If this is made of stainless steel, then it is the first stainless steel thing I have owned that rusted in only a few months. And I don't mean a barely noticable rust spot, almost the entire length of the rod on the shower side is rusted on the bottom.
When it arrived, I read the entire box and all of the paperwork that came with it, everything called it "brushed finish" not stainless steel. So, the Amazon listing may just be wrong, but the item itself never seems to claim to be stainless.
The ends have to be held in place on the walls while the rods are extended out, making installation a 2 person job. The whole thing is quite heavy - not necessarily a bad thing, but dropping it on your tub would cause you to have a bad day.
Unlike most tension rods, it doesnot seem to 'un-tension.' The instructions actually say that if you over-extend the rod, you have to pull it out completely and put it back in, because you can't move it backwards. I think I will be using a pipe cutter to remove it when I find one that is actually stainless steel.
I also does not come with those little pieces of round plastic that go towards the middle of the rod, where the 2 halves of the rod meet. That leaves the sharp end of the larger rod for you to cut your hand on as you open/close the curtain.