I used this rod across a 120″ doorway to separate my family room and kitchen. There’s a lot of light from the kitchen during the day, so adding room-darkening curtains makes a big difference for daytime movie watching. It also gives enough privacy to turn the room into a guest room.

The rod worked perfectly and was easy to install with the wall-mount clips (which extend about 2″ from the wall). It can also be drilled directly to the ceiling.

It does come with 29 carriers and 31 alligator clips (two of them can go on the stationary loops on the end-caps). If you want to use pinch pleat curtains, you have to buy the hooks and attach them to the carriers (in place of the alligator clips). I used pliers to pinch the alligator hooks onto the carriers. It seems like they could fall off otherwise.

The rod is rated to hold 1 pound per foot, which could be important if you are using heavy curtains. I have curtains that weigh about 7 lbs. total on the rod extended a full 10 feet and it feels secure. (So far, but we’ve been opening and shutting them quite a bit!)

The only problem was that it was very difficult to find this rod and it was bent in shipping (which sounds like a common occurrence from the reviews at other places). Fortunately, I was able to fix the rod enough to make it workable. It would be nice if local stores carried a simple track rod like this.

I’m only giving 4 out of 5 stars because it is awfully loud to pull the curtain along the track. For the price of this rod, it’s not that big of a deal, but if it was quieter it would be a 5-star curtain rod for sure!

Great double rod if you want somethign simple and easy to hang.