Hydrofarm StackIt Drying Rack | 28 Stainless Clips, 22.4 lb

What the Hydrofarm StackIt Drying Rack Carries

Twenty-eight stainless clips hang from a stainless frame, and the whole assembly is metal with no fabric anywhere in it. Each clip measures 2.3 in long and is rated to hold 0.8 lb. Across the full set that comes to 22.4 lb on the frame. Frame footprint is 13.5 x 19.75 in, and the unit ships flat in a 20.0 x 14.0 x 2.4 in carton at 2.05 lb. A lockable hanging hook sits at the top, so the rack cannot lift off its mount when somebody knocks into it. Its part number is DR28HANG, with UPC 638104020947 and GTIN-14 10638104020944. Stainless matters more here than it looks. A dry room runs at high humidity by design, and plated or painted steel in that air starts to bloom rust inside a season. Stainless also takes an alcohol wipe between runs without losing its finish. The clips are the part that does the real work. A spring clip takes a branch by the stem and holds it with no tie, no hook and no loop of string. That is what makes a rack like this quicker to load than a line.

Hanging a Stainless Steel Drying Rack in a Dry Room

A stainless steel drying rack earns its keep in a room that stays humid for weeks at a time. A branch hung stem-up dries from the outside in, with air free to move around every face of it. Laid flat on a mesh tier, the underside rests against the fabric and gives up moisture more slowly than the top does. That difference is what turns up as uneven dryness when a run gets cut short. Hanging also keeps the flower shape intact, since nothing presses on the tissue while it is still soft. Load the rack by stripping the lower leaves first and clipping each branch on a bare section of stem. A clip set onto leaf material tears loose as the branch dries and shrinks. Leave gaps between branches rather than filling every jaw on the frame. Two-thirds loaded with air moving between the pieces beats fully loaded with none. A slow dry in a dark room near sixty degrees and sixty percent relative humidity is what most growers aim at. Point the fan at a wall rather than at the rack, so the air turns over without blasting the material. The lockable hook earns its place in a tall room where the rack gets loaded at arm's length. Wipe the jaws down between harvests, because resin builds up there and weakens the grip.

Key Features

• Twenty-eight stainless clips: Each holds 0.8 lb, for 22.4 lb across the loaded frame.
• All-stainless construction: No fabric and no plating to bloom rust in dry-room humidity.
• 2.3 in clip length: Long enough to take a bare stem section without crushing it.
• Lockable hanging hook: Stops the rack lifting off its mount when it gets knocked.
• 13.5 x 19.75 in frame: Sits on a tent crossbar or a dry-room rail without overhanging.
• Wipes down clean: An alcohol wipe between runs does not harm the stainless finish.
• Ships flat: At 2.05 lb in a shallow carton it stores against a wall.

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