Updated 11/19/10:
Downgrading again a star, from 3 to 2.Between the mildew, letting the water through, and the off-putting translucence, I've kind of grown to hate these curtains.We're having guests for Thanksgiving and the thought of asking them to deal with these pushed me over the edge.I've tossed them and found much better-looking replacements at my local superstore-of-choice.
Updated 9/20/10:
It's been over a month and I'm updating this review from 4 stars to 3.
It's turning out that one shower curtain is not sufficient to keep water inside the tub I wouldn't call it a flood of water outside the tub, but it is a lot like rain coming through window screens.This isn't an issue with a doubled-up curtain, and it's not bad if the curtain isn't stretched flat, but that's more than I'd want to think about with a shower curtain.
There's also the beginnings of some mildew along the bottom of the curtain where it tends to stick to the wet tub so doesn't dry out quickly.
Again, since I'm using these mostly doubled-up as shower curtains, I'm not having too many problems, but I'll probably be looking for a different curtain when it's time to replace these, and I'd think twice if I was intending to use these as curtain liners.
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Original Review, 8/30/10:
I use these liners alone for my clawfoot tub, whose tap and shower head are located on the short end of the tub.There's an overlap of two liners on the half of the tub closest to the showerhead, except for a six-inch area behind the shower pipe that is only one liner thick; there's no overlap at the far side of the tub, where the coverage is also only one liner thick.
I've been using these for about two weeks now.
Water repellent water beads on these curtains, and I haven't had any problems with them allowing water through while showering.I don't know how these would do if you aimed the shower head at them directly, but they stand up to regular usage just fine.
Bottoms are not weighted, but I haven't had any problems.My last curtains were fabric weighted with plastic strips threaded into the bottom hem, and these act exactly the same in terms of billowing inwards during showers that is, sometimes they do it, but most of the time they don't.
Fabric is more sheer than I expected and you can see fairly clearly into the shower area if light is coming from that side of the curtain.Not a problem for me, but if you have a lighted shower area and you're expecting these curtains to give you privacy or to hide a lot of toiletry clutter, you're going to be disappointed.If your shower is unlighted, you'll be fine, if possibly slightly unnerved by how much you can see out while you're showering.
The washing instructions state no bleach, which I'm not that thrilled about, but I'm willing to give it a try to see if that extends the life of the anti-mildew treatement.
I haven't had these long, so I have no idea of how the water repellent or anti-mildew treatments will stand up to washing, or how effective the anti-mildew treatment will be.I'll post a follow-up in the future.The verdict for now, though, is that I'd recommend & buy these curtains again.
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Excellent price for Christmas shower curtains.I ordered two.One for each bathroom in the house.The colors are nice and vibrant and will last me along time.
