Sani Sticks Review: What You Need to Know

For ease of use, Sani Sticks earns five out of five stars for. This is definitely one of this product's strengths. You simply remove a stick from the package and slip it into the drain. Some users have had trouble getting them through small holes in a drain cover. Sani Sticks are about the same thickness as a pipe cleaner, so a possible test before purchasing would be to decide if a pipe cleaner would fit through the holes in the drain grate you want to use these sticks in.

We give Sani Sticks Drain Clean and Deodorizer five out of five stars for effectiveness. Its deodorizing ability gets very high praise from users, most of whom report quick and often immediate improvement of foul odors.

The negative reports about this product are primarily from people whose expectations for what a product like this could accomplish were unrealistically high. This product's niche is in preventing build-up or helping to clean build up that hasn't yet reached the point of obstruction. Expecting a product that slips into the drain once a month at a cost of pennies a day to accomplish what otherwise might require a professional plumber with power operated snaking equipment isn't fair to an otherwise highly effective product.

We give this Sani Sticks four out of five stars for its design quality. It is conveniently packaged in a quantity that will last quite a while, depending on the number of drains in your home. It comes in an easy to handle stick design. Its enzyme formulation is a safe, chemical-free product. Odor elimination is an important part of what this product does. It is available in a selection of fresh-smelling scents as well as in a scentless option.

Green Gobbler BIO-Flow Drain Strips are a product quite similar to the main product of our Sani Sticks review. These strips slip into drain pipes and slowly release their formula of slow-dissolving bacteria and enzymes into the drain pipe. Recommended use for this product is once a month in kitchen and bathroom drains. Its formula is designed to digest grease, oil, scum and lodged food particles. It is safe for use in homes with septic systems for sewage handling.

The Green Gobbler BIO-Flow Drain Strips earned five out of five stars for ease of use. This product has a slightly different shape than the Sani Sticks, but it is used in just the same way. The strips are inserted into the drain and will last about a month, releasing their enzyme formula throughout that time.

We give the Green Gobbler BIO-FLow Drain Strips five out of five stars for effectiveness. These strips are part of an extensive line of highly rated drain cleaning products. The job of these strips is to handle drain odors, first by eliminating foul odors, and then, over time, preventing their recurrence. This product also functions to help clean drain pipes and prevent serious buildups. People who are disappointed in this product seem to be expecting it to clear major clogs; a problem well beyond its job description.

When it came do design the Green Gobbler strips got four out of five stars. It comes in a compact package and is well-designed to easily fit into drains. It can be inserted through most drain strainers.

This Vastar Drain Snake Drain Unclogger pack contains five plastic drain snake tools and one stainless steel drain cleaner. The plastic drain snakes have multiple sharp teeth to snag hair, food and other drain blockages. The stainless steel tool is used to help move solid obstructions.

These flexible drain cleaning tools are designed for the kitchen and bathroom pipes that tend to get clogged often with organic material such as grease and hair. The stainless steel tool is a flexible, bendable, spring-loaded cable. It has a handle with a comfortable grip, a heavy duty steel spring, and a retractable claw on the bottom. The grabber feature enables this tool to access narrow, bent places in the pipes and get hold of small objects or clogs obstructing the pipe.

These tools are relatively easy to use, but compared to the Sani Sticks and Green Gobbler Strips in this Sani Sticks review, there is more work involved in using these devices. Depending on the condition of the drain, it may take a number of times running the snakes down the pipe to pull out the hair, soap scum and food waste that may have accumulated

We give the Vastar Drain Snake four out of five stars for effectiveness. This tool definitely fills a different role from the Sani Sticks and Green Gobbler Strips in this Sani Sticks review. Those products are designed for prevention. The Vastar Drain Snakes tackle the problem of clogging as it builds up. Serious clogs may be beyond the range of this product, but frequent use will be an effective way to avoid serious clogging in the future.

The Vastar Drain Snake pack gets four out of five stars for its design. It stores conveniently in cupboards or under kitchen or bathroom sinks. The sharp teeth on the ABS snakes give these tools the ability to penetrate hair clogs and bring hair up and out of the drain. The stainless steel snake has a claw that can tackle solid obstruction in the pipes.

The FlexiSnake Drain Weasel Sink Snake set is a drain clog remover kit. It includes a rotating handle and five micro-hook refill wands. The wands are thin, flexible and easy to use. They slip easily down most drains and through most drain grates.

Ease of use was not so great with the FlexiSnake Drain Weasel and it got only three out of five stars. The concept is simple enough, but how easy the job is will depend on how serious a clog you have. This snake tool works on a smaller scale, like the power snakes that plumbers use to tackle serious clogs. The user attaches the handle to one of the wands and then inserts the wand into the clogged pipe, rotates the handle, and removes the clog.

How effective this tool is depends to some extent on the motivation of the user. Serious clogs will take some effort, but this tool can work through many hair, grease and food waste clogs. We give the FlexiSnake Drain Weasel four out five stars for effectiveness.

We give the FlexiSnake Drain Weasel four out of five stars for its design. It has a unique design concept with a sturdy handle with molded plastic sleeve that attaches securely to the micro-hook wands. The wands are disposable, although some users report being able to use them more than once. The handle gives the tool 360 degrees rotation.