The majority  of our internal walls are plasterboard on timber studs with 60cm or 24″ centres. As such we have had to use a lot of anchors when we put anything on our walls. This includes putting up:

• Photos
• Clocks
• Shelves
• Prints
• Artwork
• Coatrack
• etc.

Having the timber framing 60cm, or 24″, apart adds to the weakness of the walls. Our home in Canada had 16″ centres, which seemed to make a significant difference in strength. I’m also not too sure how thick the plasterboard / drywall is, but I reckon it’s pretty thin, as it is far weaker than the walls we had back in Canada.

This video by Project Farm does a very good breakdown of different kind of wall anchors that can be used in our plasterboard. Many I have tried myself, but this is a great test:

The winner according to this video is the E-Z Ancor Drywall Toggle Anchor, which of course is not available here in Australia. The best that I can find that is close is the Ramset Super Wallmate, which is available at Bunnings for about $2.00 each.

Ramset Super WallMate 8 x 64mm Zinc Alloy Toggle With Screw

While I have not tried that specific anchor myself, next time I need to purchase some anchors to put a large item on our plasterboard wall I reckon I’ll give the Ramset Super Wallmate a try.