Has anyone else had problems with Twist n Loc, the bathroom accessories that are meant to stay up by suction?

Question

I've got a towel rail, shower accessory holder and loo roll holder, and they are rubbish! They fall off the wall all the time even though I follow the fixing instructions to the letter. The tiles I'm putting them on are totally clean, yet the towel rail crashes off after a few days and the shower holder will only stay up for a week or two. Have spoken to the manufacturers who were really uphelpful. They refused to give me a refund, and I can't go back to the shop I got them from as I bought them in Wales yet live in Sussex! I reckon they are totally unfit for purpose, so I'm getting the manufacturer to test them. What do you bet that they turn round and say they can't find a problem! I know the things are unusable, so it will be interesting to see what happens. When I asked the manufacturer what they would do if they did find the items were faulty, they refused to answer, saying they would "have to work it out at the time"! Hmm. Anyone else had problems?

Answer 1

THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO USE SEALANT/GLUE, SUCTION ONLY DOESN'T WORK.

Answer 2

Yeah, my parents bought some and they work for a bit unless there's any moisture or condensation... So, not great in a bathroom! Logically, there's no conceivable way they can actually work, because even a tile that feels smooth is going to let in molecules of air over time.

Forget them, put it down to experience, move on and buy some proper ones you s***w to the wall - you can even get some from Argos. Screwfix also do some http://www.screwfix.com/cats/A334778/Bat...

Answer 3

We've got a shower accessory holder thingy too and it does fall down a lot (normally in the middle of the night)!!  That said, it lasts longer than a week.  It does seem unusual that you have a prob with all 3.  I don't like ours at all and as soon as my husband has his back turned for long enough I'll be replacing it with a good old fashioned s***w to the wall thingy!!