Sizing guide
Which Drain Weasel do you need?
Three questions pick the tool: which drain is slow, how far down the clog sits, and how many drains you look after.
Every Drain Weasel does the same job: a wand with micro-hooks goes down the drain, a turn of the handle winds the hair around it, and the clog comes up. What changes from one pack to the next is how long the wand is, how many wands you get, and whether a drill can turn it.
1. Which drain is slow?
| Drain | What usually clogs it | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Bathroom sink | Hair and soap on the stopper rod | Drain Weasel kit, 18-inch wand |
| Shower drain | Hair under the strainer | Drain Weasel kit, 18-inch wand |
| Tub with an overflow | Hair further along the pipe | Drain Weasel Max, 20 or 30 inches |
| Laundry sink | Lint and hair in a long pipe | Drain Weasel Max or PowerSnake |
| Kitchen sink | Food scraps and grease | Slingshot strainer, not a wand |
2. How far down is the hair?
Start with the 18-inch wand. Hair in a bathroom sink or shower usually wraps around the stopper rod or the cross-bars under the strainer, close to the opening, and the standard wand is made for exactly that stretch. If it comes back clean and the water still stands, the clog is further down.
- 20 or 30 inches by hand: the Drain Weasel Max, on the same handle as the standard kit.
- 30 inches with a drill: the MAX Power, one wand and a drill connector.
- 36 inches, by hand or drill: the PowerSnake, three wands on a coated cable, with the drill set to slow and turning clockwise.
3. How many drains, how much hair?
A standard wand is used once on a stubborn drain and goes in the bin. One bathroom shared by short-haired people gets by on a kit of three. Two or three showers and long hair in the family use wands faster: the kit of ten, or the Pro, whose heavier wands are rinsed and used again.
Once you own a handle, you never need another one. The refill cards of five and ten wands fit it, and the table of wand prices shows what one wand costs in each pack.
A word on drain chemicals
A hand tool lifts the clog out; a chemical opener has to dissolve it in the pipe. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asks households on a septic system to avoid chemical drain openers and use boiling water or a drain snake instead. If you do use a drain cleaner, Poison Control asks for goggles and rubber gloves, pouring close to the drain, and a closed bottle out of children's reach.
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