I bought the command strips to hold the lighted garland around my door. I recently (october) repainted my front door, door surround, and porch, so I did not want to staple the decorations as I've done in the past. I went out and bought some command hooks to hold everything. I followed the directions to a T and within 24 hours, most of the hooks had fallen off and my decorations were a mess. I followed the directions again and placed the 4 remaining hooks up as well. Half of these stayed and I used masking tape to make the rest stay. When we got home from visiting our families for Christmas, my decorations were all over the porch and some of the hooks had ripped off and ripped my newly painted paint off with them. I am not pleased at all. They're supposed to be "damage free" and easy to remove.