Carnation Home Fashions 72 by 72-Inch Vinyl Window Shower Curtain, Slate Blue

1ST TIME I BOUGHT WAS 2011. INCREDIBLE CURTAIN! LASTED 4 YEARS, SEVERAL WASHING MACHINE CYCLES! THAT CURTAIN GETS 5 STARS!i broke down and bought a new one last week. i looked at my order history and reordered this curtain hoping to get that quality again. IT IS NOT THE SAME PRODUCT I ORDERED BEFORE... HOW THE HELL IS IT IN MY HISTORY? the seams are sewn horribly, the materials are not measured evenly. its a low gauge pvc on the bottom half, rather than vinyl. it lets off volatile petrochemical fumes now. the other did not. how is amazon just slipping this new product in under the same product with reviews that are for the older one. at this point its safe to say you can never trust amazon reviews again. they may have been honest in the past, but a newer product may be sold now under the guise of the old reviews. thats as shady as it gets. shame on amazon! end this listing and start a new one with the newer product. i guarantee it will not get 4 stars. now i question if i can trust any amazon reviews in the future! amazon has gotten so much of my business in the past. the future is uncertain now with side by side evidence that they are selling new products under older product reviews!

Looking for a curtain and this one seemed pretty great. The biggest negative was the smell, which I figured would go away in a few days. However, after being up overnight, my entire apartment smelled plastic chemicals. Regardless, my main problem with the shower curtain is how terribly the quality is. It was pretty cheap, so if there was a little defect here or there I wouldn't have mind. But ever seam and edge is messy. The stitching between the clear and opaque portion is careless. The very bottom of the curtain looks like it was cut with a dull pair of scissors. I added photos you can look at what I'm talking about. I am going to return ASAP.

Has the make quality gone down since the first one I purchased? Yes.Does it smell like death for a week after you open it? Yes.Will I continue to buy it? Absolutely Yes.I have a bathroom with zero windows and lights only over the vanity. It's awful. I hate it. But I rent. Such is life.This shower curtain allows me to actually see the bottles I'm picking up to shampoo and bath with because otherwise, i would be in pitch darkness.But I don't want a curtain *completely* clear because I like to not see all the bathtub clutter on the regularly. So this curtain is a perfect solution for me.I've found that airing it out, outside, for about a day, is a great solution to the horrid smell. I also spray it down with the hose while it's outside, and that REALLY helps the smell.That said, my first one lasted 1.5 years, with regular washings in the washing machine, before it finally died. My second one fell apart after it's first trip in the washing machine. So now I'm on my third and I spray it down with vinegar when it needs it.So despite the flimsy construction and horrid smell, I'll keep buying this shower curtain.....at least until I move to a place with a window in the bathroom...

Best shower curtain ever! The top rings are reinforced so it won't fall apart when you slide the curtain. The clear plastic lets in light from my bathroom window so it's not so dark in my bathroom. Depending on how high you hang your curtain it covers pretty well if your concerned about privacy. Perfect size for any normal bathroom. Shipped quickly thanks to amazon prime!

* The clear plastic section is, indeed, actually sewn onto the lower section.* It smells - yes, very strongly - of a new plastic liner. The smell will last - decreasing every day, of course - for about 5 days. No one in our house had any sort of adverse reaction to it.* There's a significant powdery film on the curtain, which will get on your hands when you hang it. Any remaining on the curtain rinsed right off in the shower. And, as with the odor, there was no adverse reaction to the powder.* On the 72-inch curtain, the clear section is 24 inches. I'm 5'2" and, since the shower is a little raised, this BARELY affords me the privacy it was purchased to provide. If you're taller, perhaps the longer curtain hung higher would be a better option.* The plastic is quite thick, sort of like a hotel shower curtain, and doesn't cling to itself when wet.

I purchased this for our recently installed basement shower. This shower curtain is definitely not heavy grade vinyl. It's medium weight. For sure, it's heavy enough not to fly around and stick to the body when showering. It's certainly better quality than the thin cheapo ones, but I was thinking this item would be really good quality. It's average and worth the asking price, but you aren't getting some really good deal in purchasing this shower curtain.No strong odors. The vinyl is pliable and not stiff. For me, that's a plus. I purchased a 6 gauge, ultra heavyweight, shower curtain from my local dollar store for the upstairs bathroom. It's super heavyweight, but it's also very stiff.I like the clear top on this one. In the photo, it looks white, but it's perfectly clear. It's kind of nice to have the ablility to "see" while showering. The two tone effect is attractive in it's simplicity. It doesn't need a polyester curtain to layer over it. I purchased the linen color. It is darker than photographed. It's a very deep beige. I would have perferred the color shown, but this will do.

I purchased this at the end of last year for the new house I was moving into this past June. We hung it up, and I just had to throw it away because the entire inside of it was covered in mold. I found one that said antibacterial on purpose because my daughter and I both have severe mold allergies. There was only 4 months of use, and now it's damaging the health of my daughter and myself. This was terribly disappointing.

Received the item rather quickly, beware the curtain is quite short and does not come with rings you have to by those separatly.They are otherwise quite thick and ok quality.

Recently purchased the Carnation Home Fashions 72 by 72-Inch Vinyl Window Shower Curtain in White.Excited for it's arrival I torn into the packaging like a kid on Christmas day only to be greeted with an extremely pungent, chemical not vinyl smell. The chemical was now air borne and once it got on my skin it started burning a sensation on my skin. Had to immediately put it out in a distant hall, had to wash any exposed areas of skin and run an air purifier on in the room and the got the curtain repackaged for return.Companies HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY and accountability for the products they make.Having friends who have serious chemical and scent sensitivites let alone people with young children please be careful if considering this product!

Smelled initially but its because it was made of plastic. Eventually disappeared. 3 Months later, bacteria growth is crazy.DO NOT BUY.

Does not inhibit mildew growth and when you wash it, even with bleach, the mildew stains don't come out.

Needed something that would let light into shower clear piece on the top did the trick

Release an unpleasant plastic smell for a few weeks. Design was up to my expectations.

The stitching between the clear top and bottom is cheap but it can be fixed. The chemical smell is strong, best to hang it outside for a couple days, it filled up my small house. It's a heavy weight vinyl that's a plus and the clear top lets the light in.