20 Pieces Jeans Button Tack Buttons Snap Fastener Press Studs Metal Replacement Kit with Storage Box, Diameter 17MM(0.67 Inch) (Style 5)

Had a jacket with loose buttons that were falling out, used the punch to fasten it back in, and it worked beautifully! Be sure to use the metal cylinder the proper way, flat side for flat fasteners, the beveled side for snap fasteners.

This seemed the solution to save a pair of denim jeans whose waist button fell off after only 2 months. Ultimately, it worked and the price was better than paying a local clothing alterations store.The problem: after installing it, the setting rod would not come out of the tack button. Period. No wiggling. No leeway. Just jammed. It took 15 minutes, a vice and a flat head screwdriver to pry the setting rod out. The button head is a bit mangled on the edges now, but at least I have a wearable pair of pants again.Note: NO instructions come with this product. I recommend the instructions posted by Brian Crow in these reviews. He's very clear.The storage box does not stay closed after opening. You'll need tape or a rubber band to store it for the next time you need it.

I think the problem from reading the previous reviews is that people are not using the right tools and setting it up incorrectly. This is why they're getting bad results. There are 2 sides to the round anvil. 1 flat and 1 with a conical shape in the center. The conical side is for another kind of rivet not included in this kit. The tack flat end should be sitting on the round anvil's flat not conical side inserted through the material. This preferably on a hard immovable surface like a concrete floor-very important. Put the button on the tack point through the hole in the bottom of the button. Then insert the setting tool rod into the hole in the button. Using a small hammer hit the setting tool a few times. This should cause the tack to mushroom in the button and set it in the fabric. The setting rod can be wiggled out fairly easily. It does pivot a little after being set which is Ok and not a problem. I've measured the tack and it's the same size as the one I replaced. If you try to put it in the same hole it came out of and the fabric is worn it will probably pull through. It should be relocated to the nearest area of sound fabric. All in all it's a good value, and as sturdy as most of the others.

I bought style #5 of these, the ones with the flower. Mine worked just fine once I got the hang of it.The very first one was a little wonky and I bent the flat back of the pin, but I wasn't holding the rod firmly enough (that's what she said).Press the pin in through the back of the fabric, and place the flat back on the flat side of the included base. Put the button on top and then the rod in the center. Here's where it takes some practice. Press down on the rod with an even pressure to keep the pieces steady on the base, and keep it as vertical and level as possible. I used my index, middle finger and thumb to hold, while using my pinky on the floor to steady my hand. I was also sitting on the floor- being above your project to be able to look down and make sure you are keeping the rod straight helps a lot. Hammer a few times and check that it's connected. It doesn't take too much force. They are VERY lightweight which is the only bummer, and the diameter of the button is just slightly smaller than the ones I was replacing. But they do work!

The tack fills up the end of the rod as you're hammering, really gotta whack the crap the rod onto your hammer to free it.I used a 5/8" wrench as a hammer and my hammer's head on my leg as the anvil. As I said, the tack filled the rod up as it mushroomed out and i couldn't get it to hammer down any more. After the process there is about a sixteenth inch of play between the tack and button, but it seems pretty solid.I'll keep looking for something a little more durable, I broke my button on my pants because I'm too stubborn to buy new ones as I gain weight. Not sure how long it's going to last. If you wear a civilized size of pants this will probably be fine for you.

***Very important***Forget the pieces, get it for the punch. The thing works great. Just make sure you use the old button that came loose. I tried the buttons that came with it; awful garbage. But, if you use the tool on the front and back that came off of your pants/jeans, it works amazing. Luckily I was home and I caught both, and reused them. Works amazing.

These are very sturdy button replacements as long as you be careful putting them on. You can over tighten them by hammering too hard too many times.

the replacement buttons worked great, but no instructions included so, here is how you do it.1. insert a tack through the inner part of the jean (to the left or right of the hole from the old button)2. on the outer part of the jean, insert the button over the tack3. on a hard surface insert the rod into the hole on the button. Using a hammer pound the tack down connecting the button and the tack.If that wasn't clear enough, google how to replace a jean button. It is super simple.

I bought these buttons because the photos made them look more robust than the ones I have been using from a local fabric store. The locally bought buttons use a steel "tack" which is held in place by barbs in the rear of the button to fasten them to the fabric. This makes installation easy and works well, but sometimes the thin steel breaks if you stress them hard while wearing the jeans. These buttons use a much thicker rivet instead of a tack, and I expected them to be much stronger, but the rivets are such soft aluminum that not only do they fail easily during use, but installing them results in several failed attempts before one actually holds properly. Also the riveting tool design tends to bend the rivet over rather than mushroom it properly, so that even when the button fastens to the fabric, the result looks ugly since the mangled rivet is visible from the front in the center of the button. The rivets are so cheap that I took me four tries before I got a button to hold in the fabric, and that button lasted for one day before the flimsy head of the rivet bent over so badly the button pulled out of the denim. After two more failed attempts, I have the seventh button in place for just ONE repair, but I have no idea how long this one will last. Note that I am not a novice installing rivets, these ones are just awful quality. If you need to replace a button on your jeans skip these pathetic products and buy one of the hundreds of replacement buttons out there which use tack and barb fastening instead of the flimsy hole and rivet method used by these ones.

These things are super flimsy. I work on complicated airplane systems for a living, so you think I'd be able to put these on pants. The "tack" that you need to put on and "mushroom" so the button can hold on is such bad metal, that the second you tap it with a hammer, it starts bending and deforming so the button you're installing ends up looking like this: / rather than straight up like: I. Tried multiple times to hammer then straight to no avail. Just living with crooked buttons for the time being.

as described

No instructions, eventually figured out how to install them. It does the job for the price I paid.

not that easy to fix!