CoolarooShade Fabric Accessories Black Butterfly Clips for Shade Fabric Attachment and Placement, (20 Count)

I like that the kit has everything you need for attaching or seaming together webbed shade cloth. It seems to be holding up well in our intensely hot weather.

These are easy to use and grab onto fabric very well, preventing tearing of the fabric. Along with a coated wire cable, these worked great to hang our homemade awning.

I ordered the coolaroo lace and 'needle' for lacing coolaroo fabric and it works great for that. The regular price of $12 is rather steep, my 1st roll was $8, and I just got 3 more when they were on sale for $6. I did stock up because of the sale and I know I'll use it.We grow shade loving plants and concentrate on some less common (Asimina triloba - paw paw) and some now rare ones (Goldenseal and ginseng). We reuse trampoline nets for some and trampoline pads for some, depending on the level of shade required. We also have used coolaroo fabric, but of course recycling trampoline nets and pads keeps them out of the landfill longer. They last a lot longer than tarps and are free, so we get them every time someone is throwing away a trampoline. They allow water through so when used outside over plants, the plants still get water.ANYWAY, the coolaroo string lasts a long time, and doesn't degrade in the heat of the hoophouse or outside. The lacing needle is very convenient if we can lay the fabric on the ground to sew it together. Often times we can't as we're working overhead, so we cut lengths of coolaroo lace (string) , overlap the nets a bit and tie them together.The coolaroo lace, lacing needle and fabric are good quality products.

Love the fact that this is on a roll and the needle is flexible. I am using it on my 30' x 60' dog kennel. The top has rails with no climb equine fence 6' high. The top rail has fencing all the way to the top so I cold not wrap the ends around the top rail. This is a great soltion as the needle easily wraps the cord and gives the stability needed to secre the roll around a rail and start a strip of shade fabric. To secure on the other side I am using a long strip of wood with the fabric wrapped around it a few times for stability and strength as to not put pressure on points buut all the way around the strip, then sewing and screwing the wood end cloth covered strip to the top rail. This roll of heavy string is very easy to use and seems to be of good quality. The needle and spool can be reused. Since I have livestock, the needle and spool will more than likely be used with hay bale twine in the future. ( Yes, hay twine and duct tape are still in my inventory for repairs)Love this needle because the eye is huge and the needle is flexible. I love it.

These were easy to use, held the Coolaroo fabric securely, and had sufficient holes and hooks to fasten rope, wire, etc. But I found the Coolaroo fabric too stretchy with these, looked a little sloppy, so I fabricated a frame from wood lathe / strips, wrapped the fabric and stapled it. Much better looking and finished for small panels.

I tried butterfly clips to attach shade cloth and found them extremely difficult to close, so I bought this cord and needle with the idea that I would fold shade cloth over the guy wire and sew it. The needle included with the cord was way too big for my purpose; it was very hard to pull the cord through a double layer. I found a pack of "assorted yarn needles" on Amazon which were much smaller and worked beautifully. The one I used was about 2.5" long with a bent tip that helped guide it. The resulting seam feels secure and looks great -- much more even than other methods. It was time-consuming but not difficult to sew. A few tips: Clip the shade cloth to the guy wire every 12" or so with binder clips or similar before starting. It worked best for me to sew from underneath so I could see the woven lines on the shade cloth against the sky, and line them up for a straight seam. Aim the needle in between the woven lines; if you hit those, it's very hard to pull the needle through. I made stitches about 1/2" long. I tied the ends and then seared the tail to seal it and keep it from unraveling.

I don’t know what the reviews are talking about them being hard to install or that you need a pair of pliers. I installed 14 of them on a 23’ x12’ shade with my bare hands no problem. I did however use a pair of pliers to grip them together after they snapped in place with my fingers just in case but I don’t actually think it helped at all. Fingers were fine and really easy to install. They held up to a pretty decent wind storm already. Actually the bungee cords I used broke in the wind but these stayed perfectly in tact. The trick to installing them is to just make sure the fabric goes around the little nubs before you snap them. Use your fingers to get the nub side through the fabric before you snap them and you will love them. Well worth the money.

Coolaroo needs to improve this product. They become brittle and break. I bought three 20-packs two years ago and installed them holding three 6' x 30' runs of shade cloth spanned lengthwise between nylon coated cables. This setup shades my back yard from the intense sun here in Southern California. The cables slide through the clips and are rather loosely spanned, not taut.Despite claiming three times in their product description that their plastic is "UV stabilized to provide lasting protection from the sun's rays," ten of the 60 clips have deteriorated and broken at the bend, rendering them useless. Several others are half broken. I believe I can expect to have to replace all of them eventually.There is an additional flaw. Two years ago when I was attaching the clips to the shade cloth, several of the plastic barbed pins (two per clip) broke while pressing the clips together around the shade cloth. I pressed them together carefully using finger force, not a hammer or pliers.This frailties are unacceptable. With all we know about plastics and UV rays nowadays, shame on Coolaroo for manufacturing such an inferior product.UPDATE August 2020Nearly all of the rest of the 60 clips now have either partially broken (one half of the cable loop) or completely broken. The "UV stabilized" plastic becomes brittle in the sun.

Quality is good. I got white instead of black it's, no problem but got 19 out of 20 that's cheating. Can't return for 1 pieces.

Bought sturdy poles form the hardware store, sprayed them black and inserted them into hems I had made. Gave it weight & support. Bought another roll to add down the side for shade in the afternoon. Now I have shade I didn't have before over my pergola!!

Built a half pergola topped with Coolaro shade cloth. Used clips to secure cloth to tensioned airplane wire. Worked perfectly as advertised. Easy to use. However, not designed to be re-opened. So if that is your plan, expect to destroy a few.

Quality product. Would recommend.

Not bending perfectlyHard materialWaste of money