Ok, these are shower curtain hooks. They are what they are. However, I have never had another set that actually grips the cloth shower curtain and plastic liner so well. The hook is angled in, and no matter how rough the shower curtain is shoved open or dragged closed by college-age kids, it does not come off the hooks. At all. Plus the rollers allow it to slide very easily. So even though you may not want to get too excited over shower curtain hooks, I no longer have to go in after the big boogers and re-hook the shower curtain AT ALL. EVER. Ok, so I am a little bit excited about these shower curtain hooks!