Drain King 186 Unclogs Bathroom Sinks, Showers, and Swimming Pool Drains, 1.5 to 3 Inch

So, you have a clog? The first thing you did was run to Lowes/Home Depot and bought Liquid Plumber, but after following the "wait up to 15 minutes before flushing pipes" and cover the opening so it can do its work undercover...it turns out that it's a miserable failure.So you go to Plan B, which is none-other then use a STRONGER chemical. In my case I picked up Liquid Lightening Drain Opener with the power of sulphur. After letting it sit for 20 minutes, it did nothing but smell up the whole house.Ok, on to Plan C, yet another chemical, but this time, I'll go organic since the sulphur smell turned me completely off. I used ZEP Drain Care. It sat there through the night and not only through the night, but sometimes through the day with added applications. NOTHING.Needless to say, Plan D didn't work either which was the use of a Plumbers Snake. I even used Drain Blaster which uses compressed air, but that didn't completely solve the problem. It helped somewhat or made it worse depending on the situation.Now, I'll cut to the chase, my shower has been draining slowly for months. When it got real bad, I would use the Drain Blaster and it would help, but it just moved the clog but did NOT REMOVE the clog. So this past week, I ordered Drain King #186. I knew it would get here after memorial day, but it wasn't a real emergency, since I was already use to it draining slowly. After calling in guests for Memorial Day, my wife informed me that there was a new problem...the sink was now draining so slow and it stunk horribly. I did what I knew I had to do, I grabbed the Drain Blaster, and in this case it didn't speed up the drainage, it actually brought it to a halt. A very embarrassing situation for my guests, but after getting through the day, I was hoping that Drain King would arrive and that it would actually work.Today, I finally got Drain King in the mail, I immediately went to work. The rubber on the product is very very strong, but flexible. I was able to maneuver it into the bathroom drain. My wife turned on the outside hose that it was connected to. It made a loud vibration. I ran it for about 3 minutes. No water splashed up at all. When I finished, I tested the drain, and IT WORKED PERFECTLY!Then I went to the sink. I shoved it into the main line going into the wall, but this time I didn't hear a vibration and that got me worried. I wasn't able to put Drain King more than 5 inches into the pipe and it was pretty horizontal which worried me that it would splash water back in my face. We put it on for less than a minute because I didn't hear a vibration and I was worried that it wasn't in correctly and the rubber would burst, so I took it out. I put the sink back together and cringed as I ran the water down the sink. I expected it to fill up and lay stagnant. HOWEVER, IT WENT DOWN SO FAST! It was better than it ever was. Truly amazing!I know this review is rather long, but I want you to realize that I tried everything. This Drain King IS WORTH EVERY CENT. If the thing just worked on the shower and busted after that, it was well worth it. But in my case, it cleared the shower and the sink perfectly. I Praise the Lord that I found this product. I believe you will find it is your BEST chance to clear any clog you have.P.S. There was a clone of this product in Lowes by Cobra Products. I never tried it, but I believe the thing that makes Drain King unique is the metal tip at the end which is supposed to be the key to its clog removal. This product received a 97 out of 100 on a Consumer Reports test of drain care products in 2006. The only such product to get such a high score. Just type into Google "Drain King Consumer Reports filetype:pdf" to bring up the report for yourself.Thanks for reading. I hope this makes up your mind to get this wonderful product.

I've owned my 1960s Townhome for 10 years now. The kitchen drain has always been problematic. It got better when I got rid of the garbage disposal but has always drained slowly and would occasionally clog and not drain at all. I've used all manner of chemicals (Drano, Liquid Plummer, etc,etc) on it. Sometimes the Thrift Drain Opener chemical would improve the flow as it has done in many other drains in my home. In this most recent episode of fully clogged drain I did everything I could --- power snaked it, plunged it, Thrift drain cleaner several times, tried suction it out with my powerful shop vac. NOTHING WORKED. We had standing water that would take days to drain and leave a disgusting mess in the sink. We are a household of 7. I watched endless videos online about clearing drains and almost decide to buy a pressure washer and water jet kit to clear this clogged drain. Water jetting would have definitely worked, but it would have been messy. Minimum cost to DIY is about $200 for equipment. Getting a professional plumber to water jet would be $500 to $1000.And then I came across this Drain King product on AMAZON. Watched some Youtube vids and decided it was worth a shot. No need to buy it with the sink adaptor thing. You can buy it by itself. Just make sure you choose a size appropriate for the pipe you're inserting it into. I removed J trap and all other pipes so that I could put it in the pipe that goes into the wall. The directions say insert 4 feet. This is unnecessary. I could only insert mine about 10 inches before I hit an elbow. Connect to regular garden hose, put it in the pipe, have your helper turn on the water. It expands immediately and seals the pipe. No water back flows. I ran it with water going full blast. It made some noises but not too much that I could hear. Ran it for 5 minutes --- that's a lot of water. Could hear it running and clearing the pipe. I ran up and downstairs to make sure it wasn't coming out another drain or leaking out the wall or something else catastrophic. But all was fine. After 5 minutes I shut it off checked everything again and turned it on for another 5 minutes. Took the hose back outside and reassembled all kitchen sink components.My kitchen drain ran faster than ever before. Faucet open at full blast could not create standing water in the sink. This drain has never worked so well. To be honest I was completely shocked at how easy this was to do. I was basically crying tears of joy. This effing kitchen drain has vexed me for years and years. Who knew a $12 solution existed? It was more work reassembling all the components than it was to clear the drain. No chemicals, very little effort, and so easy that my elderly mother could do it if I showed her how. This is an amazing product. I believe it works by overwhelming a blockage with water and air pressure. A lot of pressure is generated by a garden hose at full blast. Whatever was in my pipes is gone now. And if the clog comes back I will break Drain King out again confident it will amaze me. Solid 110% buy recommendation. Just make sure you can insert it fully into the pipe.