excellent.. Dont listen to stupid 1 star reviews. This unit is good quality and will get the job done. Be patient and watch a couple youtube vids...

Just a couple FYI's- if you go in the drain too deep, it will be a pain in the butt to remove. It will come out, you need to keep pulling (it wont break!). To avoid the snake getting stuck, you need to insert the snake into the drain and twist little by little, remove it, then go a little further, and repeat.

FYI 2: If your tub wont drain, despite hard work... try using the same method above in your sink. Yes your sink!! I used the snake in my sink and it drained my tub... weird but it worked! Maybe the pipes are connected? I'm not a plumber so I have no idea but give it a try.

FYI 3: im not sure if the snake will hold up against rust in the long term. I suggest you purchase a small bottle of BALLISTOL (AEROSOL VERSION) and spray it on the snake after use. Its a gun lubricant/cleaner, eco friendly and works wonders (dont spray in the bathroom, your wife may not like it). My advice, do not use wd-40 since it contains some water and wont protect against rust over the long term as good as ballistol. The only reason I recommend ballistol is because its non-toxic. Any gun lubricant will do.

I literally received this drain auger tonight and used it right away. I had a major clogged drain in my bathtub. The water would fill up like i had a stopper on the drain. Before i ordered the product, i watched a youtube video on how to use it. It looked pretty simple. I filled the tub to a point where at least the bottom of the tub was covered...maybe a bit more. The water drains super slow. I removed the cover to the overflow which is above the drain. The issue in my situation as you can see from the photo is that there is this bar in the middle. This is not common. Usually there would be no bar. I believe this is the original tub to the house and maybe this is how it was in the past. The screws were so rusted that i couldn't remove the bar. In any case i had to shove the drain auger above the bar to get it in and down the pipe. There are simple instructions included with this product. Please attached photo. It really works if you follow them. In order to get the auger out of the barrel, you have to loosen the screw. See photo with my thumb. I pull out enough of the auger to push it down the pipe easily until it can't go any further. Then i have about 6 inches at the most sticking out of the overflow. At this point you want to tighten the screw. Now you hold onto the handle and turn the knob clockwise while pushing forward on the auger until it goes further down the pipe and you have reached the overflow. Again you don't have to push too too hard but with a little force. Now you loosen the screw again and pull out another 6 inches of auger. Tighten the screw and again while pushing forward you turn the knob clockwise until you get to the overflow. If the auger doesn't move very well, pull out a few inches of the auger from the pipe and try again with turning the knob and pushing forward. You repeat this process until the water drains. It literally took me less than 10 minutes. I was very impressed! Once the clog is cleared, you loosen the screw and slowly pull the auger back into the barrel. It goes back in very easily. As you can see from my last photo, there was A LOT of hair in the pipe. 😊 that is 5 years of accumulation. I also bought the TubShroom hair catcher specifically for bathtub drains which is available on Amazon. It's meant for 1.5 inch diameter pipes. I am going to use that to see how well it will catch future hair.

Just FYI...I am a female with some experience in home improvement. But i haven't dealt with plumbing issues.

Worked for my shower drain the first time. Had trouble getting opast the drain trap untill i learned it is pest to hand feed cable untill it stops then turn the handle until it finds its path than advance it by hand until you hit and obstruction and than turn the handle untill it clelears it . if not advance it by hand again and repeat till the pipe is clear of obstruction. Once you clear the trap the rest is easy. I am sure this is only ment for small plugs but. for the price that is good enough for me. It save me from calling the plumber which cost much more. will not work for roots...

Could this be built of higher quality materials? Probably. Could there be small improvements that make this easier and more comfortable to use? Definitely. Does it do exactly what you need it to while saving you a visit from the plumber? Hell yes.

I just Googled a video on how to properly use this and I was on the road to clear drainsville. For the price this is exactly what I expected. If I was an actual plumber and looking for a snake for my job, I'd keep looking. For the dad that needs to get long hair that has somehow made it past the strainer (that is totally used each time longhaired people shower), and beyond the reach of one of those plastic zip it hair snare things, this is what you're looking for. Within a few minutes the drain was in tip top shape. Great price. Great product.

So I am giving it three stars because it does work. I bought this auger thinking I would keep it and use it any time a drain was blocked. I ordered this on October 8 and just now opened the box to use it on November 26. I should have used it within the return window. After I used it one time (instructions and explanations are sorely lacking) it is completely rusted by the next morning. You would think that something that is guaranteed to get wet with use and nearly impossible to properly dry would be coated with something to keep it from rusting. Not so. Anyway, in my particular case, I had to use it over and over and over to get the kitchen sink drain unclogged. The first day I used it it blocked the sink up worse. I tried it again the next day, this time using it differently, and it went in further and accomplished something. The other thing that I was not pleased with is that the coil is not attached to the inside anywhere. Was it originally? I don't know. But as you are using it in the drain the entire coil come completely out. It isn't easy to get it back in and it can flip out and hit you. I don't know enough about plumbing, maybe a 25 foot coil is as long as it gets for plumbing reasons, but I think a coil that was maybe 5 foot longer would have been more helpful. The best thing about this drain auger (and also, paradoxically, the reason it rusts within hours of first use) is that the water from the coil collects inside the auger itself. It is less messy that way. But then it is impossible to clean AND dry the inside of it out, hence the rust.