I’ll admit I don’t exactly know what a quality towel bar should feel like in terms of weight. This was on the lighter side I don’t know if that’s goodbad — but considering the price point I’m happy with it. The directions to install were not in the box, but rather here on the site. Once I found that it was fairly easy to install. Overall I’m pleased with the purchase bc 40-60 for towel bar seems outrageous to me.