LEOPO12 inch Shelf Brackets for DIY Floating Shelf, 1/5 inch Thick Heavy Duty Bracket, Fit for Home, Kitchen, Living Room, Bathroom, Bedroom,Garage,11.25” x 6” x 1.5” 6 Pack

These are nicely manufactured in that they are all exactly the same (with no variations) and with nice countersunk holes for the provided black flat head wood screws. I used a stained 1x12 #2 whitewood (Eastern Pine) from Lowes for the shelves. With these brackets solidly installed into wall studs at 32" on center (every other stud) the 1x12 shelf will easily support a heavy book load. I like the look better than the brackets that have the vertical leg below the shelf. It looks a lot cleaner.It is probably inevitable that your stud layout will result in a bracket or two needing to be installed between solid wood studs. In this case, do NOT use the sheetrock wall anchors provided with the brackets as they will pull out of the wall under an appreciable load. Instead, get some "Snaptoggle" toggle bolts and replace the provided bolts with #10-24 x 1.25" flat head machine screws in black. These toggle bolts are incredibly strong and easy to install.I am adding a postscript to my review regarding bracket spacing recommendations. With a heavy book load, the 1x12 shelf boards don't sag with the brackets spaced 32" apart, however I have found that the brackets themselves are overstressed by about 30% (they are only rated at 80# each.) Heavy books weigh up to about 40# per lineal foot so the maximum spacing of the brackets should be 24" apart. At 32" apart, they won't pull out of the wall if they are fastened into studs but they will sag a little bit back to front under this load. In retrospect, I should have gone with the brackets spaced 16" apart where the shelf supports the heavy book load.

Great value for the price.

The quality is excellent! Heavy, thick smooth black coating. Definitely worth it.

Worked great, good and sturdy

The 12" board I got is heavy as heck. The brackets fit in perfectly with my workbench build. It's just a shelf but it's a very heavy duty shelf so I needed heavy duty brackets. Drilled into studs, very sturdy. Looks great.

These are plenty strong, but they do have some give. Once on the wall in my kitchen, I can bow one with just my hand, no other load on it. Still, it supports the wood I used, plus added appliances (bread maker, crockpot, etc, without issue.)Only one spot had no available stud, so I had to use anchors. I don't like them and used heavier duty anchors from Menards.Overall satisfied, but I would like better anchors to match the heavy duty advertising.

I really like how these included a magnetic level and all the anchors!

Heavy duty.