Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

You'd think it would be hard to get excited by something as inane as a paper towel holder. I originally saw this product in several mail-order catalogues, priced at 30 - 40 dollars. For the 10 bucks it's priced at here, it is WELL worth it! I work behind a bar and have two of this item back there - being a bartender I'm almost constantly wet from being elbow deep in the sinks. I hate handling things or making drinks with wet hands, so on a busy night I probably go through 7 or 8 full rolls of towels. I use so many, a customer recently asked if I was Obsessive Compulsive - not quite, but I like clean and dry surfaces everywhere around the bar. These holders have held up well, I thought the ratcheting mechanism might be cheaply made and eventually give out - no sign of that yet. The ratchet is well made and well balanced - not so much resistance as to force you to dispense a single sheet at a time, but enough that you can tear whatever you've pulled off at the perforation every time. It's also solidly built and handles abuse really well - when busy, I won't fuss with a delicate mechanism - everything gets slammed around and knocked around with considerable force. Towel rolls remount quickly and easily. I'm pretty rough on equipment and have broken most things behind that bar at least once. This product definitely holds up under the toughest commercial abuse. If you're a big fan of the oversized rolls, they may rub against whatever surface you mount this too, but it still works.