MX Group5017706607025 Telescopic Shower Curtain Rail - Polished Aluminium

It fitted the space that I needed it to, and has stayed up without slipping.If (when) you pull the rail out so that it is too long to fit where you need it to, you will have to pull the 2 ends of the rail apart completely & re-feed in the inner tube - spring from the other side & be more careful the next time you try to extend it to the correct length. It's easy to do once you understand that that is what the picture in the instructions means.

The simplest shower curtain rail I've ever fitted. Just pull to slightly longer than desire opening (mine was 2 metres), squeeze back in about an inch and wedge in place. Very strong spring mechanism keeps in place.Loses one star as the plastic end caps are rigid plastic which surely cannot be the best gripping material for a tile or painted wall. Something softer in rubber would have been better. Also not sure why these end caps are grey? Surely white colour is more likely to match most bathrooms?

Love this product! so simple to use a monkey could put this up. The product arrived within 2 days of ordering. Its not the usual flimsy poles you see in the supermarket (which are thin and usually require you to 'twist' the tubes to tighten which is a nightmare), this is solid metal and the fact that it extends to 260cm is a real bonus as my bathroom is 240cm . The product does come with instructions in the box:1. Measure the wall distance2. Draw out the tubes 2.5cm longer than the wall distance3. Press the higher end down to horizontal levelNOTE: If the tube has been drawn out too far, remove the end caps, pull out the tubes completely then put the inner tube tube, opposite end to the spring, inside the outer once again, put on the caps and proceed from point 2.And its as simple as that, have had no problems at all, looks fantastic. I know the amazon instructions state to pull out to 4cm, I wish I'd listened to the pack instructions as 4cm was too long and I had to pull the tube through and start again.

All you really want from a curtain pole is for it to stay where it is and hold up a curtain, which is not a huge ask.This one is supposed to extend to over 2m and it IS extendible.....up to a point. If you try to fully extend it, the spring inside it snaps which pretty much means it's not going to stay up by itself without extra fittings.Luckily for me the old brackets for the previous pole were still up and fine to use, so all I had to do was remove the rubber ends from this new pole and slot it into place into the old fittings. If you can't drill into the wall for whatever reason, and you need a pole that extends beyond 2m this pole is not going to do the job for you because it will not stay up by itself.In a smaller space I'm sure it will work okay. I managed to fit it but not the way it was intended to be put up as the mechanism broke when I tried to extend it to the length I needed. Be careful

I have had this type of shower curtain rail for several years. When recently having my bathroom replaced i was so pleased these were still available. You DO have to be careful as i remembered from before. If you pull it out too far you have to pull it all the way and put the end back in and start again. So when it was time to put it up i pulled enough to go from one wall to the other. Then i pulled to the next click and it sprung into place when i fitted it. So my advise is do it right first time. Its no hardship to pull it out and put it back in the other end to start again - but it can be annoying! I would recommend.

This is an abomination of a product. Mine didn't come with instructions, just 3 "simple" steps:1. Measure the wall distance.2. Draw out the tubes 2.5cm longer than the wall distance3. Press the higher end down to horizontal level.WTF??Anyway, I can't fault the seller - the product was quickly dispatched and my request for proper instructions answered about a day and a half later. Unfortunately, I over-extended the rod after which I discovered (to my absolute horror) that the steps to reverse the procedure don't actually work. So now I'm stuck with a shower curtain mounted on an inclining rod positioned on two opposing corners of my shower wall, a DIY job so embarrassingly amateurish, it brings me disheartening shame everytime somebody needs to use my bathroom.For your benefit, these are the actual instructions:MX Telescopic Curtain RailTo install: Pull the inner tube out from the outer tube to approx 1.5 inches (4cm) longer than the gap you will be fitting the rail to (it will be very stiff to move as there is a spring loaded flange on the end to hold it in place, so you will need to exert a small amount of pressure to move it). You don't need to twist or turn anything - just pull the inner tube out.Make sure the rubber gripper is on each end and place one end on the wall with the other end above the horizontal line.Now press the other end down into place. The spring loaded mechanism will hold the rail in place.If you pull the rail out too far, you will need to pull it all the way through (it may squeak a bit, but that's quite normal). Pull it right out and feed it back in from the other end and repeat the fitting process.Please note: The end caps of this product are a specialised plastic to maximise grip when fitted. During shipping they may temporarily adopt a shape, which after fitting and in use in your bathroom, will re-form to the design shape. Alternatively, by immersing them in hot water, the end caps will resume their original shape prior to fitting.

I'm going to use this shower rail for hanging Christmas decorations off, and I think it's great! I agree with the other reviews that the instructions included (if any) are next to useless, but I just read the information given in the product write-up, and it worked. I did pull the inner tube out too far on my first attempt, but as instructed, just pulled it right the way out, then threaded it back through. It's going to be used on bare brick walls, and it gripped just great. I'm going to order two more now. As long as you read the info provided, you will be fine.