Most drain cleaners are nasty, chemical loaded products, yet so many people still use them for unclogging their drains. If you have long hair, pay attention to how much of it you lose in the shower - how much goes down your drain. Now multiply that by your (hopefully!) daily shower, and you can imagine the nastiness building up in your drain. FlexiSnake is a non-chemical solution.
FlexiSnake utilizes hook-and-loop technology to snag drain hair on contact. The patent pending, hair-snagging pad is the secret. It aggressively grabs drain hair and holds fast, providing the mechanical force needed to retrieve those tenacious clogs that chemical drain cleaners fail to remove.
And it works.
Call me a cheater, but I brought the FlexiSnake with me when we went to visit family for the holidays and had my dad test it. He tried it out on the dishwasher. Odd choice, I know, but with successful results! Shower drain hair is not a match for the FlexiSnake, either. I'm sure you can imagine the gross pictures I could post here, but I won't. You can see those on FlexiSnake's website, if you're brave enough. You can also view a news story from 2007 on the FlexiSnake here.
Any negatives to FlexiSnake? Well, it's great that you can unclog the drain without the nasty chemicals, which are harmful to us and the environment, but I do have one gripe. FlexiSnake is disposable. I'm not sure if a product like this could be made otherwise, but disposable products don't exactly scream eco-friendly. Small steps, I suppose.
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:16 am
Nah, you wasn't a cheater, Stefanie. Frankly, I think this FlexiSnake is going to be a very great drain cleaning tool and I'll look forward to buy it...
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I don't think you are a cheater also. I think its great. Makes me want to go try it also.
January 24th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Looks like just what I need. My shower drain's been clogged for a while now and chemical treatments didn't do the job.
January 26th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
This is something we definitely need for our shower/tub drain because of all the hair that gets stuck down there. Thanks for posting this!
February 4th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Hi, never seen on of those before but they look cool. I have used the old baking soda and vinegar, works well on small clogs. I have also had good success with product that just uses compressed air.
Thanks for another tool in the hair-drain saga.
Wendy
March 11th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Wendy Mundy said:
FlexiSnake might help with the processes you are already using, in removing anything that is left!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:56 pm
I remember this thing. The plumber who came to fix the drains last time used something similar. Now I know what it was.
May 26th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Try using some of the natural drain cleaners before using the chemical cleaners.
Even the hand held plungers or the pipesnakes are a great way to avoid the chemicals part of the time.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:58 am
Alot of drain cleaners use this tool nowdays, id recommend anyone to buy one they really are useful.
July 15th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I suppose the only thing they could look into is just having the grabbing head disposible? But still how to make it environmentally friendly and still work well.
Im glad you didnt put a picture of the results on here, im sure its not a pretty sight.