Ridgid 57043 POWER SPIN+ Power Spinner Drain Cleaner

This is an AMAZINGLY handy drain opener. It will work on a small sink and a local line, pretty much anything but a 4 inch main line root incursion. It works well when you hand crank it but you can really speed things up by using an electric or cordless drill. The trigger is a great feature. You can release the trigger and just spin it in place, helping to clean and scour the clog area. Very well designed. ONE THING: After you use it and you're cleaning up, run the snake out about 6 feet and hose it off - and then spray a little WD-40 on it before retracting. This helps clean and lubricate the entire snake as it coils back up. DO NOT put it out much more than that when it's out in the open - when the snake is not inside a pipe, a long length of it can be hard to handle and wind back in.

Great little drain opener. I bought this to replace the first one after years of use. Much better than the cheaper units at the big box stores. Solid drum and the auto-feed makes it a good investment. This is best for small pipe clogs like sinks and bathtubs. You need something bigger if you have a mainline clog. Saved many dollars over hiring a plumber.

Works good. Kinda hard to hold with one hand and spin the wheel with the other but I was able to figure it out and got my drain cleared out. Haven’t hooked a drill to it yet but I’m assuming that would make it even easier.

Our Master Bath toilet clogs from time to time. Not sure why. I used a 25' manual snake, and it never worked by hand unless I painstaking feed it inch by inch. Then connect a battery operated drill, and issue resolved. Enter the Rigid drain cleaner. * The trigger feeds the snake only when you pull the trigger. * If you want to pause, you can release the handle (not fully), and just run the drill as fast as you dare (instructions say not more than 500 RPM). * Need to reverse for short bit because it didn't feed right? Reverse the drill to pick up the slack. - Put back to normal drill (forward) mode, and continue feeding. * I've used this 2 times now, and both times it was a LOT quicker than the manual method. It was a lot cleaner. And I didn't manage to splash a bunch of water on the floor. When done? Reverse drill, pull back to casing. Put it into the sturdy cardboard box until it's needed again. I did need to get a pumice stone, as it does leave metal marks on the white toilet. In my opinion? Small price to pay. As this is recurring on an irregular basis, it's a good overall solution. And much cheaper than calling a plumber. I do wish that the drill receptacle/rod was 3 sided (or 6 sided), as the drill chuck sometimes comes loose. Overall great prices for value!

I needed to clear a clog in the kitchen pipe leading to main house line. I wanted an auger that would be long and I could use with a drill. This showed up the next day but when I went to open the box it was obvious that the auger was repackaged. The cable was still dirty and you could see scuff marks on the housing. Since I needed to clear the drain, I went ahead and used it. It worked its way down the pipe, but I have no idea how far it went down the twenty foot pipe as you have no way of gauging how much played out. I hit a spot where it seemed to stop feeding out and didn't know if the full 25 feet was out or if I hit a major clog. It wouldn't go any further so I retracted it. The sink hasn't backed up yet, but we haven't used it much. I'll give it credit for snaking around a 90° turn nicely.

Convenient for most straightforward jobs, BUT for deep clogs, heavy clogs and paths with multiple ells the grip on the cable for the power advance and retract is weak, so if the cable is caught it becomes a two person job: one to crank back and one to pull hard on the cable. Versions with built in motor that most plumbers use require a two handed approach, one to hold the unit and one, gloved, to advance and retract. So be prepared to enlist a helper if the cable is caught!

This makes drain cleaning so much faster than a manual snake. 25 feet is long enough to easily clean the trap and probably a few elbows. I feel like I'm getting a larger clearing of any clogs because I can spin the cable much faster than turning manually. These last for years. I can't remember how long I had the previous one. I only bought this one because the old one eventually developed a couple of kinks in the cable which made it harder to use but I was happy with the life span of the product and I expect to have this one for many years. Works great for sinks, tubs and showers when I can't clean the drain with one of those plastic drain cleaners.

Update. I purchased another one of these and it worked fine. I'm guessing the one that melted was a factory defect?? Anyway returning this to 5 stars. Used on a shower drain. I used an electric dewalt drill to snake the drain. The auger got so hot from turning it melted the orange plastic casing and distorted the shape of it. It began wobbling so much it bent the cable. It's completely unusable now. I have used these before without issue. I have a feeling it may have been a factory defect. My other rigid snake that was the same style I gave away never had this issue. I purchased another and it worked fine.