FlexiSnake – Chemical Free Drain Cleaning
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.
