7 Reasons the Hair Wad Keeps Coming Back to Your Shower Drain

If you've ever stood in ankle-deep water halfway through a shower, or pulled a wet wad of hair out with a plastic snake, here's what's going on under the grate.

1. That wad started as hair you never saw go down

Nobody clogs a drain in one shower. A few strands go down every time someone washes their hair, slip under the grate and catch on what is already there.

Soap sticks to it, more hair catches on that, and one day you're standing in water halfway through your shower. By then the problem is below the grate, out of sight and out of reach.

2. Gel, snakes and coat hangers all start too late

Drain gel means pouring, waiting and hoping. A plastic snake or a bent hanger works, but you're kneeling on the bath mat pulling up the whole wet wad by hand.

A reusable catcher is better, but it still has to be picked clean, wet, every week or so. Every one of these deals with the hair after it lands somewhere gross.

3. A mesh sticker catches it on top

These are thin round mesh stickers, about 4 inches across, with an adhesive rim. You stick one over the drain and it covers the grate.

The fine mesh lets water through while it holds hair back, so the hair stays on the surface instead of slipping under the grate.

4. Peel it off, hair and all

When the mesh looks full, you lift the rim, peel the whole sticker off and drop it in the trash with the hair still on it.

Then a fresh one goes down: dry the spot, center it, press the edges. That is the whole job.

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5. It won't fit every drain, and here's which

It's made for flat shower, tub and floor drains up to about 4 inches across. It isn't made for pop-up stoppers that stick up, and it doesn't go in the toilet or sink.

It also helps catch hair, it does not clear a clog that is already there. And as hair builds up, water drains slower. That is your cue to swap it.

6. 30 in a pack, for every flat drain in the house

How often you change one depends on how much hair and how many people use that shower. With 30 in a pack, you swap whenever it looks full and never ration them.

Washing the dog in the tub? Put a fresh one down first and the fur stays on top instead of going down the drain.

7. Two packs for $20, with a 30-day guarantee

Every order is Buy 1, Get 1 Free: 2 packs (60 stickers) for $20. That is $10 a pack, about 33 cents a sticker. More showers? 4 packs for $40 or 6 for $60.

If they don't work for your drain, contact us within 30 days of your order for a full refund.