The tool for your house that you never knew you needed
Recent guest. Lots of food and drink was had and the plumbing system was a little … overwhelmed, shall we say - ha ha. We've all been there. Moving on!! 😊. My preference is to fix these things myself so as to avoid a hefty service call bill. The usual household efforts didn't work to completion i.e. hot water, baking soda and vinegar, plastic drain hair remover tool, etc etc. I jumped online for advice and found THIS handy device that I never even knew existed. All this time using a regular toilet plunger, and I could have been using THIS fine tool. I read all the reviews and watched all the demo videos and was convinced to give it a try. If it failed, then a plumber would be called. I used it for the first time today and it was a pretty intense job that needed an intense solution. I followed all the instructions to a T because I was a little intimidated by it, to be honest. So, for those of you who are not super handy in the home, a couple of observations that might help.The whole kit itself is very impressive with just the right accessories for what you might need in your home. It also comes with a nice quality canvas storage bag. Easy to put together. A lot of thought seemed to go into this collection and its presentation.You need to charge this thing before using it and the instructions state it can take up to 2 hours before being fully charged. Mine was done in about an hour.The device itself is a bit heavy and when you add the air cylinder and the attachment head, it gets a little heavier still. I decided to try the kitchen sink attachment first, just to get a feel for the actual device. Comments indicated that it was powerful and there might be recoil. I put on the gloves provided, moved all objects away from the kitchen sink (just in case) and I held down the pressure switch. It was quite noisy, but I didn't care, so long as it worked. Note: am a bit confused on the start button. The instructions and Seller details say you 'hold down' the button to build up the pressure and 'release' the button to stop it. In my case, the button stuck when I removed my finger, and it went past the required pressure. Then I thought maybe it's meant to be a 'turn on/turn off' situation. Not sure if my particular device is just a bit glitchy but just thought it was worth mentioning given that it's not supposed to go past the pressure level indicated. I placed the attachment head over the sink drain, applied a little bit of pressure and pulled the trigger. A loud thud, a little recoil, but nothing too difficult. I was very hopeful.Into the bathroom we went, and I attached the toilet attachment head. It is soft and pliable and easy enough to push into the toilet drain port. I like its flexibility as I'm sure some toilets are larger or smaller, and this thing adapts. I pulled the trigger, and it was quite powerful - yes, there was some splash back, but I had pulled the lid down and was already standing to the side (no fool I 😊). I noticed that the level indicator didn't quite to back to zero. I could be wrong here, but I think when it's up to pressure number 5, you pull the trigger and hold it for a few seconds longer to ensure that it expels all of the pressure and the indicator goes back down to zero. Plus, it takes a few minutes for the pressure in the attachment head to release before you can pull it back out of the toilet. Basically, just take your time and don't yank it about. I ended up having to do this about 8 times before the toilet was fully cleared. It was pretty amazing and now that I've had this first experience, I'm more confident going forward.All this to say, this is an excellent tool to have in your house. Particularly if you have a lot of traffic in the bathroom or you have older pipes (like I do) or you just don't want to manually plunge anything anymore. I am super impressed and while I won't be advertising to my friends that I have it, I will certainly offer its assistance, should they need it. Thank you
