Product review (3 stars): ok. Not fantastic.
well, I ordered my wide grommet black out curtains and this rod in the same order. The curtains arrived 2 days later, all I needed was the rod to install the curtains... so I could sleep. a week went by. and then some. Finally, it arrived! It was overly packaged. I had to get out the toolbox to get the darn pieces out of the bubble wrap without damaging the product or myself. WAY over the top. But I won't take stars away from being cautious. It was the quality I didn't like, plus the wait time for delivery. This product has been painted- badly. And the paint chips very very easily. Which means that it is going to wear off very fast with the grommet curtains sliding all over the rod. which means teeny tiny gold paint chips all over the curtain, floor, and toddler son's room. The metal is thin and weak, and the end pine pieces are nice! But the place they secure/screw into seems like it's going to lose it's thread fast. Not thrilled. Looks like a temporary solution.