Drain Cleaning Machine

Anyone giving this a bad review, unless the product is damaged don’t know what they’re doing and should stay away from machinery. This thing is a badass and Roto Rooter charges $700 per visit. It’s already paid for itself.

The machine is a tank, it's super heavy. I need a crane to get it in and out of my truck. Even with two guys it's hard to lift in and out. The heads are garbage. I had a simple toilet paper clog in a low spot, and the heads went right through it but didn't clear the clog. Had to call the plumber to snake the main line with a C-cutter head. The auto feed is garbage as well. The instructions are poorly translated. It feels like it's already falling apart. Would not recommend.

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This is a good value drain machine but please know it is not your "forever" machine. meaning if you use it a lot and for tough jobs it won't last forever. But at this price it easily pays for itself, and you can always purchase a replacement and still not have spent the big bucks larger models cost.

I bought the 3/4" model because my sewer problem is always the main line to the street. The unit arrived more quickly than scheduled. It was nicely packed though the frame which accepts the handle was damaged but could be bent back with pliers. With no damage to the packing it must have left the factory that way. The assembly instructions were incomplete, The larger lock washers went somewhere on the wheels but I've never figured out where the shorter bolts and lock washers go. The unit weighs 180 lbs (!!!) and though I'm 71 the machine and I made it down the basement stairs. There are some videos online which can give a bit more confidence in using the machine but the most important fact is in the instructions: keep one hand on the cable and the other on the direction lever. Once you hit an obstruction the cable starts flopping and kinking and within seconds and you need to throw it in reverse (with the lever, not the switch) or the cable will become an angry, flopping, knotting piece of steel. The first time this happened the cable pulled the glove (WEAR HEAVY GLOVES!) off my hand with the glove finger tapped in the knotted cable. It would have been very serious for my finger. I bought the 2" clog chopper because in one of the videos one of the supplied tools broke in the pipe on the first use. Even with the clog chopper roots stopped progress and it was necessary to quickly back up and attack again and again. The most frustrating part was that it appeared the cable was moving forward but in fact it wasn't. Since the cable is spinning it looks and feels like it's going in but it seemed common for progress to stop without any indication. I think the cable becomes disorganized in the drum. The reverse switch seems to be the solution. A few seconds in reverse and the cable tidied itself. I found doing this every once in a while seemed to help. I was afraid the clog chopper would wear a hole in the pipe during these subtile pauses. It took a few hours the get the cable through as far as it seemed to go. The main is open and I plan to do this a time or two a year to keep on top of the roots and it will hopefully be easier that way. I think if you're dealing with your main drain line the smaller cable would be pure frustration and you'd probably ruin the cable. The 3/4" is an expensive monster but for roots it's probably worth it. You may not want to spend the money but I think the sewer guy I used had at least a one inch cable so I think bigger is really necessary for this job. An important fact I’ve recently learned: not all machines turn in the same direction. My Clog Chopper and the connector on the end of the cable came off in the sewer pipe. I bought the General Wire twist on repair coupling and discovered that it twisted in the opposite direction that the Vevor cable is wound so it would not twist on. I bought the coupling that needs to be welded and paid a lot to get it welded. I bought the General Wire recovery tool to recover the Clog Chopper and discovered that it would need to turn in the opposite direction to be scooping up my Clog Chopper. Everything combined has me thinking that paying to have the work done might be far, far less frustrating and worth while than trying to do it myself.

Binding up inside drum every time I use it,I was going slow so it wouldn't bind it, wont move forward, but reverse easily move, the head broke off somewhere, I bought the 3/4 100ft one. I was happy when I bought it,tried to save money from calling the reamer. It took about 4hour trying to fix the machine, on a 60 ft straight clog bind up for I got there.It was a waste of 8 hours 😑 😒 thanks for that.

Heavy duty machine i like

If you've ever worked drain cleaning you'll know this machine isn't heavy duty. It failed to actually pull the cable out after the clog cleared. Nice little lat and delta workout to pull it out manually. If your properties have trees where the main line runs this will save you in drain cleaning and help postpone replacement