This shower caddy gave me so much extra space for products when my bathtub ledge had zero room to ho

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• My apartment's bathtub is strangely configured to lack space for my products, and my shower head is way too high to hang a caddy from.
• This $140 tension shower caddy from Simplehuman solved all of these problems, and it's held up perfectly over 5 years of use. 
• It's expensive, but it lasts forever and can transition to any type of bathtub or shower configuration.

As a former beauty editor, you can imagine how filled my bathroom is with bottles and potions of every size. 

When I moved to my apartment in Brooklyn, the task of keeping all of the body products in my shower organized was made especially challenging by the fact that my new bathtub had very little ledge space. My shower head was also so high up that I couldn't hang a caddy from it without having to use a ladder to reach my shampoo.

At one point, I even tried to tie a caddy to the showerhead using string so it would hang low enough that I could reach it, a DIY project that... did not end well.

It turned out my downstairs neighbor had already figured it out. She showed me her Simplehuman shower caddy, which had a tension rod long enough to hold the caddy securely into place between our high ceilings and the tub, and shelving that was extensive enough to support an excessively large collection of products.

So I got one, and it turned out to be an excellent addition to my bathroom that has held up beautifully after five years of use.

Every time my friends would come over and use the bathroom, they'd ask me about the caddy — where I got it (Amazon), how it's held up (amazingly well), how much it cost ($140-ish), etc. A lot of them were looking for a solution to store three roommates' worth of products in the shower, which it can easily hold without taking up much real estate.

The caddy can be configured in quite a few ways, with up to three shelves and a built-in razor and toothbrush holder. The shelving has strategically placed holes in the wired bottoms that are designed for placing bottles upside down so it's easier to dispense every last drop of product.

There are also little towel hangers that clip anywhere along the main pole so you not only have a place to put your washcloths, you also have a sanitary way to dry them. 

As for the tension rod, it can fit anywhere from 6 to 9 feet between ends, and each end has a non-slip rubber base that won't budge out of place, even when your cat tries to dislodge it. It gets tall enough to use in bathrooms with high ceilings or standing showers, but small enough to install in a bathtub that just has terrible ledge configurations (like mine). 

The one downside to this caddy is that it's not cheap at about $140. But, as with all Simplehuman products, the goal is that you pay once for a high-quality, well-designed product that always works how it's supposed to.

After nearly 5 years of using it, there's been no rust, no warping, no shapeshifting, and no loose screws since I got it in 2015. If you're looking for a smart caddy that will serve multiple roommates, a weirdly shaped tub, or just a large product collection, this is the one I recommend wholeheartedly.

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