Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm shocked this has so many five-star reviews. Attached photos: first, this kit, installed. second and third, my replacement, using Key-Bak retractors. A. These things have *terrible* retraction-force. I don't have a tool handy to measure it, but it has to be less than half-an-oz — four of them, installed across approx. six horizontal feet, can't even hold the weight of a perfectly-still cord — it would always droop down to approximately half extension, unless I manually took ahold of the cord, and “pushed” it back into place, giving these weak things a chance to retract. B. The adhesive may work well for wood, as stated by another reviewer; but it *definitely* does not hold to drop-ceiling panels, nor to concrete (two sets tested.) The adhesive lasted less than one month before hooks began to fall down. Use a more permanent mounting-system, if you can. C. The mini-carabiners are as shoddy in quality as the other two components (although, to be fair, that matters less in this situation.) Unrelated to the installation of the Vive, my partner accidentally pulled on one — not hard, just a slight yank — and the silver arm broke *entirely off of* the black karabiner. Like, wow. ---- The idea, however, is sound — I've built my own, *much more robust*, solution, using Key-Bak-brand retractors. These are small, extremely robust, available in various form-factors / retraction-forces, made in America, and (due to having to use fewer of them), would be actually *cheaper* than this system (if you didn't experiment with different strengths, as I have.) After some experimentation, I would recommend one (or two) Key-Bak Sidekick Heavy Duty (4 oz. retraction-force) holding up the middle of the cable, and a single Key-Bak MID6 (6 oz. retraction force) at the end of the ‘chain’, supporting the weight of the rest of the cord leading down to the head-unit, wherever you keep it. (I finally resorted to drilling tiny eye-hooks into the concrete to support these, although a less-permanent solution is probably also possible. I also experimented with the Key-Bak SECURIT Heavy Duty, 8 oz. retraction force form; but it was too strong, in my opinion.)