{ "id": "drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack", "sku": "drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack", "title": "Drain Snake Hair Clog Remover 3 Pack", "slug": "drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack", "price": 17.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "drain-snakes", "category_label": "Drain Snakes & Augers", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.06 kg", "images": [ "https://ezydrains.net/dropship-images/drain-snakes/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack/main-drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack.jpg", "https://ezydrains.net/dropship-images/drain-snakes/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack-2.jpg", "https://ezydrains.net/dropship-images/drain-snakes/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack-3.jpg", "https://ezydrains.net/dropship-images/drain-snakes/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack-5.jpg", "https://ezydrains.net/dropship-images/drain-snakes/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Three 20 inch flexible barbed wands, 0.45 inch wide, bend into strainers and P-traps to hook hair, soap buildup and food scraps, then rinse clean for the next time.", "description": "The clog you can almost always fix yourself\n\nMost slow drains in a home are not a plumbing fault. They are a hair problem.\n\nHere is what happens. Every shower sheds hair. Some of it slips past the strainer and catches on the rim of the pipe just below. Soap, conditioner and skin oils coat it, and the whole thing turns into a dense grey mat that water has to squeeze around. It starts as a mild delay. Within a few months it is a puddle around your ankles.\n\nThe same thing happens in the bathroom sink, just with shorter hair. Beard trimmings and toothpaste bind into a plug sitting right at the top of the drain, often less than four inches down. A bathroom sink drain cleaner job like this takes under two minutes once you have the right tool in your hand.\n\nWhat you need is something thin enough to fit the opening, long enough to reach past the stopper, flexible enough to follow a bend, and grabby enough to bring the mess back up with it. That is the whole brief. A drain snake hair clog remover 3 pack covers it for a few dollars.\n\nHow a barbed wand actually works\n\nA barbed drain snake looks almost too simple to be useful. It is a flat plastic strip with rows of small angled teeth running down both sides.\n\nThe angle is the clever part. Push the wand down and the teeth fold back, so it slides in with very little resistance. Pull it up and the teeth stand proud and bite into whatever they are touching. Because the barbs run the full 20 inches rather than sitting only at the tip, you are catching hair at every depth in a single pass.\n\nThat is a real difference from a bent wire or a stiff hook. A hook catches whatever is at the very bottom of your reach and nothing else. A flexible drain cleaning wand sweeps the whole column.\n\nThe other half of the design is the plastic itself. Polypropylene is soft enough to bend into a tight curve without creasing, which matters because the P-trap under a sink is where a lot of debris settles. A stiff tool stops dead at that bend. A flexible one keeps going.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf anyone in your household has long hair, you will use these. Tub and shower drains collect hair faster than most people expect, and a quick pass once a month keeps water moving.\n\nRenters get particular value out of it. There is nothing to cut, unscrew or install. You feed the wand in, pull out the problem, and the plumbing is exactly as it was.\n\nFamilies with more than one bathroom are the obvious case for a three pack. A wand that has been down a kitchen drain is not something you then want in a bathroom sink, so having separate wands per drain is simply more hygienic. One upstairs, one downstairs, one under the kitchen sink.\n\nIt also suits anyone who would rather not pour something caustic down a pipe and hope. Physically removing a hair mat deals with the thing causing the slowdown.\n\nWhere it will not help\n\nBeing honest about limits saves you frustration.\n\nA 20 inch wand reaches the strainer area and the first bend. If the real blockage sits several feet down the branch line, this is the wrong tool and no amount of poking will change that. The telltale sign is water that drains normally for a few seconds and then stops.\n\nGrease is different from hair. A kitchen sink clog remover pass will hook food scraps and sludge near the opening, but a congealed grease plug further along needs hot water, a plunger, or professional help. Barbs do not get much purchase on grease.\n\nIf two or more fixtures back up at the same time, stop. That pattern points to the main line, not to any one drain, and it needs a licensed plumber. The same goes for anything involving cutting, moving or reconnecting fixed pipes.\n\nMeasuring before you buy\n\nOne number decides whether this tool will work for you. The wand is 0.45 inch wide, and the maker advises your drain opening should be larger than 0.5 inch (12.7 mm).\n\nMost bathtub and bathroom sink openings clear that easily. The ones to check are shower drains with a fine cross-hatch cover, and some newer sinks with decorative grates. Hold a ruler across the widest gap in the cover. If the gap looks under half an inch, you will need to lift the cover, which on most drains is one screw or a straight pull.\n\nTub stoppers are usually not a problem. The flexible shaft slips past most pop-up and lift-and-turn stoppers. If it will not pass, most stoppers unscrew by hand once you turn them counter-clockwise.\n\nUsing it well\n\nTechnique matters more than force.\n\nFeed the wand in slowly until you feel it meet resistance. Push a little further, then give it a half turn so the barbs set into the mat. Now pull back steadily. If you jerk it, the hair can slip off the teeth and stay in the pipe.\n\nHave a plastic bag or a sheet of paper towel ready on the floor. What comes out is not pleasant, and you do not want to drop it back in the drain or wash it down. Scrape the debris straight into the garbage.\n\nThen go again. First pass almost always brings up the worst of it, but a second and third pass will usually bring more. You know you are finished when the wand comes out clean. Run hot water for thirty seconds afterwards to clear anything loose.\n\nIf the wand snags and will not come out, do not yank. Twist slightly and ease it back, letting the flexible shaft do the work.\n\nLooking after the wands\n\nRinse under the faucet immediately after use, working from the handle end down so debris washes off rather than back onto the barbs. A little dish soap helps.\n\nWipe the wand dry and store it flat or hanging. Leaving it coiled in a drawer for months can set a permanent curve in the plastic, which makes it harder to feed in straight. A small hook inside a vanity cabinet keeps it out of the way and out of children's reach, which matters because the barbs are sharp.\n\nKeep the wands separate from each other by drain if you can. Masking tape and a marker is enough labelling.\n\nPrevention beats clearing\n\nThe cheapest fix is the pass you make before the drain slows down.\n\nA monthly run through the shower drain takes less than a minute and brings up whatever has started to gather. Do it on the same day you clean the bathroom and it becomes a habit rather than a chore. Drains that get this treatment rarely reach the standing-water stage.\n\nA simple hair catcher over the shower drain cuts the amount getting in. Brushing hair before you shower rather than after helps too, as does a quick flush of hot water down the kitchen sink after washing greasy pans.\n\nThe short version\n\nHair clogs cause most slow household drains, and they sit close to the surface where a simple tool can reach them. A barbed plastic wand pushes in easily, grabs on the way out, and bends into the trap where the mat usually lives.\n\nCheck that your drain opening is wider than half an inch, feed the wand in, turn, and pull back slowly. Rinse it, dry it, store it, and do it again next month before you need to.\n\nThree wands means one per drain, no cross-contamination, and no waiting for a free afternoon when the shower starts filling up. For a small, light tool that costs less than a takeout meal, it solves a problem that otherwise ruins a morning.", "llm_summary": "This is a 3 pack of flexible barbed plastic drain snakes for removing hair and debris clogs from household drains. Each wand is 20 inches long and 0.45 inch wide, and the maker advises the drain opening should be larger than 0.5 inch. The wands are made from polypropylene described as soft and flexible, with multi-tooth barbs along the shaft that hook hair, food scraps and other blockages, and they are designed to bend into strainers and P-traps. They are listed as suitable for kitchen sinks, toilets, bathroom sinks, bathtubs and sewers, and they can be rinsed off and reused. Item weight is 0.06 kg; package dimensions are 9.09 x 4.61 x 0.59 inches.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "EzyDrains Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://ezydrains.net/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://ezydrains.net/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack/", "json_url": "https://ezydrains.net/api/products/drain-snake-hair-clog-remover-3-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }