DELTA 79650-BN Delta Windemere, Bath Hardware Accessory, Toilet Paper Holder, Satin Nickel

Installed this tonight. The box helpfully includes a drilling template and instructions which roughly say tape the template where you want to mount the toilet paper holder, make pencil marks through the template onto the wall, remove the template, and drill the holes. It says the two posts should be '6-3/8" / 162mm' apart. I made the marks, measured to confirm my points were the stated distance apart, and drilled. And then found IT DOESN'T FIT! The dowel doesn't actually extend the full distance between the posts, so it won't stay in place. I measured the excess with a tape measure at 7/16" (almost half an inch!). Re-drilled minus that distance and it fits. I don't know if the instructions are wrong for everyone or if only my particular unit's dowel was way too short, but either way: being so far off (6.8% of the supposed distance) is completely inexcusable. Fortunately the posts are large enough to cover the extra holes, but it's just infuriating for a template to be wrong like this.

If you do get this model, do what I should have done: try mounting the holder on the cardboard box or a piece of scrap wood before actually drilling holes into your wall. You will probably find your holes are too far apart.

Aside from the instruction problem, it's about what you'd expect. Cheap plastic thing but looks like brushed nickel and successfully holds a roll of toilet paper. Apparently there are toilet paper holders on the market that are suitable as a grab bar for an elderly/disabled person who has trouble standing. As the included instructions warn, this isn't one of them. Don't put any weight on it or it will break. Just spin the toilet paper and occasionally change it. You might have to be a little careful not to break the dowel's spring mechanism when changing rolls. I don't expect my toilet paper holder to get much abuse, so this cheap thing should be fine for a basic bathroom that will probably be remodeled in a year anyway, but if I have problems before then I'll update the review.

On the whole this looks good and works well. My only grumble is that the piece that goes through the role is plastic and looks a little cheap, but that's no big deal.

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We purchased this along with several other Delta Windemere products. All of them were good products, but I'd recommend using a slightly smaller drill bit than the one that the booklet suggests. I used the size that it recommended and it wound up being too large for the anchors that they supplied. Due to this, the anchor kept spinning as I was trying to screw the bracket into the wall.

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I purchased many items in this style: towels bars, towel rings, hooks, and the toilet paper holder. The finish is very nice, the items are very sturdy and solid. They definitely finish off one of our guest baths very nicely. I also like that all the hardware is hidden and the finished look is very clean.

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