Orca Hardware 3660 Swirl Towel Ring

No. The 3660 Swirl uses concealed mounting screws, so the post mounts to the wall first and the decorative cover hides the fasteners. Nothing shows on the finished face.

The Orca Hardware 3660 Swirl towel ring is made of zinc with concealed mounting screws. If the specification calls for solid brass instead, the Deltana 88TR6 is a 6 inch towel ring in the 88 Series built of solid brass, and the Deltana 98C2008 is a 6 inch Classic towel ring in the 98C Series, also solid brass. Emtek's Modern Brass towel ring is another brass-bodied option and sits in the Modern Brass bath hardware line. All are wall-mounted towel rings serving the same function; the difference is base material and the styling of each series.

Zinc. That is a cast metal body rather than solid brass, which matters if you are speccing for a high-humidity coastal property where buyers often prefer brass. For a brass body in the same category, the Deltana 88TR6 6-inch towel ring in the 88 Series is solid brass.

Orca lists the 3660 Swirl towel ring as commercial. That makes it a fit for hotel guest baths, multi-family units, and office washrooms, not only homeowner installs.

The 3660 belongs to Orca's 36-Swirl Series, so it is built to coordinate with the other Swirl-collection bath accessories in the same finish. Ordering the ring and the bar from the same series and the same finish code (SN, CH, or BL) keeps the look consistent across the washroom.

The Orca Hardware 3660 Swirl towel ring is offered in Matte Black, Polished Chrome and Satin Nickel, and it is designated for commercial use. Comparable wall-mounted towel rings you can standardize on instead include the Sure-Loc Basic towel ring, the Sure-Loc Baden wall mounted towel ring, the Sure-Loc Boulder wall mounted towel ring and the Sure-Loc Brighton towel ring, along with the Delaney Congaree 200 Series, Cascade 300 Series, Acadia 900 Series and Denali 1100 Series towel rings. Each of those is a series with its own styling, so pick the one that matches the bath and door hardware already going into the units.

The Orca Hardware 3660 belongs to the Swirl collection, a decorative contemporary styling. For a traditional or period bath, the Emtek Traditional Brass towel ring is part of the Traditional bath hardware line, and the Emtek Transitional Brass towel ring sits in the Transitional bath hardware line for something between the two. For a rustic or hand-finished look, the Emtek Sandcast Bronze towel ring comes from the Sandcast Bronze bath hardware line. All mount to the wall and hold a hand towel the same way the 3660 does.

Treat it as a replacement, not a drop-in. The Orca Hardware 3660 Swirl towel ring is a zinc ring with concealed mounting screws, while the Deltana BBN2008 is a 6-1/4 inch towel ring in the BBN Series and the Deltana BBS2008 is a 6-1/2 inch ring in the BBS Series. Different series carry different post and bracket footprints, so the existing anchor holes will not necessarily line up. Plan on patching and re-drilling the wall, or stay within the same Deltana series if you need to reuse the existing mounting points.

The 3660 covers matte black directly as one of its three finishes. If the styling is wrong for the room, Delaney's towel rings span four design families (Congaree 200, Cascade 300, Acadia 900, Denali 1100) and Sure-Loc offers the Basic, Baden, Boulder, and Brighton rings, so you have other profiles to choose from in the same part type.

The base model number is 3660 and the finish is selected as the option: SN for satin nickel, CH for polished chrome, BL for matte black. Those are the only three choices, so specify one when you order.

The Orca Hardware 3660 is part of the Swirl collection, so the ring and mounting post carry a decorative profile. For an unadorned wall-mounted ring, the Sure-Loc Basic towel ring is the straightforward option, and the Sure-Loc Boulder and Baden wall mounted towel rings are alternate Sure-Loc series if you want a different post shape. The Delaney Cascade 300 Series towel ring is another choice in a separate design family.