I use towel hooks in my bath. I could never go back to a towel bar (except to show the nice towels). Style matches the faucets and finish, not what you are looking for. But the same idea.

The questioning of the strength of the bar presupposes that it is a towel bar and not a shower grab bar. A shower grab bar is designed to hold the weight of a human being. A towel bar is designed for towel weight. We have grab bars installed, into the studs, in our remodeled baths. A shower grab bar does not bend, dent or compromise the safety of the bather. From looking at Jcox's photos, it is difficult to tell if they are shower grab bars or towel bars. They could be either. To reiterate, shower grab bars would easily hold the weight of pots and pans, IF they were carefully and correctly installed. For that matter, any bars would have to be carefully and correctly installed. And I, too, like the simpler bar and attacher config.

Thank you all for figuring out what I meant, despite all the typos! Oh my goodness. I was rushing off to work and had to make a decision, but proofing would have been good. ;) I hadn't considered the base metal. With everyone so happy with their PB purchases, and the price difference, I just decided to order the whole thing from them. I didn't make any sacrifices on my kitchen when I did it. I knew it was important to me to get it "right" and paid the extra $100 here and extra $100 there etc to get exactly what I wanted. But I don't feel like when the bathroom is done I'll have the same attachment to it. I got my Bain Ultra tub, so I'll have my luxury. But it's not even the bathroom I use except for bathing. It's my daughters' and guests' bathroom. I mean, it'll be really nice. But I don't need to focus on the teeny details between two towel racks that would look identical to less obsessed people than we are iykwim. I could have found a brass base closer to the Top Knobs look, but really, am I going to notice once we start using it? They are really close. Of course, I'll post pictures. Walls go up tomorrow. Hopefully it won't be too long now. Can't wait until this is done and I can move on to the master. It's 42" wide by 108" long with a door at one end and a 34" x32" shower stall at the other, with the toilet right next to the shower. Oh and a large window centered on the wall opposite the wall where the (insult to cabinets even call them cabinets, builders would be embarrassed to use them) cabinets are. That should be fun for everyone thelp me figure out... if we even can. Thank you to Boston's crazy winter for the water damage. Should I be celebrating? ;)

Hang with velcro command strips first and once you see if you really want to keep it there, screw it in. I think you will need to add blocking of some sort inside the cabinet for the screws to bite into. It looks like a fairly heavy piece and I think it will likely pull the screws out of the cab without the blocking. The command velcro likely won't hold long term.