Cobra Products 00400 Zip-It Drain Cleaning Tool, 12-Pack
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Product Details
Manufacturer: Cobra ProductsModel: 00400
Product features:
- Fast and easy way to clear clogged and slow running drains
- Strong poly construction
- Environmentally safe clog cleaning
- Clears hair clogs and more
- 12-pack covers many clogging issues
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Cobra Products 00400 Zip-It Drain Cleaning Tool, 12-Pack
Customer Review: My go-to tool for slow or clogged drains
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a little leery of pouring strong chemicals down a drain so when I spotted this in the local home improvement store, I bought a couple to try out. Like the gunk in my drains, I've been hooked on Zip-it ever since. The first time I tried one of these it cleared a chronically slow sink drain instantly. It went in looking like the white barbed plastic strip that it is, but came out looking like a soggy raccoon's tail. I was glad I'd bought two because there was way too much gunk to try backing it off of the barbs to reuse the tool. I used the next one on the tub with almost the same result, but this time it came out looking more like a pony tail. I immediately went out and bought a few more to keep for emergencies. These days I buy the bulk-pack since it saves a few dollars over buying them locally.
A few tips...
The tool is flexible along only one axis. If it doesn't bend getting through the trap, twist it. I have yet to find a drain that I could not bury the Zip-it all the way to the hilt with a little wiggling, and believe me I've used it on many drains since I seem to be the family handy-man when it comes to dirty plumbing jobs.
Consider this your first tool and reserve the snakes, power cleaners, chemicals or plumbers as your backup plan. There's a limit to how far this tool can reach and if it were longer you might find it grabbed so much stuff that you'd be unable to dislodge it. There are clogs too deep for this and there are times when it catches just the top of a clog, tears the gunk in half, and leaves a clog-clot that makes the symptom worse. On the other hand, the couple of times this happened to me, I reckoned that I now had 1/2 lb less gunk to power through with the snake. So even the "failure" cases were worth the $3 cost of the tool, in my experience.
If you must reuse the tool, do it right then on another drain. There is no way to store one of these after use without starting a science experiment or as the basis for your own B-movie horror film. You just can't clean them well enough for storage. On the other hand, you'd be surprised what one of these pulls out of even a "fast" draining sink or tub. Like your arteries, there's lots of accumulation there well before the symptoms show up and preemptive maintenance is always a good idea. With that in mind, start in the kitchen and move to the bathroom so there's less risk of contaminating food prep surfaces.
Invent your own uses...
Last week my daughter called to ask if I had a toilet snake. Seems the 4 y/o grandson flushed a bar of soap and a Christmas nut-cracker ornament down the loo. On my way out the door with the snake, I spotted the pail of Zip-it tools and grabbed one as an afterthought. The snake is engineered to break things up and push them down which in this case might not work so well. The Zip-it immediately hit some resistance but I worked it back and forth a few times and the barbs snagged the soap bar. My daughter said to throw it out which I didn't understand because it's soap - even after being in the toilet it's self-cleaning, right? But it's her money so we tossed it and went after the nutcracker. Almost instantly, it popped out and the toilet was functional once again. This is one of those cases where you don't then go reuse the tool in the sink so we blew the whole $3 on one drain. And the bar of soap was a total loss. Most expensive Zip-it incident ever.
Ladies: If this tool does not retrieve that "lost" wedding ring, he pawned it.
You know that pan under your water heater and/or A/C unit with the drain at one corner? Word of advice...Zip-it *before* you flush it. Anything close to the exit will easily be flushed out but anything close to the top is better zipped out than pushed through.
I travel a lot and have been in the same hotel for a couple of weeks now. Since they seem to have a much more relaxed definition of "fixed the sink drain" then I do, I brought a Zip-it with me this trip. (Word of advice, you need to put these in your checked luggage. You can successfully take them as a carry-on item but you may have a LOT of explaining to do and be selected for "additional screening" which, if you are lonely, might be a cheaper alternative to paying for a date so it all works out in the end. But I digress...) Anyway, on Day 1 I reported the slow drain which was "fixed" while I was at work. The morning of Day 2 zipped the sink and tub and put the results into a clear plastic bag I'd brought for the occasion. I delivered the bagged Zip-it and contents to the front desk with instructions to do a better job on clearing the slow drain next time. Zip-it tool: about $3. The look on the face of the front-office manager: priceless. (Extra points if you can get the hotel to reimburse you for the tool! I got my $3 back and a free meal.)
Description of Cobra Products 00400 Zip-It Drain Cleaning Tool, 12-Pack
The Zip-It Drain Clearing Tool is the amazingly fast and easy way to clear clogged and slow running drains.Clears clogged and slow-running drainsStrong poly constructionEnvironmentally safeClears hair clogs12-PackParts & Attachments Tools
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