Let’s face it - the “traditional” wire shower caddy looks junky, at best. Most of them rust or discolor after a while, the bigger shampoo bottles never really seem to fit well in them, smaller items like razors can fall through the bars, and so on… After remodeling my bathroom, I looked at scores of shower caddies - some plastic, some (“rust-free”) aluminum, and even some wooden ones. Prices were all over the map, with a few of them approaching the hundred Dollar mark! But none of them really fit the clean, elegant, uncluttered motif of my newly remodeled bathroom. I happened upon the Better Living series of dispensers here on Amazon, and saw this as the most promising option. But, I didn’t want to have to permanently attach a dispenser (with silicone) to the beautiful new tile in my shower. What if I didn’t like the dispenser? What if it broke and needed replacement after a month? Permanently affixing this to the wall was just a bridge too far for me. This particular model from Better Living features a hook, that goes over the shower arm, to support the weight of the dispenser, and 4 large SUCTION CUPS, which attach to the back of the unit, and keep it from swaying or sliding during use. It’s rock solid, when installed, and there is no silicone, drilling or even double-sided tape needed to hang it. No tools required, period! I really like that about this dispenser. It mounts in just a few minutes. I wasn’t nuts about the soap dish / washcloth rack thing that hung below the dispenser nozzles, but this appeared to be the only unit that had a non-permanent mount, so I bought it anyway. I figured maybe I could use a saw and carefully cut that part off. Aside from the liquids (shampoo, conditioner, and body wash), the only other thing I needed to store in the shower was my razor. I could tell from the pictures that the little “shelf” thing molded into the top of the unit had plenty of space to lay my razor. When I unboxed the dispenser, I was THRILLED to see that the lower bit with the soap dish, etc. is an option - it’s not a part of the dispenser itself, and you can choose to leave it off, when you install the dispenser (which I did). It looks so much less “busy” without that part hanging down. The dispenser features 4 chambers, but I only use 3 (shampoo, conditioner, and liquid soap). As others have noted in their reviews, the pumps struggle (i.e., they don’t work) with thicker liquids. The shampoo and liquid soap dispensed just fine, but the conditioner wouldn’t dispense. I had to thin the conditioner with water, in order to get it to go through the pump. That’s really the only negative or drawback I’ve found - but there is a workaround (thinning the conditioner a bit with some water), so I don’t consider it to be a “fatal flaw.” I will say that the pumps take a LONG time to prime, when you first fill the tanks. I thought I might have received a dud, but after repeatedly pressing the button for almost an entire minute, it finally began to work. The pumps dispense a fairly miniscule amount of liquid with each press of the button, but better than releasing too much liquid at one time, I guess. I’m used to the big, 1-liter bottles of shampoo and conditioner, which have the salon-style pump tops on them - they dispense the perfect amount of product with just a single pump. To berate Better Living over that trivial detail would be nitpicking. I love the fact that I didn’t have to permanently glue this thing to the wall of my shower. I love the fact that it holds everything I used to cram into a gaudy little wire shower caddy, but it does so in a clean, simple, uncluttered, elegant manner. There are lots of dispensers to choose from, if you’re willing to silicone one of them to your shower wall forever. But if that sort of thing doesn’t appeal to you, or if you rent rather than own your home, there aren’t too many options. Fortunately, THIS dispenser gets it right; without question, it’s the one to buy under those circumstances. I love mine and I would absolutely recommend it!
