Deltana KTB2000 Double Post Toilet Paper Holder, KTB Series, Solid Brass

Deltana classes the KTB2000 as residential. It suits single-family, condo and apartment bathrooms. For a public or high-traffic restroom you want a commercial-grade holder built for abuse and tamper resistance, not a residential decorative post holder.

A single post holder fits where a two-post span will not. The Sure-Loc Brighton Single Post Paper Holder (SUR-BT-PH1) mounts on one post with the roll carried on a single arm, so it needs far less clear wall beside the fixture than the Deltana KTB2000, which requires two mounting points spaced to accept the roll spindle between them.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate, with a brushed nickel plated finish over it. Brass won't rust in a bathroom the way a plated steel or zinc body can once the finish gets chipped, which is the usual reason these fail in a damp room.

Brushed nickel is the finish offered on the KTB2000. If you're matching a bathroom set, that pairs with brushed nickel faucets and towel bars; it will read cooler and greyer than a satin brass or bronze, so don't mix it into an oil-rubbed bronze suite.

For the same two-post format, Sure-Loc's Basic 2-Post Paper Holder is the direct equivalent. If you'd rather have a roll that sits on a bar, Emtek makes bar-style paper holders in four design families: Modern Brass, Traditional Brass, Transitional Brass, and Sandcast Bronze. Orca's 2752 Cypress and 4852 Blakely use a plastic tube spindle instead. Single post is also an option with the Sure-Loc Brighton.

The KTB2000 belongs to Deltana's KTB Series of bath hardware, so the way to keep towel bars, rings and hooks consistent across units is to stay in the KTB Series and in the brushed nickel finish. Mixing series or finishes is where multi-unit bathrooms start looking mismatched.

A Euro style holder is an open-ended arm that the roll slides onto, with no second post and no removable spindle. The Sure-Loc Baden (SUR-BD-PH1) and Sure-Loc Boulder (SUR-BL-PH1) wall mounted Euro paper holders and the Orca Hardware 3655 Swirl Euro (ORC-3655) and 5255 Ripple Euro (ORC-5255) are all this type. They are not a drop-in swap for the KTB2000 double post holder because the wall mounting pattern differs, but they serve the same function and change the roll from the open end rather than by pulling a spindle.

The Orca Hardware 2752 Cypress (ORC-2752) and the Orca Hardware 4852 Blakely (ORC-4852) are both supplied with a plastic tube that the roll rides on between the posts. That tube is the wear part and is replaceable, which is why this style gets specified in rental and multi-family units. The Deltana KTB2000 is a double post holder in solid brass.

Emtek builds paper holders into full bath hardware suites, so towel bars and rings coordinate with the paper holder. The choices are the Modern Brass Bath Hardware series, the Traditional Bath Hardware series, the Transitional Bath Hardware series, and the Sandcast Bronze Bath Hardware series, each offered as a bar style paper holder. The Deltana KTB2000 is part of the KTB Series in solid brass.

No. On the Emtek bar style holders, such as the Modern Brass Paper Holder - Bar Style and the Sandcast Bronze Paper Holder - Bar Style, the roll rides on a continuous bar carried by the mounting brackets. On the Deltana KTB2000 the roll sits on a spring spindle held between two separate posts. The wall prep and the way you reload the roll are different, so confirm which one is on the drawing before ordering.

Not quite. With the double post design on the KTB2000 you compress the spring spindle to pull it out of the two posts, load the roll, and snap it back. A euro or single-post holder lets you slide the roll straight on from the open end with one hand. If easy one-handed reloading matters, such as in a rental you're constantly servicing, the euro types from Sure-Loc or Orca are quicker; the double post keeps the roll captive and won't let it fall off.

The Euro style holders have no removable spindle at all, so there is nothing for a tenant to misplace. The Sure-Loc Boulder (SUR-BL-PH1) and Sure-Loc Baden (SUR-BD-PH1) wall mounted Euro paper holders and the Sure-Loc Brighton single post holder (SUR-BT-PH1) all load the roll from an open end. The Deltana KTB2000 is a residential-rated double post holder and uses a spindle carried between its two posts.

Both Orca models are two-post holders supplied with a plastic tube: the 2752 belongs to the 27-Cypress Series and the 4852 to the 48-Blakely Series, so the difference is the styling of the posts and rosettes rather than the mechanism. Either one carries the roll the same way the Deltana KTB2000 does, on a spindle between two posts.