Deltana 98C2002/18 98C Series Classic 18" Towel Bar, Solid Brass, Limited

Solid brass, both in the material and the substrate, so the bar itself is brass rather than a plated steel tube. That matters for a bathroom: a brass core will not rust where the finish gets nicked or where the posts sit against a damp wall. The 98C Series Classic bar comes in Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, and Polished Chrome.

It is an 18 inch bar, which is the short-run size most people put on the wall beside a vanity or on the free wall in a powder room rather than over a tub. If you need to hang two full bath sheets side by side, step up to a 24 inch bar such as the Delaney Congaree 200 Series 24 inch set or the Orca Camano 24 inch set.

Residential. The 98C Series Classic bar is specified for residential use, so it suits apartments, condo turns, and single family baths. For a public or high traffic commercial restroom you want a commercial grade washroom accessory instead, typically a heavy gauge stainless bar with concealed mounting, not a decorative brass bar.

The Deltana 98C2002/18 is built at 18 inches in solid brass. For a longer run, the Delaney Congaree 200 Series 24 inch towel bar set and the Orca Hardware Camano 24 inch towel bar set are both 24 inch bars, adding six inches of hanging length for a double bath sheet or a shared guest bath.

The 98C2002/18 is a single-bar towel bar. Where two towels have to hang in the same width of wall, the Emtek Traditional Brass double towel bar and the Emtek Sandcast Bronze brass double towel bar are both double-bar designs, stacking a second bar off the same pair of posts.

The 98C2002/18 is a complete 18 inch towel bar. When only the wall-mounted post has failed and the bar itself is sound, the Delaney Denali 1100 Series towel bar post only is sold as the post by itself, and the Delaney Cascade 300 Series square towel bar is sold as the bar only without posts.

They are not interchangeable pieces. The 98C2002/18 is a complete 18 inch towel bar in the 98C Series, while the Cascade 300 Series is a towel bar only in a square profile, meaning it is the bar without the mounting posts. Ordering it as a one-for-one replacement leaves you with no way to attach it to the wall unless the existing posts are being kept and match the square bar.

The 98C2002/18 is stocked in three finishes, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, and Polished Chrome, so you can standardize a portfolio on one of those and reorder the same model number for every unit. Ordering by the model 98C2002/18 plus the finish is what keeps a turn matching the units you did last year.

It is the complete 18 inch towel bar, bar and mounting posts together, not a replacement rod sold on its own. That is worth knowing because some towel bar items in this category are sold as pieces: the Delaney Cascade 300 Series is offered as a bar only, and the Delaney Denali 1100 Series as a post only. If you are replacing a broken rod between existing posts, one of those part-only items is the right buy, not a full set.

Both are brass towel bars; the split is styling and configuration. The 98C is Deltana's Classic profile in an 18 inch single bar. Emtek fields the same idea in several looks, Modern Brass, Transitional Brass, and Traditional Brass, and the Traditional and Sandcast Bronze versions are double bars, which hang two towels off one wall footprint. Pick a double bar if a shared bath only has one clear wall; pick the single 18 inch bar where wall space is tight.

The Deltana 98C2002/18 is the 98C Series in solid brass, a classic profile. In brass with a contemporary look, the Emtek Modern Brass towel bar comes from the Modern Brass bath hardware line and the Emtek Transitional Brass towel bar from the Transitional bath hardware line. The Delaney Cascade 300 Series towel bar is a square bar rather than a round one.

The Deltana 98C2002/18 is an 18 inch bar on its own. If the bath needs matched pieces bought together, the Delaney Acadia 900 Series, the Orca Hardware 27 Series Swirl, the Orca Hardware 36 Series Swirl, and the Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely are all sold as towel bar sets.

The 98C2002/18 is solid brass through the bar and posts, and it is a residential-duty piece. Among the brass alternatives, the Emtek Modern Brass towel bar, the Emtek Transitional Brass towel bar, the Emtek Traditional Brass double towel bar, and the Emtek Sandcast Bronze brass double towel bar are all brass constructions, which matters when you are standardizing material across a run of units rather than mixing brass with plated steel.

Within the same decorative bath hardware category, Orca Hardware runs several styled sets, the 27 Cypress, 36 Swirl, and 48 Blakely series, and Delaney offers the Acadia 900 Series set. Those are style families rather than direct equivalents of the Classic profile, so choose on the look and on whether the size you need is offered; the Deltana here is the 18 inch Classic in solid brass.

The 98C2002/18 offers oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel and polished chrome finishes. For a bath built around a deeper, more variegated bronze, the Emtek Sandcast Bronze brass double towel bar comes from the Sandcast Bronze bath hardware line, which is a cast bronze family rather than a plated finish over brass.