My wife broke her leg and had surgery to have some screws implanted in it. I bought a shower chair, the Moen DN8001 Home Care Hand Held Shower, and this item so that she could sit in the chair and reach the hand held shower head from this holder mounted on the wall where she could reach it while sitting in the shower chair. The combination worked perfectly during her recovery. She can now shower standing up, so she no longer needs this item. But it was great during the time she needed it.One caveat: This item held its suction mounting well, but after a couple of days it would fall off--usually in the middle of the night---and make a clatter. I solved that by taking it down and remounting it for each shower she took.