Moen TR1000CH Tension Rod, Chrome

• Chrome finish to create a bright, highly reflective, cool grey metallic look
• Fits standard 72-Inch x 72-Inch shower curtains
• Features the quick and easy fastlock installation system
• Corrosion-resistant
• 100-percent hardware free

I originally purchased this at Bed Bath and Beyond; but while I am now shopping on Amazon for it's replacement I couldn't help but drop a quick review about why I need a new shower rod.This shower rod is the biggest piece of garbage on the face of the planet.For starters, it doesn't work!Put it up, it falls down.Put it up again, it falls down again.It's incredibly aggravating.On the off chance that it doesn't fall while you're actually showering, you'll be comforted to know that it makes such a loud crashing noise when it falls that you'll never miss a crash.That or your kids will yell "Dad, the shower rod fell again!".(Insert curse word here).If at least one person reads this review and chooses not to buy this piece of junk then I will have made the world a better place.As for Moen, from now on I'll choose another brand or do without rather than give them my business.

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Clean lines, stainless steel construction, lifetime warranty on the finish and a reasonable price.

I compared others brands and they all had complaints about rusting or corrosion (except by Kohler, which are brass and cost 3 times the price).

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I've had this tension rod for a few months now and am happy to report that it does not rust.The previous tension rod I had used rusted almost immediately.Works as designed.

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Several reviewers have said that they received a defective product.Add me to the list.

The tension shower rods that I've used in the past have all worked by the same mechanism.Those rods consisted of two hollow cylinders, one of which screwed into the other; by screwing or unscrewing the cylinders, I could vary the length of the rod.This design is functional, but it has two downsides.First, it can take a *long* time to expand or contract a shower rod, since you might have to rotate the bar a hundred times or more.Second, the shower rod can tend to slowly lose tension and unscrew itself over time, causing it to "walk" down your wall or fall down completely.

Moen attempts to work around these problems with a technology that they call "FastLock."The idea is that you can simply pull the shower rod out to the desired length, twist it a few times, and voila -it locks into place.

That's the theory, anyway.In practice, no matter how much I tried, I could not make the first shower rod that Amazon delivered to me lock into place.

The good news is that Amazon's customer service was, as always, excellent.They arranged for UPS to pick up the defective shower rod, and they shipped a new one via overnight mail.

But the second rod didn't work as intended, either.I extended it to the desired length, twisted, and... nothing happened.

After lots of fiddling, I eventually managed to make the second rod work.Here's how:I disassembled the rod by fully removing the narrower cylinder from the wider one.This revealed the FastLock mechanism:essentially, a rubberized, rotating device at the tip of the narrower cylinder that expands as you twist it.But in order for the mechanism to expand, its exterior first must "catch" on the inside of the larger rod using friction between the rubber mechanism and the metal shower rod.Unfortunately, the FastLock device was slightly too small, so it was simply sliding up and down the shower rod and never catching.

To fix the issue, I manually twisted the FastLock device several times, expanding it as much as I could while still leaving it small enough that it could slide back into the other half of the shower rod.I slid it in, twisted, and (after several rounds of trial and error) was able to lock my shower rod into place.

Right now, the shower rod is hanging securely, and it looks nice.But was it worth the grief?No way.I would not recommend ordering this product.The older, screw-style shower rod may have its downsides, but at least it worked reliably.FastLock isn't ready for primetime.

UPDATE:In my two months of owning this shower rod, it has fallen to the ground twice -in loud, disruptive fashion.At this point, even describing the rod as "functional" strikes me as too generous.Avoid.

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So the title essentially covers it: AWFUL productpoorly designed, and the "FastLock technology" should be abandoned like the failure it is. Thanks to another reviewer, I finally tried pulling the two sections apart, manually twisting the black and white plastic inserts (counter to the 'righty-tighty' rule, based on the way the label was facing) until it was almost too big to fit into the other tube. Then I crammed them back together, put the rod where I wanted it, and then twisted it a little more to FINALLY lock it into place. This, btw, was only after fiddling with the stupid thing over a 2-day period before reading the reviewdescribing how to dismantle and tinker with it. A stinking tension rod SHOULD just be 'twist-and-lock', not endlessly twist until you're exhausted and then still have to take it apart and rig it yourself so you can actually use it. Now that it's up, it looks fine, but I'd never buy it again. (Shame on me, b/c I always read reviews, but this time I did not-when I came back to 'trouble-shoot' and see if I was the only one frustrated w/this junky product, I realized nope, not just me-I should never have bought this.)