The rings can be relatively easily attached to the shower rod. They look very stable to me: I once tried to stretch a ring quite far to the sample - so if one applies not just brute force, then hold the rings also. When give the rings, I can not say exactly: in general, it is me, in extreme cases rather give the rings to place that I complete shower rod from the wall robbe ;-) Joking aside, these rings do their job just fine and, in the price you certainly do not complain.