Danco Tub Hair Catcher & Strainer, Drain Clog Prevention (10306)

Pros: - It stays where it should be. The first few weeks of use, I use duck tape to "fix" this catcher to the drain (do this when the tub is dry). And this works for a while. Then the duck tape gave in (not water resistant). So now I just leave this catcher at the drain. To my surprise, the catcher stays there (yay). - It catches a lot of hair! Even when I no longer duck tape it to the tub, it still does its duty catching my hair (lots of them.... I can weave a little handkerchief from my dropped hair at each shower). There could be some tiny hair flow down to the drain still, through the tiny seam between the edge of the catcher and the tub. But I think most of the hair stays on the catcher. Cons: - The fit. The fit of this little basket to your bathtub may be tricky at first. There is no suction cups for this basket to grip on the bathtub. If your bathtub has a curvy surface near the drain opening, then this could be an issue. - The water flow. The catcher does slow down the rate of the water going down the drain, especially when it has caught lots of hair on it and the little holes are occluded. So I recommend you pick up the stuff on the catcher every other day. - The cleaning. I think other reviewers pointed out this. I simply take this out of the tub (when the tub is dry and this catcher is not that gunky). I would use some slightly damp toilet paper in my hand to grab the hair and wipe off some residual soap on the catcher. Do this two or three times, and the catcher is free from most of the hair. This is the regular cleaning of this catcher. Of course some shorter hair may still stuck on the little hole. But this is like 90% cleaned, and those hair could be picked up in the later cleaning up. Dont think about perfection in cleaning this catcher, then you will be fine. One reviewer shared a trick by leaving this catcher in a full tub of water so the soapy stain and stuff can come out of the catcher. I did not try that though but I may do that later.

So, this is definitely the best "hair catcher" I've ever used (thank you all you other reviewers!). I didn't even know it was possible to have this level of cleanliness. It is night and day compared with having nothing there, and having to reach down in the drain and touch the gross wads of .... you know what I mean. That is the reason for the 5 star review. As a separate but VERY important matter, I noticed in the other reviews, including most of the positive ones, some people have had a heck of a time cleaning this. I can definitely see why, what with all of the tiny pricklies that go in different directions (I'm guessing to provide maximum friction for catching all the hair). After some experimentation, I found a way to VERY easily clean it! Here's how: 1. After showering, if the tub is completely empty (i.e. there is no standing water in it), plug the tub as if you are getting ready to have a bath. 2. Allow approximately 3/4 of an inch of standing water (or more, depending on the depth of the tub basin, my tub needs about an inch maximum) to fill the tub, over/on top of the hair catcher - just leave the hair catcher where it is. 3. Take a Q-tip, a pen, a nail file, whatever you can get your hands on, and dip it down into the hair catcher itself. Pull up on the hair or debris caught in the bottom of the catcher. 4. With the water and gravity at work, the hair should come up as one big wet lump that easily attaches to the Q-tip (instead of several strands of hair that come off slowly and in a big mess, when you try to clean it bit by bit or when it is dry!). 5. I wrap a paper towel around the hair lump, drop it in the trash, and the hair catcher is COMPLETELY clean, not a spare hair! Life is too short to be messing with cleaning the catcher by picking out each hair, strand by strand - it's such a prickly little guy, which I LOVE, but it defeats the purpose if you can't clean it quickly and easily after showering. I hope my obsessive experimentation helps you to enjoy using this thing.

Catches hair but drainage speed is much slower. I got this to replace the regular drain because hair kept clogging. Unfortunately, this requires weekly maintenance to remove the hair from the suction to keep the water draining. Everything else about it is great. I love the high grade plastic and white color that blends in with tub.

I hate cleaning hair out of the tub more than a lot of other bodily fluids I have to clean up as a mother. It's mostly my hair, but it grosses me out to no end. I got the tub shroom and nearly puked every time having to pull the hair it caught halfway down the drain back up to the light of day before wrestling it free from that cylinder thing. BLEH. This guy just sits on top of the drain hole and doesn't actually fit down into the drain at all. The little plastic tips all over the surrounding plastic are what catches the hair like a disgusting comb. Just typing this is grossing me out. Anyway, it's easy enough to clean when it's dry; just take a paper towel and grab one end and pull. It mostly comes off clean. As for molding, I live in the PNW and it molds here so quick, but no issues yet a couple months in. I expect things to get moldy if it is plastic sitting in my tub. I just will bleach it and if that doesn't work, I throw it away. It's not worth getting sick over. As good as this thing works, it's worth it. Overall, this is the best device I've used at keeping hair out of my tub. I will regularly clog the drain if I don't use a hair trap as my hair sheds so much and I typically keep it below my shoulder in length. I've been figuring this out for 30+ years and this is the best one yet!

This review is for Danco Bathtub Drain Hair Catcher Snare and Strainer, White, 1-Pack (10306). First, the Pros: The product is effective at its purpose, which is to keep your tub or shower drain hair-free. The holes are large enough to let water drain (granting you consistently remove the hair - leaving the hair in the trap will prevent drainage just as it would if you allowed it to enter and clog the drain, obviously), but not so large as to allow hair to get through. Additionally, the barbs on the surface of the trap are an ingenious way to further ensure that hair does not sneak through any holes. This is probably the most effective trap I have used. The product is very easy to install. I like the handle - it makes it extremely easy to pick up, hold onto, etc. The Cons: The material is flimsy, and the edges will curl up a bit. However, I manage to suction them back to the tub well enough to maintain the effectiveness of the trap. Like pretty much any other drain trap, you need to remember to remove the trap from the drain between uses, and clean it regularly with a normal bathroom cleaning product, otherwise the underside is likely to get mildew or mold, and so is the inside of your drain. It's very easy to remove the hair; I'm not sure what the contrary reviews are doing that's making it so difficult. Do it when the hair is still wet, or do it when the hair is dry; either way, I have never had a problem, and my hair is roughly 1.5 feet long. My trap became discolored almost immediately. I live in a 130+ year-old house with moisture and mildew issues, so that's my disclaimer, but normally after I scrub the tub, it takes at least 5 days for the hints of orange mildew to appear again. This trap turned yellow after maybe 3 showers. No idea why, but it is rather unsightly even when there is no hair in it. Those are all pretty minor issues. My biggest issue with this drain trap is that its effectiveness makes it almost impossible to scrub clean. Since I have such a bad mildew problem, I need to clean everything in the bathroom once a week, lest it become orange and slimy. I try to clean this trap every other day (remove the hair, spray with cleaner, scrub the top and bottom), but it absolutely destroys my sponges with its barbs, and is much too flimsy to clean with a scrubbing brush... which means that I can never really get it clean. If I could find a drain hair trap as effective as this one, but a nice grey color, and easy to clean with a sponge or brush, I doubt I would ever use anything else again.

Works great, really catches every hair. Doesn’t mess with water flow. Does get a little gross and stained with time and needs to be replaced.

I had this product before and I tossed it (too soon) when I bought a TubShroom. I bought the TubShroom because the captured hair was out of sight whereas with the Danco Tub Drain Protector the hair is captured first by pad of nubby spikes on the tub floor around the drain before the second line of defence within the drain. It turns out this is a better design even if it is more unsightly. In the TubShroom, hair is captured more within the drain leading more often to water backup in the tub and when you take it out to clean it, it's difficult to remove the hairs where they are entwined in the cylinder of holes. Whereas with the Danco Tub Drain Protector a portion of the hair is captured before it even reaches the drain leading to fewer water backups and even when the part within the drain gets plugged, it comes out much more easily as a pad of hair. The nubby part of the Danco Tub Drain Protector is a little more difficult to clean but it's still easier than the Tub Shroom. Any design that effectively captures hair is probably not going to be a breeze to clean off. It's still all much easier than unclogging a drain that has no protection. I repurchased a Danco Tub Drain Protector and might toss the Tub Shroom after a more cautioned wait this time.

Was not at all amused. This fit over the drain opening, but since it was so thick the water puddled around it and there was a constant amount of water in the tub during the shower. I had to take it out to let the water drain to make sure all the soap rinsed off during which time some hair went down the drain. I went back to the dollar store and got a few wire ones that work perfectly well.

Works well in the shower to catch hair and prevent it from going down the drain. Much easier to clean than having to pull a disgusting mess out of the shower drain. Easy to clean. The only downside is that I can’t have it in the drain at the same time as the bathtub plug

Excelente

Ineficiente, nao encaixa em ralos de banheira

I purchased this item in the past and it worked well in my bath. It eventually needed replacing and I tried other cheaper types but they didn't fit my bath as well, so I purchased another one of these. I am happy with it BUT it is far too expensive for what it is. I will continue to try to find it cheaper elsewhere.

My son in the USA recommended this. It works well for his family. They must have a deeper plughole in their bath.