I received my curtain rod. It's very solid and great for hanging curtains where you don't want any light to come in on the sides like a normal curtain rod does. It was a little difficult for me to put up but that had nothing to do with the rod that's was just me trying to do it with the hubby lol I would deffinatly recommend trying it for black out curtains or just where you don't want allot of light in.