Review on 🚿 Flexible Steel Plumbing Snake Auger - Hair & Other Clogs Removal Tool for Kitchen, Bathroom Sinks, Bathtub & Shower Drains by Chris Meers

I should start with a disclaimer: augers are widely used by professionals, not because of their complexity or efficiency, but because they can do real damage to your pipes. For example, I live in an old apartment in Brooklyn that was built god knows when, the drain pipe in the kitchen already naturally collapsed and needed replacing, this tool puts METAL in your pipes, so there is a certain probability that you can break them or the pipes break. But if you're stubborn like me and don't even consider your own good advice, read on! My wife moved a few years ago, so I've tried different solutions to get the newfangled long hair problem down the drain. One was the drain valve, which worked fine until we stopped using it (who wants to throw THAT out every two months?). The other was Draino, but I'm not a big fan of pouring chemicals down watercourses and I've been warned that most of the time when there's a major problem in the pipe, it's dangerous. So I threw this can on the street. Late last week, a tiny shower stall in Brooklyn began draining very slowly. The water came right under the 3 inch lip so I checked out the reliable Revane for a cheap kite. I saw promising new technologies with micro or nano fibers or an old pipe cleaner that my father used when he smoked tobacco. While scrolling this product came up and I thought why not spend $15 when I was planning to only spend $5? He arrived about 20 minutes ago. The instructions on the back of the label were too basic and largely ignored. I undid the screw, ripped out the metal wire and pushed it down the shower drain, thinking about my old plumbing. On the first pass I got a tiny feather of hair at the tip of the metal. I shrugged, assuming the backup had committed himself (the shower seemed to be draining normally this weekend, so it's not exactly magical thinking). I decided to try again and carefully rolled it down, turning the little wheel a bit. I enjoyed this activity while pretending it was mostly city fishing. I pulled up as gently as I pushed down, feeling a little suction building underneath. Did I catch a bite? OH DEAR GOD, I DID IT! What happened (and while I had a few fishing metaphors, this isn't a big fish story), I'm not kidding, it was a ball of hair (?) that was literally the size of my wrist to my elbow. . It literally looked like someone had dropped a sock down the drain. So, as gross as it is, I'm very glad I bought this and maybe I'll never have to use it again. For cleaning I collected most of it in a plastic bag. I used my pug's doggie pockets to tear up the hair still attached to the snail and ended up just using a knife to cut through the strands that had wrapped around the metal. Rinse everything and you're done. Overall the job took about 25 minutes: 1 minute to unwrap and ignore instructions, 4 minutes to fish down the drain twice, 1 minute to call the woman to show off her catch, 8 minutes to clean, and 11 minutes to write a raving review on this amazing product.