Bathroom

rgatijnet1 wrote:

Empty Nest, Soon wrote:

rgatijnet1 wrote:
I would hesitate about using any suction cup grab bars. There give no warning to predict when they will fail. . .

My biggest concern would be whether pressure applied to the suction cup grab bars would rip the shower liner off the wall. Yes, the suction cups are that strong.

Wayne

So you are prepared to risk injury to another person that the OP's wall surface is perfectly smooth and that the surface is spotlessly clean and that the suction cup will never come loose. Anyone that has ever used a suction cup for anything knows that they can and will fail to stay in place and always when they are needed the most.
This is not a GPS unit attached to the dash. You are talking about an injury to a person that the OP cares about.
If you want to cut corners on something as important as personal safety, I would suggest you do it to your own loved ones rather than recommend it to someone else that has a shower wall you haven't seen and a wall surface you know nothing about.
If the suction cups were indeed that strong, the building codes that require handicap grab bars would specify them as an acceptable alternative. They do not, which SHOULD tell you something about their ability to perform. Do the job right or don't do it at all.

Clearly, you have not tried them.

After my mother had a stroke, her therapist at the rehab facility recommended them and told me where to find them. In my experience, they work incredibly well.

I trust this more than I would trust being able to hit skinny, perhaps fragile studs in an RV wall with screws. I chose to use one on our motorhome shower. Both my wife and I depend on it.

I do expect that the OP or anyone else reading this can assess the suitability of their shower stall for using one of these and that they can install it properly.

Wayne