Delta El Greco Ceiling Hoist :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Great for bicycles

2008-10-03
I purchased four of these to try and get the bicycles in my garage out of the way. Mounting them correctly takes a bit of time, and you do want to ensure you mount them correctly. I think they are rated for 50lbs, and I anchored mine in to the ceiling with 4-50lb anchors. Once they are up they are really easy to use. The hoist has a safety catch on it that won't let the item you're lifting fall unless you pull the cord in one direction. I would caution however(and this isn't a flaw with the ceiling hoist, but was more of an issue of my mounting), that if you quickly release the tension on the cord, and drop the bicycles(or whatever you are hanging), it has the potential to exert a lot more force on the hoist. When I quickly dropped the bicycle down, one of the hoists came out of the ceiling and pulled the anchors I put them up with with it. Once I secured it back up with stronger and additional anchors though, I had no problems. Each hoist has 2 parts which can accomodate up to 8 screws in it. If you manage to hit a stud, you can easily get away with just 4.

Overall these are a great item and I plan to buy more of them to make room in my garage.

Poor Quality

2008-09-23
You get what you pay for with this lift. If you want a quality, keep shopping.

Works great.

2008-08-18
Looks good and works good! Just need to replace the screws it comes with. Use 3 to 3 1/2 inch wood screws. Also make sure you have high ceilings at leat 10 feet. If not the bike will hang low. I have 10ft ceiling in my garage and the bike clears my truck fine. Good product. I will buy it again if I get another bike.

Fantastic product, but you will definitely need to buy screws

2008-08-12
My husband and I recently purchased two of these pulley systems to store our bicycles with. The whole system is very easy to use and install. As many other people have mentioned, the screws that come with the kit are really low quality and I definitely recommend purchasing better screws.

We mounted both kits to the ceiling of our garage and they work beautifully. We are able to store our bikes above head level so that they are out of the way and not taking up any floor space.

I highly recommend this product as long as you remember to buy better screws.

Kayak storage

2008-08-07
I purchased two units too hang my kayaks tight against my garage ceiling. I needed to do some modifications since the bike hooks didn't work for this application. I swapped out the hook pulley for another straight pully to hang clips off of it and webbing. This worked well although I could not use the cord locks since that required pulling the rope from directly underneath the pulley and the kayaks were in the way. All in all is was cost affective approach and worked well when complete.

Bike Hoist did the job

2008-06-10
Bike Lift and Ceiling Hoist. Raise and store a bike up and out of the way. Easily holds a bicycle, kayak, ladder, etc. Efficient pulley system helps you left and lower heavier objects. Engineered for long durable performance; finished in tough silver powdercoat. Includes mounting hardware and full instructions. Maximum load 50lbs (23Kgs).

Great idea!

2008-05-30
I purchased two of these because we wanted to get our bikes up off the garage floor (actually my bike was still in the living room from Christmas because we just didn't have room in the garage). My husband installed them without complaint and so far, everything is great. This is really a good solution to storing a bike! I would recommend this to everyone!

This is a Great Device

2008-04-16
I bought 2 of these for my garage and they work great!!!! I bought these after seeing a similar product for about $40.00 and checked Amazon and found these for half the price.They were easy to install but I used my own hex head screws with a large fender washer----just for my peace of mind. I have 14' ceilings in my garage which made the provided rope about 2 or 3 foot short but I will manage. The device works like a mini blind, pull the rope to the left and the bike lowers, pull it to the right and it locks. My 100lb wife has no trouble operating the hoist.

A "super" hoist

2008-02-08
I bought two of these and used them to hoist my two kayaks up to the garage rafters. They went up slick and easy -- and out of the way. Great product. I'd recommend them without reservation.

Mike Brand.

Great for garage

2007-11-18
I have house cats with claws, so the ceiling hoist in the garage is a tire and stress saver: easy to install (I used a 1 by 6 five-foot board to secure the hoist to the beams) and easy (actually, fun) to use once it is up. The line locking device was a nice surprise. I read somewhere that the screws that come with it are no good, so I bought new wood screws for the hoist and the board and never even tried the screws that came in the box. The one thing to note here is that I have only been using the hoist to store my mountain bike for about three weeks. If the parts or the line will hold up over long wear, I don't know. If freezing temperatures or the humidity in the garage will affect the parts, I don't know. I do know that not worrying about cats leaping up to bike stands to puncture rubber and not worrying about cats slipping out of the house while I navigate the bike out the door is heavenly. I ride more because I bought this product.