Blum CLIP Top Concealed Hinge in Nickel for Tight-Clearance Full Overlay Doors

This Blum CLIP top hinge brings BLUMOTION soft-close and INSERTA tool-free mounting to full overlay doors where a 95-degree swing is the right fit, on both frameless and face-frame cabinets.

Key Features

• BLUMOTION soft-close damps the door through the final closing arc so it settles quietly instead of slamming.
• 95-degree opening angle provides controlled clearance where a wider swing would contact a wall, appliance, or adjacent cabinet.
• Full overlay straight arm positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side with a narrow reveal.
• INSERTA tool-free plate mounting presses the base plate into pre-drilled 5mm system holes without screws.
• Three-way adjustment dials in height, side, and depth after the door is hung.
• Works on frameless and face-frame cabinets when paired with the appropriate Blum base plate, sold separately.

Where the 95-Degree Angle Earns Its Place

Most concealed hinges swing to 110 degrees, which is the right choice for open runs of cabinetry. The 95-degree version is built for the cabinets where 110 degrees causes a problem: a door that would bang into a refrigerator panel, clip a door on an adjacent run, or swing past a wall corner. The reduced arc is not a shortcoming here — it is the correct geometry for those conditions. The hinge still carries full overlay positioning, so the door covers the cabinet side the same way a standard hinge would. The only thing that changes is how far the door travels before it stops.

Nickel Finish, Steel Build, and a Damped Close That Lasts

The hinge is stamped steel with a nickel plating that coordinates with pulls, knobs, and other hardware in a nickel or satin-nickel finish family. BLUMOTION damping is integrated into the hinge body, not added on, so there is nothing separate to align or replace. Over time, that matters: the damper absorbs the force of closing thousands of times so the door, the cabinet box, and the finish at the closing edge are not taking repeated impact. Three-way adjustment — height, side, and depth, each within a few millimeters — lets an installer bring every door in a run back to an even reveal as the cabinets settle in.

Who Reaches for This Hinge

Cabinet shops fitting kitchens in tight floor plans often spec this hinge on the refrigerator-adjacent upper, the end cabinet that opens toward a wall, or any position where the site layout limits the door's travel. Contractors and installers running production work appreciate INSERTA mounting: the plate presses into the cabinet's 5mm system holes without screws, which cuts steps out of a repetitive install. For boxes without pre-drilled system holes, the screw-on plate version of this hinge is the alternative to quote. Homeowners doing a targeted replacement will find this hinge when they need to match an existing 95-degree setup without switching the whole run.

Common Questions

Controlled Swing, Quiet Close, Clean Finish

Specify this hinge when the install calls for full overlay doors in a nickel finish, a damped close that protects the box over time, and a swing angle sized to the space that actually exists.