Moen8718 Home 18-Inch Bathroom Grab Bar, Stainless

easy to install, affordable price, and easy to use.

Very round giving hand strength grip angle well.Strongly built providing generational happiness.Very happy with investment.

When my wife was scheduled for knee replacement surgery, I started looking into grab bars ... and finding a zillion brands, finishes, types, shapes, etc. After considering some of the fancier and FAR more expensive options, I came to my senses and focused first on specifications, namely, tubing wall thickness, welds, and attachment plates (flanges).The Moen bars are really basic, but the specs are decent, it's a brand name bar, and they were returnable if I didn't like them when they showed up. I ordered them and they are just fine.What I didn't want to do - with any brand bar - was try to blindly attach them to studs. I do a lot of home improvement work and I can pretty reliably find studs with a finder and occasionally a magnet, but I also didn't want to risk placing a critical screw too close to an edge or into a weak spot in the stud, like a loose knot, and there was no way I was going to use drywall anchors for something so critical. Finally, I found by reading descriptions and instructions that the flanges for almost all grab bars are circular. While that offer a lot of options for screw placement, their sizes are such that most will only accommodate 1 or 2 screws per plate, the other available holes not being over the stud, which wasn't comforting.So, I opened the walls, installed blocking between the studs, patched, and installed the bars with 3 heavy gauge construction screws in each flange - checking first to ensure that the flange cover would fit over the screw heads. The bars are solid as a rock. The flange welds would probably fail before the screws or blocking would. There is no wobble, no hint of movement whatsoever, no matter how much you push or pull.I'm happy. My wife is happy. They look good. Plus they eliminated a couple of extraneous towel bars and hooks as I bought 36" bars so as to serve double duty. One is always bare, the one on the opposite wall has a few items on the far end that isn't actually used for grabbing.

Well made.

I am an unconditional fan of MOEN products, having 8 or more of their products (towel holder, toilet paper,shower head, hook, faucet, etc) and added this support. Result is simply outstanding. Not complicated.Got the Zircon StudSensor 70 to find the wood beam on wall near bathtub, with a pencil. Make off 3 holes at top and bottom. Also needs 3 foot long level, for vertical perfection. Needs a power drill. Needs PicQuic Sixpac screwdriver. Since the Philips screws are industry-cheap, and a lot of torque needed on #10 screws in the beams, despite a 3/32 full depth pilot hole ( 2 inches), I strongly recommend stainless steel 2 inch screws, that will not wear out in the process of installation. The Robertson (square head) #10 screw is perfect, keeping in mind that humidity is normal in a watercloset. There is no need for a Tip Holder or Drive Guide or drill bit screwing those in, as can be done easily by hand, and won't strip the head, as going slowly is preferable. Perhaps a washer under the screw head is advisable, since the holes on the support are very large, almost as large than the actual screws, risking the screw simply not holding the suport from the head being too small. A washer around the screw perhaps i the strongly recommended for longevity.

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