Zip-It Drain Tool - Not For The Faint Of Heart

I'm still a little nauseous. Bleh.
Throbbinsays...

I've cleaned out my drain (without the benefit of a Zip-It - I used a rudimentary tool known as a 'screwdriver'), and I didn't remove nearly as much hair. Either there was more hair further down the drain than the screw driver could reach, or the man in this video is dating a muskox.

spoco2says...

>> ^Throbbin:

I've cleaned out my drain (without the benefit of a Zip-It - I used a rudimentary tool known as a 'screwdriver'), and I didn't remove nearly as much hair. Either there was more hair further down the drain than the screw driver could reach, or the man in this video is dating a muskox.


Definitely more hair further down... plus a screwdriver has no way of really holding on to any stuff down there.

I've pulled up similar amounts of stuff from my shower drain thanks to my wife's long hair.

mgittlesays...

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^mgittle:
My roommate's a plumber. I've seen worse helping him out with side work. I can imagine the smell being bad, but does even the sight of that really make people queasy? wtf @ that.

irony of your avatar


haha. good point...the good ol' trash compactor scene.

The avatar isn't big enough to show the specific expression I screenshotted. I was watching the original one day and paused it...had to keep the pic for some reason..lol.

HaricotVertsays...

I had to use one of these the other day. It lives up to the claim, I have to give it that.

For the love of god though... if you ever need to use one of these yourself, treat it from a safety perspective like it's a power tool. Like a circular saw or something equally dangerous. Because those hooks? Yeah. They are sharper than they look, even if they're plastic. And if you were to accidentally be overzealous with yanking on the Zip It or if your grip slipped and you drew your hand across one of the barbs... congrats, you've just opened up a cut that has all kinds of lovely microbes that you just pulled from your drain pouring into it. Good luck trying to keep that from getting infected.

Just a word of warning. I agree the Zip It is retardedly effective at what it does, though.

flechettesays...

I used to live with two females who had long hair, and anytime the sink or shower water started going down even a bit slower I'd take out the plug and clean out the hair. Never have needed to buy a product to unclog a sink or shower. With how much he's pulled out, I bet by the time he was done taking a shower his tub would have been half-full of dirty water.

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