I usually geek out myself on stuff for the fun of it, but if anyone wants to chime in to shortcut that process I'd appreciate it.
I've lost faith on this one.
I want to get some new hangers (for suits, pants, shirts, coats; nothing specialized like tie gadgets and such).
All the hangers recommended on "best hangers" lists I see on the internet seem to me, sorry to say, pretty awful. I've had them, and its just not what you want for nice stuff. The "velvet" hangers are pretty decent for shirts but they tend to have square tops or be too narrow and leave the wrong shape. When I do use them I sometimes will use two or three stacked together. And one nice way to make outfits and save space is to put three shirts on three thin hangers that match a jacket or overshirt and then put that heavier thing on all three together, with the shirts inside. It can wrinkle a bit but it saves a ton of space and makes outfits grab-and-go.
But most of the hangers are too thin, or the shoulder isn't broad enough for my stuff, or the hook doesn't rotate, or they smell funny, and they are too narrow a bar for slacks and leave a crease, or aren't flocked and the pants slip, or they have a mechanism to grip pants that is a pain to use or wrinkles them, and the hook is too close to the top so that items with a big collar hit the bar. And so on.
I bought some pretty fancy heavy wood suit hangers a couple years ago that were actually branded as one piece, a key point for me, and of course it turned out they weren't. Like most, they were made of a center part and two ends, and fused with glue. But the sanding or alignment wasn't perfect, so there was a bump of a tenth of a millimeter or whatever, so if you pulled your clothes they might get pilled or fibers torn.
Kirby Allison hangers turned out to be the best bet in that regard. They aren't perfect but they are pretty close for many purposes. They come in four sizes, and while six would be better, it's pretty good. But they cost a fortune. Is Butler Luxury a better bet? They seems to square at the end (from the photos), and maybe too much slope.
Is there something functionally as good as a Kirby Allison hanger (doesn't have to look as good) that costs $6 instead of $33? It should 1/ swivel, 2/ have the correct shoulder shape (meaning slight curve down and in, with a tip that is curved and wide), 3/ have the correct shoulder size (a variety is great but if it only comes in one size it's probably too small for me), 4/ have enough straight line in the hook so they hang down a bit from the bar, but not too far down or the clothes drag on the bottom of the half-closet, 5/ not smell 6/ not stick to clothes (but friction is good), 6/ not grab at threads due to any paint bumps or uneven finishes or fused parts, 7/ have a pants bar (so, suit hangers), although a few that aren't like this would be ok to get.
I welcome suggestions! I don't know why this is such a hard product to get right. I even know how I'd make a good one. Maybe I just ought to.
Don't even get me started on umbrellas.