I love this towel rack!  I am female, 66 years old and 5'2" and I installed this rack by myself.  When my daughter visits w her family; it's five people in a small bathroom.  I installed the rack over the existing hand towel rack to leave plenty of "airing" space.  She was thrilled on their last visit to easily bathe the kids w/o trying to figure out where to hanging all the towels and bath cloths.