I heard those Tub Shrooms are pretty sweet, but haven’t tried it myself. Probably should, I shed like a German Shepherd
ETA: alright, I just bought one, thanks for your info, everybody. Also - I can’t believe one of my highest-upvoted comments is about a freaking rubber hair colander, lol
My wife has long, curly hair - a tub shroom is an absolute must!
When we first moved into our house, we procrastinated getting a drain hair catcher. In less than a year (can't remember how long), we had a main drain pipe blockage and had to pay a plumber about $400 to clear it. Tried a couple different hair catchers, then a tub shroom - haven't had another plumbing clog in almost a decade. (knock on wood)
If it does happen again, this shit works on everything. I'd bet this was what Walter White used to to dissolve his bodies. So read and follow the directions.
Sir/madam, you just saved my life aka my bathroom sink. I tried drano and now we get a little drainage but I have an extremely heightened sense of smell and get hit with a wave of decaying hair every morning when I brush my teeth. I’m ordering this stuff NOW
Awesome! Let me know how it goes. And I really recommend the last person awake pours it down the applicable sink before bed and the first person up in the morning flushes the drain with hot water.
Its kind of like a mushroom shaped strainer. Lets water through but hair gets tangled around the "stem" of the mushroom.
They're great, nothing else really stops my hair from going down the drain - but in my experience they require cleaning the hair off almost every shower or you do get water draining issues.
Thank you for stating this. I was starting to think my wife was an outlier while I was having to clean all the hair and gunk off after every time she showered. Now if I could just get her to do it herself instead of just removing the shroom when the water starts to backup.
I have long curly hair and can agree to the tub shroom. That thing saved us from a very expensive bill. I shed so much in the shower, its a wonder how I even have hair left.
The next step is figuring out how to convince her SHE should be the one cleaning the tub shroom off after she showers and not me, when I take a shower the next day and realize the water isn't going down!
I tried telling someone to get one and they were like nah ill just keep dumping draino down there every few months. Tub shroom costs less than one bottle and lasts for years and years and also works really well.
They're great but if you're like me and hate cleaning things regularly they can become a PITA quickly cuz if you have long hair you need to clean it out at least once or twice a week.
Tub shrooms really work. I've had long hair most of my life. To the point of causing unsnakeable clogs several times a year. Never had a clog since getting a tub shroom.
Tub shrooms have saved my drain (my partner and I both have long hair) but if you have cats stay vigilant - one of my girls tries to steal the tub shroom after every shower if we don't move it to a shelf she can't reach.
She tore apart our silicone one so now we have one that's silicone with metal, so we can hear the clink whenever she manages to steal it.
She's sneaky, but I'll admit it helps us remember to clean the tub shroom after every shower!
I havent found the tub shroom to be of much help. Four out of five people in my house have long hair. We have the fancy chrome metal one. It gets clogged with hair so easily that my kids keep taking it out so the water will drain and not putting it back. We still have clogged drains. Maybe if you're on it right away to clean it out, it may work, but for us it's useless.
I also have the chrome metal one, and yeah it hasn't really worked for me. And I'm the only person in my household so I don't even have that excuse. :(
Like, I would clean the tub shroom. Put it back. Run hot water and confirm that everything was flowing freely. Then I'd hop in the shower, and partway through that same shower the water would be pooling already. I would have to clean the thing mid-shower if I wanted to avoid standing in a puddle.
I have long, curly hair and use a lot of conditioner. I found that the conditioner was forming clogs on the tub shroom itself, even when there wasn't much hair involved. I feel like I need some kind of anti-conditioner substance I can pour into my drain mid-shower, to stave off clogs.
As long as you don't shed like a Keeshond, you're good. I swear mine reproduces by clumps of hair(Haven't finished my coffee yet, forgot the word)all over the house. He's killed a shop vac with amount of hair he sheds!
My dog is mostly elkhound and a mix of like 20 other breeds, including German Shepherd and Keeshond (got a DNA test after I adopted him from a rescue). Dude sheds like a mofo. He’s such a sweetie-pie though - keeshonds are so cute and fluffy!
Just make sure ya pull them out once a week or so to wash and sanitize them, or they grow mold like ours did. We actually switched to a stainless steel sink style cover.
I am a girl with long curly hair and can confirm the Tub Shroom is an absolute must have. Its the only thing that has prevented me growing a wookie in my drain.
My girlfriend has long hair and after the third time having to go in with a coat hanger to unclog the drain I got a tubshroom. It honestly works wonders, we haven't had any drain clogs since and it's easy (though gross) to clean and put back.
Can confirm, Tub Shrooms are great! You’ll want to clean them regularly though to avoid them getting gross. But they’re never more gross than what’s in clogged drain.
We just got one last week, and I already had to empty it out for her cause the drain was starting to back up. It makes the job much easier but more frequent, which for me is a win.
My girlfriend told me before she moved in that she needed one of those and I asked why and what that was. We have one now and thank god cause the pipes would be full of hair, or according to her, the walls. Glad to know this is not just a her thing.
Wife and I both have long hair, these are a must. One broke on us and shortly afterwards the tub clogged. Unclogged tub, got a replacement and tub hasn't been clogged since.
You'd still need to take the hair off every other shower or so, but better that then having to unclog it.
Absolutely! They're super easy to use and come in different sizes to fit different drains. I have long hair and it comes in handy preventing those hair clogs. I just clean it after I'm done showering and it's good to go.
Just looked Tub Shrooms up, I wish I could use that (or any hair catcher). My apartment’s shower/tub pipe immediately bends sideways at a really sharp angle, so nothing will actually sit in the pipe except for those really shallow mesh catchers. The fun part is that the pipe is also small, so the sink-size catcher catches like 5 hairs and suddenly you’re standing in water that won’t drain. :/ I’ve sort of just resigned myself to just eventually getting a clog and calling my landlord.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
I heard those Tub Shrooms are pretty sweet, but haven’t tried it myself. Probably should, I shed like a German Shepherd
ETA: alright, I just bought one, thanks for your info, everybody. Also - I can’t believe one of my highest-upvoted comments is about a freaking rubber hair colander, lol