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TESA is the brand on my side of the pond that has similar products, but I've never seen them advertised to work on coarser walls like drywall or - as another commenter mentioned - painted brick, they'll work best on tile. And then only for fairly light loads.

For heavier duty stuff, there's double-sided foam tape, ideally the one for bathrooms since they're reinforced with a fiberglass (I presume) mesh and are more water resistant. We use some of those to stick an ikea shower shelving unit in the corner in our bathroom, I didn't want to put screws in the walls. Also because I don't trust this thing won't start rusting and looking tatty within a few years.




Painted drywall is not coarse. Unless it's textured of course, but who does that? Command strips are explicitly designed for painted drywall.




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