Pinzon Basics Mildew Resistant Shower Curtain Liner

Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program The claim-to-fame for this particular shower curtain is that it is made of PEVA and EVA and not PVC.** (I'll explain that in the third paragraph.) Okay, so if you gotta' use plastic, this is more environmentally friendly than a shower curtain made of PVC, and that's a good thing. But this is no super-duper shower curtain. It's as basic as they come. "Leather-like hand-feel"? Really? That statement is quite a joke. Here I was, anxious for the curtain to arrive because I expected the material to feel something like a chamois. Well, no way, and that was a letdown. This curtain feels like...plastic. Yes, plastic; like the plastic you find with a good-grade plastic drop cloth. And like the plastic drop cloths, the clarity is not really "clear", it is translucent. So the "clear" description is a misnomer. Also, like a drop cloth, it is lightweight, so if you've got a lot of air movement in your bath area or if it is a tiny, confined space the liner may not stay put. The grommets are very basic, too; not beefed up at all.

So, heads up! This liner is as basic as basic can be. It might work fine for your needs, but if you buy it, keep your expectations under control!

One thing that I believe will be a plus: You know how crud accumulates in the seam at the bottom of a shower curtain? This curtain doesn't have a seam, just a plain cut edge. This curtain is not top of the line, but it is not the poorest quality either. It will do as a liner, which is what it claims to be. (You won't be happy if you try to use it as a stand-alone.) I give it an average, three-star rating.

**Well, maybe I'm way behind the times, but I had to look up some terminology that I didn't understand regarding this shower curtain's vinyl composition. EVA, PEVA; what's all that about? Why is EVA and PEVA more environmentally friendly than other vinyl? EVA and PEVA are vinyls that do NOT contain chlorine. (PVC has chlorine in its molecular makeup.) The short story is: Chlorine in vinyl raises environment health concerns. There is a carcinogenic chemical produced in the making of PVC--dioxin. Also, the material takes a long, long time to break down in the environment. (The long story you can look up yourself.) So, I guess, most of this I already knew about--generally. I just didn't have the skinny on the acronyms. Now we all do.

Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program This is a great shower curtain liner. My last one came from the 'beyond' department, and it was completely useless -it always stuck to itself, so I was constantly pulling it apart to open it back up and keep my bathroom from flooding when I shower. Needless to say, I've been in the market for a new shower curtain liner that wasn't such a constant aggravation. I've been on the lookout for a thicker shower curtain, assuming that would keep it from sticking to itself like my old cheapo one. So when I ran across this Pinzon shower curtain liner, I figured I'd give it a shot. It's actually no thicker than my old shower curtain, which had me worried, but I soon learned it's not the thickness of the shower curtain that matters, per say. What matters is it doesn't stick to itself -bingo -this Pinzon is perfect. It hangs nicely, doesn't stick to itself and is as unnoticeable and unimportant as a shower curtain liner should be -AND, it doesn't make a lot of plastic crackling noises when I slide it in and out of position -perfect. I can't ask for anything more form a shower curtain liner. This is a good one.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program My daughters are tough on shower curtains and their liners, so I took a chance and ordered this clear liner from Pinzon. It actually came out of the package much more smoothly than most of the cheapie brands I usually purchase--less permanent folds and wrinkles, not that that actually makes a lot of difference. Still, it's holding up very well so far--we've been using it for two weeks now and it's shedding water well and keeping its shape. Time will only tell if it continues to hold up, but so far, I'm loving it. For a relatively inexpensive liner, it seems to have the goods.

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Mildew shmildew -I bought the curtain because it was a good price. Since I wash and then replace my shower liners often, I don't care about it [supposedly] being "mildew resistant."

What I do care about is being able to hang the curtain! All of the metal grommets were too small for the shower hooks. Eight hooks had to be forced through the grommets. I had to literally remove the other four grommets in order to hang the curtain.

Once I was to that point, taking everything down and spending the time to package it up, process the return and send it back was not an option for me.

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We installed these curtains about 4 months ago.

Pros:

Very little mildew at all in 4 months

Durable

Good length

Cons:

None