Franklin Brass Kinla 5-Piece Bath Hardware Towel Bar Accessory Set, Oil Rubbed Bronze

Needed this set to finish off the look and versatility of our small laundry/bathroom. The 5 pc set allowed us to have a separate towel bar for the dog towels to hang ...good quality...decent price...

It's nice to be able to get so many pieces all in one set. I ordered an additional matching hook. They were easy to install. They aren't cheaply made but not as heavy as other leading brands. I don't think it really matters too much though it's not like I'm hanging something super heavy from the towel bars. The towels stay and place. The bath hooks are really strudy. I haven't used to toilet paper holder. I really don't care for the kind that are made like this one, I like the toilet paper holders you just slide the roll on. I will probably try it in a less used bathroom or may just donate. I was able to find a different toilet paper holder I like more that matched. If there was something I would change about this set it would be to include a better toilet paper holder. Overall, good value.

I read the reviews like everyone else and was worried about my big box store large toilet paper rolls not fitting in a hardware brand like this with large circular attachments taking up space on the wall. The one review saying to change the installation dimensions of the template makes a lot of sense, but I think the manufacturer has updated their product since that review was submitted, or that there's an inconsistency in the template sizing vs the instruction's listed dimensions. I'm glad I tested out installing the hardware on a piece of wood before I installed it on the wall. If I added any sizing to the toilet paper roll dimensions listed on the instructions, the toilet paper roll would fall off. The only sizing that matched was the sizing listed on the instruction's dimensions. Then again, I DID NOT USE THE TEMPLATE PAPER TO INSTALL, so maybe the listed sizing is correct but the paper template sizing is wrong. You will need to double check. Anyways, my big toilet paper fits, which you can't see in the picture, so you'll just have to take my word for it. As far as the towel rack, I'm not sure why people care about it spinning? It looks great and is functional. Fair warning: projects like this are always a hassle without tools of your own AND knowing how to use them. If you've never done this before, you really have to practice over and over before you mess with your wall, otherwise you'll have a drywall repair project on your hands on top of a hardware installation project. The reviews that said installation was a breeze are probably from people who've been installing hardware in their homes all their lives; they don't realize with years of practice they know how to do this stuff. It's not intuitive. You need to know how to use a stud finder so you know where to drill a hole then use a driver to install drywall anchors vs where to not use a drill instead just using a driver and screw only. My mistake was using the stud finder, and still using the drill bit size the instructions recommend on the stud. Doing that made the screw not fit in the stud, because the drill bit instructions are for an anchor. Another mistake I made was if you're installing this in the same spot that previous hardware was on, then you will probably have to purchase larger drywall anchors because putting the same anchor size in a spot that's already had an anchor removed is unstable. The anchor for me fell right through the wall. If you don't have the help of someone holding a level while you are using a pencil to mark your holes, then you will need a laser level that attaches to the wall. You can't do projects like this on sight. They will be crooked. Another mistake I made was not knowing how much force to use with the electric drill and driver. Too much force I was stripping screws. Too little force I was installing screws crooked. Well then why didn't I forego the electric tools and just use hand tools? I am not a strong man, I am a woman who is trying to learn how to do these things that I was never taught how to do because of my gender. I did not have the arm strength to do this project without electric tools, believe me I tried. A possible fix to the above problem that I didn't choose but that's valid...you could buy the star-shaped screws instead because they are less likely to strip if you're inexperienced in handling them. As far as the little tool included with the product that helps you install the final tiny screws directly into the bottom of the hardware once it's on the wall... I instead used a small ratchet set that had different sized heads to choose from. That was a lot easier, as long as you learn how a ratcheting tool works. I hope this review helps someone. Good luck with your project!

This is a nice set and you can’t beat the price for 5 pieces. It perfectly matches my oil rubbed bronze faucet and light fixture. I followed the template for installation, measured carefully and used a level. I had no trouble with any piece except the toilet paper holder. The template has the sides of the toilet paper holder too close together so that the plunger bar that holds the paper roll is squeezed too much when installed into the holder and the toilet paper cannot roll freely around that bar. It’s an easy fix: use the template to mark placement of the screws, but install one side a half inch further out (away) than the template shows. You want that plunger bar to be depressed just enough to get the end of the bar into the holder opening, but don’t install the two sides of the holder any closer than that. If you make this half inch adjustment, you won’t have to adjust it later like I did. I had to take one of the holder sides off, move the screws further away by a half inch and reinstall the screws. The round base of the holder is large enough that it covered both my original screw holes and the new ones a half inch further away. So I didn’t have to patch the wall. Just be careful when you install the toilet paper holder. I took a photo showing the toilet paper holder with the half inch adjustment already done and the photo shows that there is about 1/8 inch of free space between the toilet paper roll and the sides of the holder. I still highly recommend this set. I really do like it; it was well worth the price for 5 pieces, and it perfectly matches other oil rubbed bronze fixtures in my bathroom. P.S. other reviewers complained that the towel bar rods spin around. That does not happen on mine because I installed them carefully using the template. They can spin if you try to twist them around, but they don’t spin around when I remove or replace the towel. They are fairly snug.

I was able to install this bathroom towel hanger set without any problems, with the exception of those mentioned below. This is amazing since I have absolutely no experience as a handyman or carpenter. Now to the problems I had. I found my old wall attachments to my house were done using Molly Bolts, similar to toggle bolts but the winged nut part does not detach from the head of the device. If you try to pull them out they cause a big hole in the sheetrock. I solved this problem by painting over them and hiding them when I could by the flange of my new holders. My other difficulty was aligning all the fixtures. A carpenter could have done what I did in one tenth the time. Even with the poor alignment the job looked good unless one really studied it. The fixtures were much better looking than the thin gauge fixtures I had replaced. The price was also good.