Wasted $120 on a 'professional' drain snake that snapped on the first clog

Bought a supposed heavy-duty drain snake off a parts website, got it last week, and the cable twisted and snapped inside a kitchen sink line after one use. Anybody else have bad luck with those off-brand snaking tools that claim to be for pros?

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vera_lewis4d agoMost Upvoted

Buddy of mine bought one of those cheap Amazon specials with the orange handle. First clog it grabbed onto something nasty and just twisted up like a pretzel before snapping clean off. He spent the whole afternoon fishing pieces of cable out of the pipe with a shop vac and a coat hanger. Ended up paying a plumber $200 to finish the job anyway. Said he should've just rented a proper machine from Home Depot for $50 instead lol.

noah8804d ago

Man that cable just twisted up like a wet noodle before it snapped? Thats wild. I woulda lost my mind if I had to spend hours sucking pieces out with a shop vac. The coat hanger thing is hilarious though like what did he think was gonna happen? $200 later for a lesson in not buying cheap crap. Honestly I respect the hustle though trying to save money just backfired big time.