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Why do new bathroom accessories always have glass tumblers when these could damage a washbasin if dropped?

We've recently refurbished our bathroom and have been shopping for new accessories. Ignoring the cheap & nasty, all the manufacturers of good quality toothbrush/mug holders have heavy glass tumblers in them. If you happen to drop one of these into a ceramic washbasin because your hands are wet I would have thought it quite likely that damage would ensue to one or even both items. Has anyone out there dropped one of these heavy glass tumblers into a washbasin? What happened? With todays modern plastics you'd think they could provide high quality lightweight tumblers in their products.

Public Comments

1. Ha. someone has rumbled the conspiracy to make you buy more bathroom sui...suites.. suita.. damn, whats the plural of suite.
2. I've never known anyone to drop a tumbler into the sink so guess it's a pretty uncommon problem. Glass is just much nicer but guess it's not so practical for children or clumsy people
3. Yes the galss didn't break but the sink did
4. Totally agree. It's the usual problem of designers without commonsense.
5. Its something I gave thought to a long time ago, I always get the high quality patio ware beakers for the bathroom, they bounce as acrylic