Heavy Duty Roller Shower Curtain Rings, Satin Nickel Clipperton RollerRings®, Set of 12

I bought this product,  Heavy Duty - Polished Chrome Roller Shower Curtain Rings - Set of 12 RollerRingsTM  to facilitate smooth movement of a custom made accordion door that we are installing to close off a covered patio. Our plan is to make a similar closure for the carport. The rolling balls roll perfectly over the galvanized pipe rod. The closure is made of outdoor tarp with pockets to hold solid pine slats that fan-fold upon compression and open flat upon decompression. I explained all this because I read the reviews before purchasing this product and was hesitant about the sturdiness of the wire rings. This closure is a heavy construction [requires 2 people to support] that spans 9 feet and is ~8 feet tall. We had to created heavy duty grommets above each slat for the rings. These rings make the finished construction look professionally done, BUT the operation of the opening and closing is OUTSTANDING. The movement is almost frictionless and there is no "bunching up" of the rings. The closure has been in operation for about a week and operates flawlessly. So far, I have purchased 7 packages in three shipments. Each time the Seller has delivered the product within 3 business days! The price is fair and the FREE shipping is also outstanding. That makes the Seller a 5-Star merchandiser in my book!From my experience this product exceeds design requirements for a traditional OR heavy duty shower curtain installation. We are using 1/2" galvanized pipe, but they easily accommodate up to 1" pipe with no decline in operation. I will try and remember to update the durability of this product in an outdoor installation. I can say for now that I do not see any degradation of operation or wear on the trial outdoor installation that has been in operation for nearly 4 weeks.I highly recommend this product.

I recently purchased a new shower curtain and liner to redecorate our bathroom.I was going to get the coordinating shower curtain rings for the curtain, but afterreading reviews about how they slip off EVERY time the curtain is pulled, I passed.So, I decided to try these. They look a little odd, since I'm used to the big roundplastic rings. How can these odd-shaped things keep a curtain moving?Well, they do, and do a great job!The top where the roller balls are has a slightly raised place on both sides, so the ballsdo not roll down to the bottom of the ring (you can't really tell that from the photo).The clasp there pinches open, in the manner of a safety pin - you open it, put your curtainon and re-pinch it closed. That was my biggest hesitation in trying this style - it looks like the ballswould just roll anywhere on the ring.They do not have a lot of give. I saw other comments about them breaking easily, but I did notexperience that. I would definitely advise putting your curtain on the rings first (be sure theflat side faces out and the latch side faces in towards your tub), then take your shower roddown and slide all the rings over the rod. That was the easiest for us, and we had no broken rings.I LOVE the way these look! The rubbed bronze appearance goes really wonderfully with the curtainI chose ( Miramar Shower Curtain ), and they don't catch or hang on the rod.They look much nicer and more expensive in hand than they do in the photo.I would definitely recommend these, and I'd buy them again in a heartbeat.

The quality is good, the looks are there. I like the accent they give to my shower surround. The description of oiled bronze is right on. The rollers work well most of the time, however don't get too heavy handed with the curtains and throw the curtains back. I did this once and learned to be more fluid and gentle. The rollers jumped over and landed with the hook side upward and I had to get back into the tub to straighten them out. User error. The beads are smooth and don't scratch the curtain rod. There's another downside to these, they are difficult to put up as the hooks act like strong safety pens and it requires some effort to stretch them open to put the curtain and rod inside. The taking them down for washing the curtains weren't as difficult as I didn't remove the hooks from the rods, I left them up so that bringing the curtains back to the shower wasn't as hard as the original install. My delay in writing this review, and most of the reviews I do, is that I like to get to know a product before I write about it so that I can give a fair and honest opinion, and I always have an opinion, about my products. I can recommend this item for strength and quality, but for ease of use, I wish I'd considered another kind which just slips on and off the hook. However, having had these a while, I think I'll keep them and not invest in others. These are fine looking and fit my decor well. I may post a photo as I already have taken some and will edit this review when/if posting photo(s). Happy Showering! Update a little late... it took only twice of removing the curtains to decide that these hooks just won't do... so back to Amazon and I purchased another set with a different kind of hook. Love them... so will have to come back here with a link to that product that pleased instead of these... downgrade to a 2 star.