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[SOLVED in 30 minutes] Mystery shower head holder doohickey (toobnix.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ExtremeDullard@piefed.social to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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I have never seen this before. I have no idea what it's for.
Any idea?

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[–] Lewo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you can pull on it to lower the shower holder. E.g. if you have kids and someone before them put the holder too high for them to reach, they can pull on this thing instead.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's exactly what it it!

I pulled on it harder and the shower head holder came down with it - although I had to fight the brake quite hard.

Quite a clever thing.

Thanks!

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Does it drain the tube when you pull it?

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

It doesn't seem to do anything other than what you see in the video. It's not connected to anything, and it offers very little resistance.

It basically looks like a retractable keychain holder integrated into a shower head rail.