Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely Towel Bar Set

The Blakely towel bar set is made in three bar lengths: 18 inch, 24 inch and 30 inch. Each length is available in all four finishes, so you can run 18 inch bars in a powder room and 30 inch bars in the main baths without switching finish families. For a long vanity wall, two 24 inch bars usually hang better than one 30 inch.

Orca classes the Blakely 48 Series as commercial. That is the relevant distinction for a hotel, student housing or multi-family spec where a residential-grade bar gets pulled off the wall in a year. The bar is zinc with 204 stainless, not a hollow decorative tube.

It ships as a set, bar plus posts, in the length and finish you pick. Some competing lines split those apart, the Delaney Cascade 300 Series is sold as a towel bar only and the Delaney Denali 1100 Series as a post only, so with those you are placing two line items. With the Blakely you order one.

Sure-Loc offers the Baden and the Boulder towel bars in the same 18, 24 and 30 inch lengths, so either drops into the same wall layout without re-spacing your blocking. The Sure-Loc Brighton is 30 inch only, so it will not cover a mixed-length job. If you want solid brass instead of zinc and stainless, Deltana's 55D, 98C and BBN Series bars are solid brass, though those are catalogued at 18 inches.

Orca builds the number from the series and the length, so the 4800 Blakely bars are called out as 4818, 4824 and 4830, then the finish code: SN, PC, ORB or BL. A 24 inch matte black bar is a 4824 BL. Getting the length digits and the finish suffix right is the whole order.

The Sure-Loc Baden towel bar is offered in 18 inch, 24 inch and 30 inch, matching the three lengths the Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely towel bar set covers. The Sure-Loc Boulder towel bar is also offered in 18, 24 and 30 inch. Both give you the same run-length options for a standard bath layout, so the choice comes down to the styling of the post and the finish you need. The Blakely set itself is built in zinc and 204 stainless with concealed mounting screws.

The Delaney Congaree 200 Series towel bar set is sold as a 24 inch towel bar set, so it covers a single 24 inch opening without committing you to a series that spans multiple lengths. The Sure-Loc Basic towel bar is another single-item option. Against those, the Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely towel bar set is a commercial-rated set in zinc and 204 stainless offered across 18, 24 and 30 inch in Satin Nickel, Polished Chrome, Oil-Rubbed Bronze and Matte Black, which is what you want when you are standardizing the same bar across many baths rather than fixing one.

For a double bar on one pair of posts, look at the Emtek Traditional Brass double towel bar or the Emtek Sandcast Bronze double towel bar. Both are double-bar units, which the Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely towel bar set is not - Blakely is a single-bar set in 18, 24 and 30 inch lengths. If the wall run is short and you need two hanging positions, the double is the one that fits; if you have wall length and want the bar to match other Blakely pieces, stay with the 48 Series.

Yes, but not from the 48 Series - the Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely is sold as a towel bar set. For a bar alone, the Delaney Cascade 300 Series is offered as a towel bar only in a square profile. For a post alone, the Delaney Denali 1100 Series is offered as a towel bar post only. Component parts only work if they match the profile already on the wall, so confirm the round or square shape of what is installed before ordering either one.

The Deltana 88TB12 is a 12 inch towel bar in solid brass, shorter than any length the Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely towel bar set is offered in - the Blakely starts at 18 inch. For a tight run between a vanity edge and a door casing, the 12 inch bar is the one that lands; use the Blakely on the walls where you have 18 inch or more and want the finish to carry through.

Four finishes across the Blakely line: Satin Nickel (SN), Polished Chrome (PC), Oil-Rubbed Bronze (ORB) and Matte Black (BL). All four are offered in every bar length, which is what matters when you are standardizing a building and need the same finish on 18, 24 and 30 inch bars.

Zinc and 204 stainless steel. The stainless content is why this holds up better than a plated pot-metal bar in a high-humidity washroom, and it is the reason Orca puts it on the commercial side of their line rather than the residential side.

No. The Blakely uses concealed mounting screws, so the posts go up on a bracket and the escutcheon covers the fasteners. Nothing visible on the finished install, which matters on a spec where exposed screw heads get flagged at punch list.

The Blakely is a collection, not a standalone bar, so the 4800 family carries the same post and finish treatment across the accessory pieces. Order everything for one washroom from the Blakely collection in one finish code (SN, PC, ORB or BL) and the posts will match.

A single-bar Blakely holds one towel per bar comfortably, and the shortest length is 18 inches. If the wall will not take two bars, a double-arm bar is the better answer: Emtek makes the Sandcast Bronze double towel bar and the Traditional Brass double towel bar, both of which hang two towels off one pair of posts and one set of blocking.

No. The Blakely starts at 18 inches. If you need a 12 inch bar for a tight return wall or beside a pedestal sink, the Deltana 88 Series 88TB12 is a 12 inch solid brass towel bar and is the shorter option to look at.

Dimensionally it can be, but the material and length coverage differ. The Deltana 55D2002/18 and the Deltana BBN2002/18 are 18 inch towel bars in solid brass, and the Deltana 98C2002/18 Classic is an 18 inch solid brass bar as well. Each of those is an 18 inch bar only, whereas the Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely towel bar set is built in zinc and 204 stainless and runs 18, 24 and 30 inch. If you are matching a single 18 inch position in solid brass, the Deltana bars line up; if you need 24 or 30 inch in the same family, the Blakely covers all three.

The Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely towel bar set is offered in Satin Nickel, Polished Chrome, Oil-Rubbed Bronze and Matte Black across all three lengths. The Emtek Modern Brass towel bar and the Emtek Transitional Brass towel bar are brass bath hardware lines, each carrying its own finish range rather than the Blakely four. If your spec calls out one of those four finishes on every bath in a property and you want a single part family to satisfy it, the 48 Series Blakely is the one that holds all four.

The Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely towel bar set is a commercial-rated set that covers 18, 24 and 30 inch in the same four finishes, so one collection satisfies every bath size in the property. The Delaney Acadia 900 Series towel bar set and the Sure-Loc Brighton 30 inch towel bar are also set-form options, with the Brighton offered at 30 inch. Standardizing on one family keeps replacement stock to a single part line instead of mixing series across floors.