic hangers because I wanted to get rid of the wire hangers. They tend to not hold our clothes as neat. I hate I had to spend the money to get the plastic hangers but in the long run it will save me some time getting the clothes fluffed or ironed when I take them off the hangers. God bless.
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@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
2 Jun 08
Yes they will save you time. I think they are probably worth paying for. Thanks for answering.
@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
31 May 08
After using the wire ones for years, I've gotten to where I prefer the plastic ones. They're bigger so our shirts don't slide off one side. Also they don't leave any marks on our clothes like the wire ones will do sometimes.
@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
2 Jun 08
I do like the way the hold the clothes. Thank you.
@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
31 May 08
My mom used to use wire hangers when I was a kid and I carried on doing that when I got married till I found my fave white t-shirt with rust stains on the neck and shoulders from the wire hanger. After that, I went out and bought several dozen plastic ones and that's all we use to this day. I have a couple wire hangers but they are for fixing mufflers and such.
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@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
2 Jun 08
Thank you. I had never thought of that, I did have a stain on the neck of a shirt and I couldn't figure out how it got there. It must have been from the hanger.
• United States
31 May 08
That's a great question! I laugh because my boyfriend and I argue all the time about hangers! I like the plastic ones, in fact, I HATE wire hangers, the get bent all out of shape, if clothes are heavy, they fall off of them and end up in a heap on the closet floor... I just hate them! But, my boyfriend keeps a stash of wire hangers in our basement and insists on hanging his clothes on them in the closet! UGH!!! Lol
@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
2 Jun 08
LOL, my husband seems to like the wire ones too. Those are the ones he always uses. He even had a handful of my plastic ones and ask if they could be thrown away.