Cobra Products 400 Zip-It Drain Cleaning Tool
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Cobra Products 400 Zip-It Drain Cleaning Tool
Customer Review: Great for hair in bathroom drains
Summary: 5 Stars
This little tool does a great job at pulling hair clogs out of the drains in bathroom lavs (wash basins). It's the only tool that doesn't require you to disassemble the drain plug, and doesn't require harsh chemicals.
It cleans easily (use a kleenex to pull the hair off the teeth, taking care not to stick yourself) and can be reused. However, after several uses, you'll notice that the plastic teeth are wearing off. Then it's time to toss it.
We like this item so much that we are buying the bargain 12-pack and putting them beneath each sink for ready access.
Customer Review: Great little piece of plastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Worked perfectly on the bathroom sink drain and bathtub drain clogs. Remove the stopper, push twist and pull. It got out clogs of hair and debris, also a piece of rubber from the sink. Well worth the price and safer than chemicals!Customer Review: Great product! - Really works as advertised!
Summary: 5 Stars
This product cleaned my constantly plugging bathroom sink drain in minutes! No chemicals, very thorough. Would highly recommend.Customer Review: Great tool for avoiding Drano!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Zip-It is such an easy way to clean out clogged drains without expensive and harmful chemicals. So cheap and can be used several times. It does have very sharp edges, so be aware. But especially in showers used by girls with long hair, this is SO helpful in clearing drains--no more standing in ankle deep water in your shower!Customer Review: Hard to believe it's this good
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading Mike V's review, I had to give this thing a try. I also am not the best home-fix-it guy. I have not fallen through the ceiling like M.V., but let's just say that when I announce to my wife that I am about to try to fix something, it is only with the greatest of self-restraint that she can suppress a sigh and rolling of the eyes. But this time--it worked! I had been using super-pro-Drano, or something like that, on our shower drain once a year each time it clogged. But after reading more about it, I became concerned that I would soon eat through a plastic pipe and cause a true plumbing disaster. So I tried this 3 dollar zip-stick and...it worked. It is really easy to use. Just unscrew the drain cover for the shower (I expected that to be rusted shut, but no -- it was easy) or, in a sink, just pull out the plug. Stick the zip stick down and pull it up. You will not believe how much gunk and hair comes up with it. The zig-zagged edges really grab stuff. If you only had to run it through once, you'd be done in less than 10 seconds. But I found I needed to wipe off the gunk with a paper towel (easy) and repeat it about 5 more times before it stopped picking up more gunk. Man, I pulled a lot out. And..ta da..the shower drained perfectly after that. The whole thing took about 3 minutes.
Only down side? It's pretty long, but if the clog happens to be lower down than that, you will not be able to reach it. They probably should make a longer version, too. But, I would imagine that it will reach the great majority of clogged drains. I also could not use it on my bathtub drain because it is a very weird sort of thing with a central piece of iron with water draining around it. Can't get a zip-stick (or anything else) around it. But I imagine that is pretty rare. Also, you really won't want to save this when you're through. You better toss it and buy another for the next time a drain clogs. We are recyclers, but really, this is just a thin piece of plastic; no big deal to throw away. And it only costs 3 dollars.
This thing is great! I'm buying one for all my family members for Christmas! (Seriously.)