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Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2025
Fantastic item
Gregory J Williams
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2025
as ordered
Beth Long
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2024
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Harry
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2024
If you are thinking about getting this it is worth it I was surprised how well it worked for my drains
John McGuire
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2024
It took out a very hard clog in the waste water system. I was going to get the model with the aito-feed, but the ms usl feed gives you more control when navigating the turns in the system. I'll tackle roots in my mainline this spring. I don't think it will have a problem.
Chris M.
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
This machine (the Vevor 1/2-inch x 75-foot version) ultimately cleared my main sewer line problem that was 60 feet or so down my drain, just fine. But, it did have some problems with the cable jamming under the metal cylinder that feeds the cable out the center hole. The cable jammed between that cylinder and one or more of the bolts/nuts on the back surface of the cable reel. It took a bunch of "jockeying" the cable and reel back and forth sometimes because of the jams.Also, if it is not clear enough already from other reviews and descriptions of these machines in general, they do take some practice and experience to be able to use them safely and effectively. You do need to keep the machine as close to your sewer inlet as you can, and only feed the cable in short segments as you go further into the drain. Also, you need to be "fast on the trigger" to stop the motor if you get any hint of a tangle in the cable. Otherwise you risk having it twist and make a kink or worse, have a risk of injuring yourself.Understanding the learning curve is one reason that I decided to buy this machine rather than rent one, and I already knew my problem was more than fifty feet down my sewer since I had tried a 50-foot manual snake first. This allowed me to take plenty of time, and if I got tired or frustrated to take a break and come back later or the next day as desired. That made all of the difference in the world for me.
ClLy
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2023
I was trying to figure out why this kept binding. Then it would randomly catch not really on something in the pipe but enough friction to tangle up the cable inside and would have to stop the machine, untangle it. Several times I'd have to pull all the cable out of the basket and refill it. I Though it might have been wound in there wrong the wrong way and tried winding the other way and that just made it dangerous and worse. The problem is it's missing a lock on the basket to stop twisting the cable in the basket. If you are going to get one then I would suggest getting the one with the lock screw and feed lever. You'll notice the rental units without the feed have a some kind of screw to lock the cablenin place where you can pull it into the drain then when you have an obstruction, lock the screw, start the motoe and let it drive into the obstruction and when you see the cable seem to run freely the stop, feed more cable and repeat until the pipe is clean. Also I realized with this 1/2 cable after a certain length it was dry and just grabbed and ripped the gloves. Another time the cable in the cage lossened up as I was just letting it try to clear anything that might be left and cable forced its way out starting a loop that by the time I let go of the foot switch twisted grabbing the glove in the twist and tried to rip it off. For the safety of this machine a locking clamp needs to be added to the nose of the cage. Also the two bladed starting cutter basically stops working the moment it makes contact with toilet paper. I would say the spade bit did the best yet that even stopped at the same place 3/8" hand auger got the last time line got blocked. I would say with a way to lock the cable this could be really good but I didn't want to risk drilling and taping a hole then finding it was a bad cable. I did notice although the cable seems to lay in the cage when freshly wound that when out it has a lot of slight kinks. I might have to rent a larger one or buy one with the drive mechanism. This is also kind of heavy for it to have no wheels and if you have it outside in grass or dirt it will move around on you. Also, the switch is labeled CW and CCW instead of forward and Reverse so make sure when you start it the basket moves in the direction of the arrow. For me if it was more than about 12-16" from the hole then you might have issues with it trying to twist on you. I can see why a 3/4" or 1" cable is more favorable if you have an actual obstruction.
Carole Wright
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2022
I managed to get this carefully down the stairs, and easily assembled it. I fed it gently through my clean out toward the street, using the pedal to run-feed-pause-probe-repeat. It took less than 20 minutes to slice through a matt of tree roots and reopen my clogged main line. Considering that I need to either call a plumber every couple of years, or remove all of my trees, this machine will soon pay for itself. The only difficulty I encountered was that the cable can bind itself up inside the machine. I needed to get my hands in there (machine unplugged from power!) and jiggle it loose a few times. As far as cleaning post use, I just retracted it while the washing machine was draining, which rinsed it fairly clean. I had removed the root ball, and run it back out to the street a couple of times with water running, to give the pipe a good cleaning first. I did a final clean up and re-oiling using clean rags afterward. I am a small female in my late 50s, fwiw. Please DO make sure to wear the gloves, as I'm sure this could tear a finger off.
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