Anyone can do it without any complaint, so there's no excuse for your tub to clog up anymore. With this solution, it's extremely simple to get rid of hair and debris and takes maybe 10 seconds. After using the TubShroom, the thought of having to go back to using a snake to pull clumps of hair out of the drain every month or so is exhausting. It stays there politely out of the way while you shower and catches all of the hair that you lose.Įveryone is showering daily and therefore losing hair down the drain at the same rate. It felt very snug so that no hair would get through but also very lightweight and flexible so that the water would have no problem draining. It almost felt like it formed to the inside walls, although I know that wasn’t the case. Unlike regular plugs that go over the drain, TubShroom fits right inside-surprisingly so. Thankfully, mine only needed a few twists with my fingers and was off. It also advises that if your shower already has a drain, it can probably be easily unscrewed with your fingers or a screwdriver in seconds. But as its website says, TubShroom fits any standard 1.5-inch to 1.75-inch drain. I already had a drain cover and was nervous to remove it out of fear I’d break the bathtub.
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I’ve been using my TubShroom for a year now and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.Īfter initially de-clogging my tub, I faced the issue of how to insert the TubShroom. With my roommates constantly yelling at me for my curly hair clogging up the shower drain, I thought this would be a great product to test out (and stop their nagging). You’ll also save money and time in the long-run by not needing to buy drain cleaner anymore, and being able to quickly clean up any potential clogs before they make it down your drain.Water still goes down easily with the little mushroom in place. The TubShroom and SinkShroom ensure you never have to pour a hazardous chemical down your sink again, which is a serious environmental benefit that cannot be understated. If you live in a household where you ever have to clean hair out of your drains, or you’ve ever given thought to using drain cleaner, this is the product for you. Considering your average bottle of drain cleaner costs between $5-$10, paying just a little more than $10 for a SinkShroom or a TubShroom that will last a lifetime (or thereabouts) seems like a no-brainer. Image courtesy of Tub Shroomīoth the TubShroom an SinkShroom are very reasonably priced. If you’re more adventurous when it comes to color selection, both the Tub and Sink Shrooms come in a variety of colors in a pure rubber style. The metal-coated stoppers make the design of the TubShroom and SinkShroom blend in well with the rest of the bathroom faucets. It only required twisting and removing the stoppers from both the tub and the sink and inserting the rubber stoppers in their place. Image courtesy of Sink Shroomīoth of the Shrooms were very easy to install. You can clean it and put it back within literally seconds. Just pull the rubber stopper out from the sink or tub and, with a cloth or towel, wipe it down and dispose of whatever has been caught. Related: Bora-Care Green Termite Treatment Kept 300 Million Gallons of Chemicals from the Ground The Sink Shroom blends right inĪnd it is really easy to clean up. The hair that is caught is wrapped up around the base so it can easily be removed. It’s unique design with tiny holes throughout the base and cylinder allows all of the water to pass through, while catching the hair. Both the TubShroom and the SinkShroom were very effective at catching the hair that went down the sink. The first thing to say is that, yes, it works just as promised. I had the opportunity to try out both the SinkShroom and TubShroom, and this review covers my thoughts on both. The collective “Shrooms” promise to catch all of the hair that would otherwise wash down your drains, and end up as the foundation for a clog, and catches it before it ever makes it down that far. So, this is the problem that the TubShroom and SinkShroom have found a novel way to solve. You don’t need to be a microbiologist to understand how pouring a chemical like this into a water system is a bad idea. So now to solve this preventable problem, you’re going to pour a bottle of hazardous chemicals down the drain - that will eventually end up in our waterways. When you’ve got a really tough drain clog you’re dealing with, whether it’s in your sink or in your tub, it’s not uncommon for most people to turn to a bottle of drain cleaner to clear out the mess.īut that’s just a solution a problem that could have been prevented in the first place.