While I think it will hold up just fine with a towel, the bar was thinner than I anticipated. If you're tight for bathroom space this is perfect, but if you have a medium size bathroom, I would selct something with a little more profile.Perfect in every way, except it is less than the standard 24-inch length (because it is a metric size?). Just installed it to replace an old towel bar.Great little towel bar.The towel bar weighs nothing, it seems a very weak material. Not as mentioned in the product description.Como casi todo lo de grohe, alta calidad y diseñosiehe obenGrohe non si smentisce mai bellissimoBelle qualité de l’inox