I've lived in this house 20 years and I have to clean out my shower or sink drain about once every four months. I had a Rigid auger that would connect to a drill. The amount of squeezing it took to make it feed was insane! When I saw the Ryobi in the store, I knew I had found its replacement tool. With the feed lock in place - ONE-HANDED operation!!! Worth every penny!!! I watched your review to see if there were any special tricks, but it is easy as you show. And something as simple as using a towellette to clean off the snake as it comes back - thanks a bunch!. Cannot believe I didn't think of that one! I used to dread snaking the drain only a little less and paying a plumber to do it. Now it's almost easy. That's what power tools are supposed to do - make your life easier. Thanks to you for the review and thanks to Ryobi!
Bought it yesterday as I have the other 18v Ryobi tools and unclogged a bathtub drain just like you showed. Drain never has worked properly in 7 years I have owned my house. Used liquid plumber and plunger etc and would get drain somewhat open but this cleared out a clog that I had never reached. Was able to drain the whole tub from full in 2 minutes 45 seconds when before it was filling with water just taking a five minute shower and draining slowly. Well worth the $70.
This is by far the best and clearest explanation of this tool that I've seen. EXCELLENT JOB!! You get a like and subscribe. I hope your other reviews are as good.
Just ran down to the box store with minutes before they closed to pick one of these up upon your review only to find my battery at home needed a charge. I am looking forward to cleaning up my tub drain. I am still trying to talk my wife into going with a hair cut like yours as an alternative.
As a follow up what took me a hour of struggling with a hand crank auger and never unclogged only took me 5 minutes to feed, find and destroy the clog. I am very happy with this.
Just bought a new house, second bathroom tub is draining really slow. Was researching augers, came across your review. I was already thinking about getting one, but you sold me on it! Nice review.
Great review! I'm actually a licensed plumber and use the professional version of this type of auger nearly every day at work...I don't actually own a small auger myself, because they are very pricey for a decent one. I actually have a crappy one like the one you showed for use at home and they are a major PITA! I'm a big fan of Ryobi 18V tools and have many of them and I'm most definitely getting one of these! It looks to be pretty well designed and my experience with Ryobi has been good so far...I've never had an issue with their drills, saws, grinder, etc, so I have no doubt their usual quality is there with this tool. Now realistically, I doubt it would hold up to what I put augers through at work, but it's not meant for that kind of heavy use. Like all of the rest of their 18V line, it's made for the home owner, not for going into business unclogging drains. For what I will use this for at home, I'm sure it will be just fine. My question is...can you see how easily the cable is removed and replaced if/when it gets damaged? I know from experience they can get caught in drains and damaged fairly easily, and that's on the heavier duty machines like I use at work. BTW...for those worrying about keeping a machine like this clean...forget it! You can try, but drain cleaning machines are traditionally dirty nasty pieces of equipment...at least on the inside. Just store it in your garage, or shed, somewhere that smells won't bother you...it's nearly impossible to keep gross stuff from building up in the drum of a machine like this.
+Scott H Thanks Scott and thanks for the great feedback from a pro plumber. Ryobi is just like you said for home owner use and it isn't uncommon for even those in the trades and contractors to use these on job. I'm not sure about replacing the cable. Ill take a look at the manual and auger to see what I can find when I get a chance. My guess is that at this price it probably can't be replaced. The average user isn't going to use these as often as a plumber would - in fact I hardly used my previous one and replacing the cable was never an issue since it still has plenty of life left- just a bit rusted
for sure! i been having ryobi tools for over 10 years and i have to say i used them pretty hard and have yet to fail me, i just bought one of this augers and it cleared up my stopage
I got one of these open box (it was all the store had left) and so it didn't have a manual. Thanks for your video which clearly explained all the functions.
Good video. Glad you mentioned the plastic rod inside the line, or whatever the rod is made of. I couldn't make that out from the pictures that I've seen online, so that is another nice selling point. My other cheaper auger didn't have that. It's pretty much unusable now.
Thanks, I'm sure the plastic rod will help in the long run with durability. I also have a few kinks in my old one and I'm sure if it had that plastic rod it would've helped
Thanks for the great review. The tool costs $181 total if you don't have any Ryobi tools with ion batteries and wireless chargers. I still think it's a great investment.
Thanks yeah that's a lot of money if you don't have any 18v batteries or chargers. It's basically more of an add on tool for existing users. Ryobi also has starter kits with charger and battery for around $60 so that would be a cheaper option than what you paid or best value would be to pick up a cordless set with tool battery and charger and then adding this on
Javier, gloves and a rag are co-requisites with that auger. Take a look at what the real plumbers do. They use a rag to wipe off the gunk as they feed the line back in to the drum.
I started out with a ridged auger that hooked to a drill.. cost me something like 40 bucks.. broke in two uses.. cable line snapped right outta the housing.. got this ryobi auger and havent had a problem yet... really easy and good tool to have for smaller jobs... roto rooter gets $200 easily per call.. im not calling them...
The demo was very helpful, thanks. The GOOD NEWS: this RYOBI AUGER cleared the tub drain - the clog was more than five feet out. The BAD NEWS now to auger cable is stuck in the drain! It retracted only guessing two feet. ANY ADVISE how to now not pay a plumber to get the cable out?
put the auger in reverse and let the auger pull the cable out, I just had this issue this weekend. I like to pull the cable out since it's quicker but it seemed stuck if I pulled it out manually. So I just put it in reverse and out it went. It was painfully slow but it came out eventually
I bought one of these and it worked for my blockage, but I'm kind of pissed that Ryobi did not design the coil tip to be removable, so you can swap it out with a cutter tip.
Thanks so much for this review! I was on the fence about calling a pro$$ out to my house or buying another tool and possibly still not getting the job done. Your precise description of how the various functions on the auger sold me on it. That combined with the fact that I already owned many of the other Ryobi tools/batts/chargers! Your presentation of how to operate the unit was so well done, that once I unboxed it I never looked for an included manual and went right into unclogging my drain. I didn't use a stopwatch but I think it was about 5 minutes from start to finish with the finish being the few feet of water instantly disappearing! I have an open drain at the base of my 2-ton A/C for the condensation. It had clogged 5 foot down at the foundation level. Past minor leaks now confirm it was a buildup in progress, that finally stopped all drainage. It had overflowed and dumped gallons into my garage and kitchen. At least it was some of the cleanest water you can encounter. I'm expecting this tool to sit on my shelf for years till next clog. So it's nice that the multi-tool battery system of Ryobi will not disappoint me when I pull it off the shelf in 5, 10, 20 years from now. It's my first clog in this house in 25 years.
Usually what I do with my cannister snakes is pull them out on my driveway, spray them with my hose, then spray some lubricating oil after the snake dries. Finally I manually push it back into the cannister. Using heavy duty rubber gloves of course (Tetanus or any septic related infections sound really bad).
I like to have some water running when using an anger, both to carry away funk that gets broken free, and also to rinse the snake as it retrieves. General Wire makes a product called Snake Oil designed for drain snakes- supposed to prevent rust, displace water and lube auto-feed better and cleaner than general purpose lubes. Haven’t used it long enough to have a definite opinion but seems like a paraffin based lube?
For a tub or shower I like to have some water running. Go in via the overflow on a tub. You will see the water flow increase. Sinks I like to remove the P trap and run out and back and retry. For small drains I personally prefer a mini-drum machine so I have a hand free to control and feel the cable, like Power Clear, or a (K-40 if you want professional level)
Jeff in TD yeah for hand auger i can feel it but i never tried on a auto feed auger machine before. I just got this ryobi , haven’t got a chance to use it but would like to learn how can you feed when you hit the clogging point on a kitchen drain cause i don’t want to put too much force on the snake and it might kink and ruin the snake line
If you hit something solid, you will feel the machine load up and the snake try to whip around. Stop feeding forward and back out slightly, or pull all the way out and see if there is debris to remove. Unlikely a sink snake would hit something too solid, as hair or grease would be expected. With a big machine in a main line, hitting a root might stop a cutter spinning. You hear/feel the snake try to coil in the pipe. Obviously pull back immediately. Very slowly creep forward until you hear the cutter just contacting something. Pause for a bit until that goes away and you have the normal rhythm of the cutter flipping in the pipe. You get a feel for when you should try to flush out the pipe, or feed the cutter forward very slowly until it starts contacting the obstruction... Nothing to loose by going too slow and gentle, except a few minutes.
Typically 1/4” machines have a bulb auger built onto the snake. You’d have to get into 3/8 cable and probably a K-40 if you wanted to run a C cutter, spear, drop head or whatever.
+Brien it got the job done, but it was annoying because I bought it specifically because you can use your drill with it although the drill action didn't feed the line for you and just spun the cable, pretty lame.
Sorry about that bro I wasn't trying to offend anyone. Nothing against tradesmen, the logic behind that statement is why hire someone if they could do the work themselves. I'm pretty sure you've applied that many ways in your life, doing something yourself that you potentially could have hired someone else to do. If you do your own landscaping at your place, you view paying someone else as a waste of money, otherwise you'd pay someone else to do it. Do you wash your own clothing? Do you wash your own car? Do you do your own painting? I used to do laminate flooring installs and most jobs the homeowners took it upon themselves to save cash and remove the existing flooring down to the subfloor along with removing the trim. They viewed paying someone else as a waste of money so they did that portion of the job themselves. I could look at that as an insult but I didn't and in the end I still got the job, atleast most of it. The fact that some people do it themselves is not an insult and there will always be work to be done in any trade
Do NOT get a screen to catch hair! Had a tub that, despite having an insert to catch hair, would get clogged from time to time and was an hour or two, back-breaking, nightmare to snake. After the second or third time, it occurred to me that the screen might actually be *CAUSING* the clog rather than preventing them because slowing down the flow of water might make it easier for hair to catch and accumulate than if the flow was full speed. So, as an experiment, I took the insert out and didn't have to snake it again for the year or two I lived there.
I want to buy one. The price is excellent. I also like the fact that I don't have to lug a heavy extension cord if I'm using it outside on the main line.
Very helpful! I didn’t realize that I needed a charger but the charge that came with the batter was more than enough. Thank you for all your tips (manual instructions were very confusing).
great review as always Javier, ironically just last week we had to call a plumber out to unclog a basement shower drain, I would have loved to have had one of these, would have saved us $250!! I will have to check my local Home Depot and see if they are or are going to be available her in Canada....thanks for introducing me to a tool I know I need!
I see these advertised at Home Depot for about $ 130. I also see on Amazon where some say "Slightly Used" Selling for $79. Anyone know why so many are selling used? Do they not work? Is the cable too short?
I can't speak for anyone else and mine still works and I've had it since late 2015. It's not a high use tool but it does get used every so often when the drain gets clogged which is every once in a long while
That is awesome.I love Ryobi powertools.They are good quality for a reasonable price.Im thinking about buying this drain cleaner because I already own other Ryobi tools and have extra batteries for it.The only thing that is causing me to hesitate is the 25ft cable length.I wish it were longer.
I just got into the Ryobi ecosystem with the 18v 10” chainsaw. This tool looks awesome! It will hopefully save me heaps in plumber costs. Thanks for the great review.
I already have one, and I agree that it will pay for itself in one use, even if you have to get a battery and charger. I just pulled it out and needed a refresher on how to use it. Your video is much easier to understand than the instructions. I also realized that it's much easier to let the auger pull the snake out instead of doing it yourself, which will fling nasty drain water all over your bathroom. Thanks!
pulling manually is much faster and you can always let the tool do the last bit to avoid flinging the drain water mentioned Just used mine again not this weekend but the weekend before
Great Review. I love the Ryobi line, I am having sink issues now I am going to pick one of these up after work and give it a shot. Ill update this tonight and let you know how it worked for me
Thanks for the review, great video. This may be a dumb question to most, but how to you know when to stop feeding the cable down the pipe? Are you supposed to feed all of the cable, or should you feel the cable stop/hit whatever is clogging the pipe?
Thanks and not at all, in most cases the cable will not go any further and you know you reached the clog. A few times I've come across were the cable just feeds and feeds but you actually reached the clog and passed it.
Right on man thanks. I just paid a plumber $80 today to unclog a bathroom sink that drained very slow. I took apart the p trap, cleaned it, and cleaned the pop up valve assembly so I knew the clog was behind the vanity in the pipes going in the wall and under my home. The plumber didn't have this ryobi auger, but he did have some sort of auger like this connected to his drill. Had I known about these devices I would've just bought this tool and done it myself. Thanks man, good work.
No problem and id say you got off easy with only $80. I had a family member pay a plumber $200 for a drain clog in the tub. If you go the diy route a cheap alternative similar to the one your plumber used can be had as little as $15 at Walmart. I think that's how much the other one in this video cost me. they're not as nice or easy to use as this Ryobi though. A wet dry vac (shop vac) is always good to have in hand also if you plan on fixing stuff yourself. Back when I was a new homeowner I didn't know much and my toilet was clogged, no not from what you're thinking, anyways I hired a plumber to fix it and he couldn't fix it using an auger, so he busted out a shop vac and sucked out small plastic bottle that accidentally fell inside. Once he used the right tool for the job it only took him less than 5 seconds to fix it. I felt the same way you did and thought I should've bought a shop vac for less than the price of hiring the plumber and have done it myself. Oh well, you live and learn
You didn't watch the first few seconds of the video where I basically did all the required steps to unclog a drain? Or the rest of the video where I showed how to you how to operate the auger?
I've lived in this house 20 years and I have to clean out my shower or sink drain about once every four months. I had a Rigid auger that would connect to a drill. The amount of squeezing it took to make it feed was insane! When I saw the Ryobi in the store, I knew I had found its replacement tool. With the feed lock in place - ONE-HANDED operation!!! Worth every penny!!! I watched your review to see if there were any special tricks, but it is easy as you show. And something as simple as using a towellette to clean off the snake as it comes back - thanks a bunch!. Cannot believe I didn't think of that one! I used to dread snaking the drain only a little less and paying a plumber to do it. Now it's almost easy. That's what power tools are supposed to do - make your life easier. Thanks to you for the review and thanks to Ryobi!
I just bought this auger and was glad to see your review. It was easier to understand than the manual. Thanks!
Bought it yesterday as I have the other 18v Ryobi tools and unclogged a bathtub drain just like you showed. Drain never has worked properly in 7 years I have owned my house. Used liquid plumber and plunger etc and would get drain somewhat open but this cleared out a clog that I had never reached. Was able to drain the whole tub from full in 2 minutes 45 seconds when before it was filling with water just taking a five minute shower and draining slowly. Well worth the $70.
This is by far the best and clearest explanation of this tool that I've seen. EXCELLENT JOB!! You get a like and subscribe. I hope your other reviews are as good.
Thanks for the sub!
Just ran down to the box store with minutes before they closed to pick one of these up upon your review only to find my battery at home needed a charge. I am looking forward to cleaning up my tub drain. I am still trying to talk my wife into going with a hair cut like yours as an alternative.
As a follow up what took me a hour of struggling with a hand crank auger and never unclogged only took me 5 minutes to feed, find and destroy the clog. I am very happy with this.
Just bought a new house, second bathroom tub is draining really slow. Was researching augers, came across your review. I was already thinking about getting one, but you sold me on it! Nice review.
+Scott Schappell that's great, glad it helped
Great review! I'm actually a licensed plumber and use the professional version of this type of auger nearly every day at work...I don't actually own a small auger myself, because they are very pricey for a decent one. I actually have a crappy one like the one you showed for use at home and they are a major PITA! I'm a big fan of Ryobi 18V tools and have many of them and I'm most definitely getting one of these! It looks to be pretty well designed and my experience with Ryobi has been good so far...I've never had an issue with their drills, saws, grinder, etc, so I have no doubt their usual quality is there with this tool. Now realistically, I doubt it would hold up to what I put augers through at work, but it's not meant for that kind of heavy use. Like all of the rest of their 18V line, it's made for the home owner, not for going into business unclogging drains. For what I will use this for at home, I'm sure it will be just fine.
My question is...can you see how easily the cable is removed and replaced if/when it gets damaged? I know from experience they can get caught in drains and damaged fairly easily, and that's on the heavier duty machines like I use at work.
BTW...for those worrying about keeping a machine like this clean...forget it! You can try, but drain cleaning machines are traditionally dirty nasty pieces of equipment...at least on the inside. Just store it in your garage, or shed, somewhere that smells won't bother you...it's nearly impossible to keep gross stuff from building up in the drum of a machine like this.
+Scott H Thanks Scott and thanks for the great feedback from a pro plumber. Ryobi is just like you said for home owner use and it isn't uncommon for even those in the trades and contractors to use these on job.
I'm not sure about replacing the cable. Ill take a look at the manual and auger to see what I can find when I get a chance. My guess is that at this price it probably can't be replaced. The average user isn't going to use these as often as a plumber would - in fact I hardly used my previous one and replacing the cable was never an issue since it still has plenty of life left- just a bit rusted
Eyellgeteven A licensed professional wouldn't have kissed his ass in the comment section of whatever he said in the video...
great review, I didn't know Roybi made one of those. Their 18v line continues to grow!
+Wild Goose thanks bro, Ryobi has some pretty interesting 18v power tools in their line
for sure! i been having ryobi tools for over 10 years and i have to say i used them pretty hard and have yet to fail me, i just bought one of this augers and it cleared up my stopage
I got one of these open box (it was all the store had left) and so it didn't have a manual. Thanks for your video which clearly explained all the functions.
Thanks for watching. Glad it helped out
This was a very helpful video. The directions where incomplete in the box and this allowed me to use the tool confidently. I also love the tool.
thanks!
king of tool reviews. thanks for your videos
+الحياة في بريطانيا thanks bro
Stopping to get one of these on the way home from church. Our clogged sink is getting fixed today! Great Review!
+Chris Bell thanks! Doing it yourself sure beats wasting money on a plumber
$70 is a whole lot better than the $210 that Roto-Rooter charges!
We're talking Ferrari vs honda accord.
Great review Thanks...On my way out the door to get it now...You sold me on it...Love the one+ line of products...Thanks
Good video. Glad you mentioned the plastic rod inside the line, or whatever the rod is made of. I couldn't make that out from the pictures that I've seen online, so that is another nice selling point. My other cheaper auger didn't have that. It's pretty much unusable now.
Thanks, I'm sure the plastic rod will help in the long run with durability. I also have a few kinks in my old one and I'm sure if it had that plastic rod it would've helped
Thanks for the great review. The tool costs $181 total if you don't have any Ryobi tools with ion batteries and wireless chargers. I still think it's a great investment.
Thanks
yeah that's a lot of money if you don't have any 18v batteries or chargers. It's basically more of an add on tool for existing users. Ryobi also has starter kits with charger and battery for around $60 so that would be a cheaper option than what you paid or best value would be to pick up a cordless set with tool battery and charger and then adding this on
Javier, gloves and a rag are co-requisites with that auger. Take a look at what the real plumbers do. They use a rag to wipe off the gunk as they feed the line back in to the drum.
+Dwight Bennett that's the whole point of this auger is so you don't have to call a plumber
+Tool Craze But what if you are the plumber?
Great review, I just got one for the house. This video is better than the manual.
Thanks for review. I got it and love it. Saved me a headache and money
Nice job describing this cool tool! THANKS
I started out with a ridged auger that hooked to a drill.. cost me something like 40 bucks.. broke in two uses.. cable line snapped right outta the housing.. got this ryobi auger and havent had a problem yet... really easy and good tool to have for smaller jobs... roto rooter gets $200 easily per call.. im not calling them...
Dumb question, but how can you tell you reached a clog? I pass the clog but unable to tell or feel the resistence to lock it and break it up
The demo was very helpful, thanks. The GOOD NEWS: this RYOBI AUGER cleared the tub drain - the clog was more than five feet out. The BAD NEWS now to auger cable is stuck in the drain! It retracted only guessing two feet. ANY ADVISE how to now not pay a plumber to get the cable out?
put the auger in reverse and let the auger pull the cable out, I just had this issue this weekend. I like to pull the cable out since it's quicker but it seemed stuck if I pulled it out manually. So I just put it in reverse and out it went. It was painfully slow but it came out eventually
Good Job, very professional, thank you for the review
I bought one of these and it worked for my blockage, but I'm kind of pissed that Ryobi did not design the coil tip to be removable, so you can swap it out with a cutter tip.
Awesome video man. You're a natural, keep it up.
Just ordered one. Great review
Amigo, muy buen vídeo. Saludos desde Colombia!
Thanks so much for this review! I was on the fence about calling a pro$$ out to my house or buying another tool and possibly still not getting the job done. Your precise description of how the various functions on the auger sold me on it. That combined with the fact that I already owned many of the other Ryobi tools/batts/chargers! Your presentation of how to operate the unit was so well done, that once I unboxed it I never looked for an included manual and went right into unclogging my drain. I didn't use a stopwatch but I think it was about 5 minutes from start to finish with the finish being the few feet of water instantly disappearing! I have an open drain at the base of my 2-ton A/C for the condensation. It had clogged 5 foot down at the foundation level. Past minor leaks now confirm it was a buildup in progress, that finally stopped all drainage. It had overflowed and dumped gallons into my garage and kitchen. At least it was some of the cleanest water you can encounter. I'm expecting this tool to sit on my shelf for years till next clog. So it's nice that the multi-tool battery system of Ryobi will not disappoint me when I pull it off the shelf in 5, 10, 20 years from now. It's my first clog in this house in 25 years.
Great explanation. Sucks that you have to purchase the battery and charger separately though
Benjamin Mensah you can buy it in a kit with battery and charger. I think it's somewhere between $130- $150
How do you clean it? It seems like the drum where the cable is stored would eventually become a cesspool.
There is a drain on the side of it but yeah, it's never going to be the cleanest tool.
+tjs6025
Open it, drain it, spray a ton of WD40
in there, close it, shake it, drain it again. This will help keep it clean and
prevent rusting.
Usually what I do with my cannister snakes is pull them out on my driveway, spray them with my hose, then spray some lubricating oil after the snake dries. Finally I manually push it back into the cannister. Using heavy duty rubber gloves of course (Tetanus or any septic related infections sound really bad).
I like to have some water running when using an anger, both to carry away funk that gets broken free, and also to rinse the snake as it retrieves. General Wire makes a product called Snake Oil designed for drain snakes- supposed to prevent rust, displace water and lube auto-feed better and cleaner than general purpose lubes. Haven’t used it long enough to have a definite opinion but seems like a paraffin based lube?
Excellent video man! Thanks!!
Nice explanation
yeahh a really nice tool from ryobi thank s for the video!
+loux alain you're welcome Alain
Great review.
+Mike L. thanks Mike
How can you feel or know when you get to the clog point lol. Need some advice.
For a tub or shower I like to have some water running. Go in via the overflow on a tub. You will see the water flow increase. Sinks I like to remove the P trap and run out and back and retry. For small drains I personally prefer a mini-drum machine so I have a hand free to control and feel the cable, like Power Clear, or a (K-40 if you want professional level)
Jeff in TD yeah for hand auger i can feel it but i never tried on a auto feed auger machine before. I just got this ryobi , haven’t got a chance to use it but would like to learn how can you feed when you hit the clogging point on a kitchen drain cause i don’t want to put too much force on the snake and it might kink and ruin the snake line
If you hit something solid, you will feel the machine load up and the snake try to whip around. Stop feeding forward and back out slightly, or pull all the way out and see if there is debris to remove.
Unlikely a sink snake would hit something too solid, as hair or grease would be expected. With a big machine in a main line, hitting a root might stop a cutter spinning. You hear/feel the snake try to coil in the pipe. Obviously pull back immediately. Very slowly creep forward until you hear the cutter just contacting something. Pause for a bit until that goes away and you have the normal rhythm of the cutter flipping in the pipe. You get a feel for when you should try to flush out the pipe, or feed the cutter forward very slowly until it starts contacting the obstruction...
Nothing to loose by going too slow and gentle, except a few minutes.
Jeff in TD ty
Thx
Can you add attachments to the end?
Typically 1/4” machines have a bulb auger built onto the snake. You’d have to get into 3/8 cable and probably a K-40 if you wanted to run a C cutter, spear, drop head or whatever.
Thank youu
I have one similar to you old one. Old rusty!
+Brien it got the job done, but it was annoying because I bought it specifically because you can use your drill with it although the drill action didn't feed the line for you and just spun the cable, pretty lame.
nice ese that is 1 that I must have u said well comadre of liking tools like me
+Ruben Rivera what's up Ruben!!
todo bien ese
u and tools in
action have great videos mi amigo
+Ruben Rivera thanks man
Great vid
I went out and got it the next day, love it
nice gloves
mainlinestopage living wild
Mine lasted until I ran the cable all the way out then something broke
I wish the cable was 50' instead of 25'.
They have a 50ft model check it out here toolcraze.net/ryobi-18v-hybrid-50-ft-drain-auger-kit-p4003k/
Considering hiring a plumber as a "waste of money" is a bit offensive to tradesman.
Sorry about that bro I wasn't trying to offend anyone. Nothing against tradesmen, the logic behind that statement is why hire someone if they could do the work themselves. I'm pretty sure you've applied that many ways in your life, doing something yourself that you potentially could have hired someone else to do. If you do your own landscaping at your place, you view paying someone else as a waste of money, otherwise you'd pay someone else to do it. Do you wash your own clothing? Do you wash your own car? Do you do your own painting?
I used to do laminate flooring installs and most jobs the homeowners took it upon themselves to save cash and remove the existing flooring down to the subfloor along with removing the trim. They viewed paying someone else as a waste of money so they did that portion of the job themselves. I could look at that as an insult but I didn't and in the end I still got the job, atleast most of it.
The fact that some people do it themselves is not an insult and there will always be work to be done in any trade
he's pretty sensitive for a contractor lol
Had to turn it off after 25 seconds. What is with the death metal music. Good bye.
You won't be missed
GROSS!
+Brien lol
Just bought one today. Thanks for the tutorial on how to use it!
Do NOT get a screen to catch hair!
Had a tub that, despite having an insert to catch hair, would get clogged from time to time and was an hour or two, back-breaking, nightmare to snake.
After the second or third time, it occurred to me that the screen might actually be *CAUSING* the clog rather than preventing them because slowing down the flow of water might make it easier for hair to catch and accumulate than if the flow was full speed.
So, as an experiment, I took the insert out and didn't have to snake it again for the year or two I lived there.
I want to buy one. The price is excellent. I also like the fact that I don't have to lug a heavy extension cord if I'm using it outside on the main line.
It’s only 1/4” snake. I’d look into something 7/8 or 3/4” for a typical 4” main.
how can I change the cable in the future? when the first one gets bad
Very helpful! I didn’t realize that I needed a charger but the charge that came with the batter was more than enough. Thank you for all your tips (manual instructions were very confusing).
Man ryobi has some of the coolest tools!! I wish other brands would do the same. Thanks Javier very cool stuff bro!!
+Mike Z thanks Mike, I agree. Lots of interesting tools in the diy segment
A GREAT straight forward review! Simple.....just like me@ Thanks for a job well done!
great review as always Javier, ironically just last week we had to call a plumber out to unclog a basement shower drain, I would have loved to have had one of these, would have saved us $250!! I will have to check my local Home Depot and see if they are or are going to be available her in Canada....thanks for introducing me to a tool I know I need!
+TheBearuk1 thanks bro, wow $250 for a plumber, that's no joke! A drain auger could've helped you out.
Muy buen video amigo! La herramienta se ve muy bien. Saludos :)
+LA CAJA DE HERRAMIENTAS WALTER ALVAREZ gracias Walter, saludos amigo
+Tool Craze when you get a clog you should make a video....
Nice job on the review - I picked one of these up this afternoon. Looking forward to putting it to use here shortly.
+tjs6025 thanks bro and congrats on the purchase
Nice review. I've had mine for a while now and have cleared several clogs. It is a good tool to have, well worth the money.
Same here.
Cool video. Thank you!
Can you use this just like a closet auger for the toilet ?
Great review. That tool looks like it can save a homeowner quite a bit in call out costs.
+rpardz thanks
I see these advertised at Home Depot for about $ 130. I also see on Amazon where some say "Slightly Used" Selling for $79.
Anyone know why so many are selling used? Do they not work? Is the cable too short?
I can't speak for anyone else and mine still works and I've had it since late 2015. It's not a high use tool but it does get used every so often when the drain gets clogged which is every once in a long while
Awesome video !!!!!!!!!!!!
Magnífico vídeo, gracias por tu tiempo y dedicación
+Tomás Gerardo Guadarrama Sánchez gracias amigo, saludos
my tub no longer pools up!....thanks man!
+Jody Reed good to hear you're taking care of business
That is awesome.I love Ryobi powertools.They are good quality for a reasonable price.Im thinking about buying this drain cleaner because I already own other Ryobi tools and have extra batteries for it.The only thing that is causing me to hesitate is the 25ft cable length.I wish it were longer.
Very cool!! Silly question how long is that cable 25 feet?? Which is plenty but never mind I can research for myself thank you for the video.
I just got into the Ryobi ecosystem with the 18v 10” chainsaw. This tool looks awesome! It will hopefully save me heaps in plumber costs. Thanks for the great review.
Ryobi has come along way to keep up with mayor brands. I think they even have more cordless and cooler tools than mayor brands.
You sound like the food wishes guy. Thanks for the video
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I just bought one. Needed to know how it worked. Thanks
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You got me sold man. I just bought a ridged hand aufer it kinked up.
great video. simple yet thorough explanation on how the tool works. Thx!
Pays for itself with one use. Awesome tool.
Great video its a buy.
Thanks, they have a newer model that came out 2017 toolcraze.net/ryobi-p4002-18v-hybrid-drain-auger-25-ft/
this is a terrible tool
How so if you don't mind me asking?
I already have one, and I agree that it will pay for itself in one use, even if you have to get a battery and charger. I just pulled it out and needed a refresher on how to use it. Your video is much easier to understand than the instructions. I also realized that it's much easier to let the auger pull the snake out instead of doing it yourself, which will fling nasty drain water all over your bathroom. Thanks!
pulling manually is much faster and you can always let the tool do the last bit to avoid flinging the drain water mentioned
Just used mine again not this weekend but the weekend before
Great Review. I love the Ryobi line, I am having sink issues now I am going to pick one of these up after work and give it a shot. Ill update this tonight and let you know how it worked for me
thanks! we just used it over the weekend and saved us another couple hundred bucks from having to call a plumber
Called a Plumber for a quote he wanted $360 to come out. This thing worked like a charm, just saved a ton of money. Thanks!
Nice!
I wished they have a 50' version, I returned mine after it didn't do the trick, suspect didn't reach the clog.
If they had a 50 feet version of this not many will buy the bigger model. Companies know this so they have two version of it.
Great video well done mate
Thanks for the review, great video. This may be a dumb question to most, but how to you know when to stop feeding the cable down the pipe? Are you supposed to feed all of the cable, or should you feel the cable stop/hit whatever is clogging the pipe?
Thanks and not at all, in most cases the cable will not go any further and you know you reached the clog. A few times I've come across were the cable just feeds and feeds but you actually reached the clog and passed it.
Right on man thanks. I just paid a plumber $80 today to unclog a bathroom sink that drained very slow. I took apart the p trap, cleaned it, and cleaned the pop up valve assembly so I knew the clog was behind the vanity in the pipes going in the wall and under my home. The plumber didn't have this ryobi auger, but he did have some sort of auger like this connected to his drill. Had I known about these devices I would've just bought this tool and done it myself. Thanks man, good work.
No problem and id say you got off easy with only $80. I had a family member pay a plumber $200 for a drain clog in the tub. If you go the diy route a cheap alternative similar to the one your plumber used can be had as little as $15 at Walmart. I think that's how much the other one in this video cost me. they're not as nice or easy to use as this Ryobi though.
A wet dry vac (shop vac) is always good to have in hand also if you plan on fixing stuff yourself. Back when I was a new homeowner I didn't know much and my toilet was clogged, no not from what you're thinking, anyways I hired a plumber to fix it and he couldn't fix it using an auger, so he busted out a shop vac and sucked out small plastic bottle that accidentally fell inside. Once he used the right tool for the job it only took him less than 5 seconds to fix it. I felt the same way you did and thought I should've bought a shop vac for less than the price of hiring the plumber and have done it myself. Oh well, you live and learn
~ The Ryobi 18v 2gallon wet/dry vac is a must have tool.
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I think my son flushed a stick down the toilet, do you guys think this would get it?
I'd use a wet dry vac first and if that don't work a toilet auger
You should have video taped unclogging your drain rather than talking about how it was clogged!!!!!!!!
you must have missed the part where I said I fixed the clog before receiving the auger, oops
You didn't watch the first few seconds of the video where I basically did all the required steps to unclog a drain? Or the rest of the video where I showed how to you how to operate the auger?
thanks!
Great video. This video made me buy one as I need it.
thanks
Good review.
thanks for watching!
Any way to open the drum to replace the cable?