
Ctrl-f through for "pull-out" to see all the ratings. Update: I'm not endorsing any particular brand, but the data sheet here is quite good at listing the strength of sheet metal screws and fine threaded drywall screws in metal. They'll take a bit longer to get in, but they're quite strong. Most drywall screws are only available in the #6-#8 size (and overwhelmingly it's only #6s with a few #7s), so if you need to do something heavy like a bookshelf, wall-mounted desk, mirror, etc., you can get #12 sheet metal screws. Toggler's going to take a few minutes at least to put in. With practice you should be able to drill into a stud in ~5 seconds. They'll still take way longer than going into the metal studs though, which takes very little time. Best part is: this is how your drywall's already being held to the studs, so if you ever remove what you've mounted, you simply drill the screw in a bit below the surface of the wall, plaster over it, and you're done.īy all means, if you have parts of something heavy you're mounting that don't go over the stud, use a toggler behind the drywall there. If you need more strength, add more screws.

You can drill 3-4 of those things in in less time than a toggler takes to install. Personally I like the non-drilling ones and put them through a small pilot hole so I can make sure they don't go in crooked.

You'll have an easier time going in with the self-drilling kind (they look like they have a little drill bit on the end), though some people go through without them just fine.


They often take 3/8" to 1/2" holes to insert, which is barely lower than the width of a lot of steel studs.įor most applications, use the same thing that is holding those heavy gypsum boards up in the first place: fine-threaded drywall screws. Especially if you're going into the kind of small, lightweight ~25 gauge steel studs you'll find in most condo apartments, you'll find that putting one of those toggles through a steel stud to be as good or even weaker than simply going through the drywall. The hole you need to drill is wide, so you're scraping out a lot of the stud just to make it. I've had very poor experiences anchoring into steel studs using toggles.
