MIBOW Drain Snake Cleaner Drain Auger,Sink Dredge Pipeline Cleaner,Drain Snake Hair Catcher for Bathroom Tub, Toilet,Clogged Drains, Dredge Pipe, Sewers,Sink, Kitchen Sink Slow Drain Relief

This worked well for me, but I could see how some people might find it difficult to use, so I took a star off for that. Here's the technique I used: push the cable in as far as you can force it down the drain, then use the handle to turn it (CW or CCW doesn't seem to matter) and the cable will shorten as the spiral wire at the end works its way into the clog. Do this for a while, at least until the cable shortens noticeably. Then let it unwind itself in the opposite direction and pul it out. There should be a satisfying yucky glob of hairy goo on the end. I did this twice and my sink drain is running freely now and was previously completely blocked.I was worried that ti wouldn't fit because my sink drain has a horizontal bar about 1/2 inch down, but it was fine.

Less expensive than some augers. This one easily slid through the labyrinth that is my toilet bowl exit channel on the way to the septic tank, however the clog seems to be slightly beyond the length of the snake. Nothing happened after using this tool, but then next day when I was about to go to the hardware store to buy a bigger more expensive unit, miraculously the clog was gone when I checked again and the toilet flushed as it should. So I guess something was dislodged in the process. In essence, the effectiveness of this tool would depend on your toilet. Mine is a new Kohler Memoirs Stately round bowl model.

I bought this to clean out a shower drain. It didn't fit through the filter. Ended up donating to Goodwill. Bought different ones. They were orange, slim and plastic. They were able to fit through the filter and worked great.

This worked on my drain. I used it on my shower drain after two bottles of drain cleaner didn't quite work. It only pulled out what looked like a little sludge (could have been remnants of what the drain cleaners did). Or it might have pushed whatever was blocking the drain through. I had to do little rapid push and pull to work the snake further in the drain....but long story short, it definitely helped AND I didn't have to call a plumber.

I have tried multiple drain cleaner liquids, gels and granules (those designed specifically for tough kitchen clogs) to try and unplug my kitchen sink all to no avail. Short of getting my hands on a pipe wrench and tearing the thing apart, I decided to try this first. What many applications of chemicals could not fix, I was able to clear away with this in less than 15 minutes. Couldn't be happier.It was a tight fit to thread into my drain holes. It's easier to thread in than thread out. The trick I found was to pull the spring so it kind of wedged into a drain hole at an angle and then wound the handle. You can feel the tension building up and the spring will shortly pop out. Repeat for all the springs Takes a bit of practice to get a feel for, but as I said I was able to get it done on the first try in less than 15 minutes.Only thing to note is the handle is not silicone. It feels like a cheap plastic. In fact, mine cracked a little either in shipping or during use; I didn't notice exactly when it occurred. It didn't affect the effectiveness of the apparatus, but the description is a little misleading in that regard.

Not flexible enough to get down my toilet drain, goes about halfway in and I’m afraid to force it too much. Drain angles sharply. Pushed gently while turning the handle in either direction and it just won’t go any further. This is a newer toilet that has nothing standard about it. Scratched the toilet bowl quite a bit although to be fair I was able to remove the marks brushing with Clorox toilet cleaner. Almost returned but decided to hang on to it for possible future tub/shower/sink clogs.

I bought this to unclog my shower and per photo's it doesn't fit at all. Too big and my condo was built in 2007. My desperate solution was to take a pliers and break the thing in half. This was rather difficult but once the large section was removed I was able to clear the drain.

The end of this product is too big to fit down the sink drain which is why I bought it. That being said it does fit down my tub drain and pulled out a tone of hair I didn't even know it was clogged. For the price this product is worth it and I would definitely get it again.

My son threw a toy car down the toilet and blocked it. We got the toilet jetted by a professional company and when that didnt work they told us the toilet would need to come off. They could only use a certain amount of pressure without damaging the toilet. Bought this as a last ditch attempt and it had the toy car out within a few minutes! Brilliant

The head was too big to fit through the plug hole that I needed it for, so I cut it off. Once I had the device through the bath plug hole it did bring up some hair and then too much force separated the pipe connections. I had to remove the bath paneling, strip down the remaining pipe work, clear the blockage by hand and re-seal the plug hole. So, in short, I should have saved my money and done it all by hand. I enjoyed the adventure though.