If you don't have one of these, you ain't livin' right...

[Mister Obvious]

I don't have a spray nozzle in my shower, but it definitely sounds preferable at least when you're at home.

You never know when you might have to drop a load though! I keep my portable bidet in my travel/toiletries bag.

[Mister Obvious]

You need these huge tweezers...

https://www.amazon.com/Dohuge-Aquarium-T...B07CLQQ27W

Trust me.

[Mister Obvious]

They make them in various sizes from 10 inches to 15 inches... I find the ones around 11 inches work best for all of the applications you may need them for.

[Mister Obvious]

And just because right now you don't understand why the fuck you could ever need a massive pair of tweezers doesn't mean you won't someday.

[Mister Obvious]

Sink Shower Drain Clog Remover Snake Thing

https://www.amazon.com/XBllcyiv-Cleaning...B0B5897C8Z

Yeah so...

I thought surely I'd talked about this before, but I did some keyword searches on the thread and nothing came up, not gonna look through it manually.

I just...

It's...

Wow.

[Mister Obvious]

Oh my God man.

[Mister Obvious]

So recently I'd purchased a 6 pack of those orange drain snake clog remover thingies.

The bathroom sink had been sorta sluggish on draining completely and today I was like okay, it's time.

Nothing...

AND I MEAN NOTHINGGGGGGG could have prepared me for the degree to which this sink drain had fostered what I can only describe as FUCKING SWAMP THING HIMSELF.

I CANNOT believe the sink even still drained, AT ALL.

In fact, I don't know HOW it did. How was it even draining? Whatsoever? HOW??

I used FOURRRR OF THEMMMMM.

Four.

On ONE DRAIN.

I'd snake it, marvel in disgust at the DARK GREEN CLUMP OF DEAD MATTER AND HAIR that was just gargantuanly wrapped around this orange zig zaggy genius contraption of the gods...

Then I'd turn on the water and TO MY SHOCK...

The fucking drain wasn't draining AT ALL.

So I'd stick another one in, successively pulling out BIGGER AND BIGGER CLUMPS OF MYSTERY MATTER, EVERY SINGLE TIME.

And finally...

The last one came up clean. Water was instantly draining, and the whole drain/pipe system even SOUNDED totally clear.

So I have this mostly clean orange drain snake contraption of the gods in my hand and I look over to the shower drain...

I'm like, it's time.

So I get a screwdriver, unscrew the drain cover, and I begrudgingly begin snaking it cuz I ONLY HAVE 2 OF THESE THINGS LEFT.

And it came out with just a totally normal clump of hair on the end. And water drained instantly and it was fine.

BUT THAT SINK THOUGH, LIKE HOWWW.

HOWWWWWWW.

I almost feel like that clump was a sentient fucking being that has now been DE-HOMED.

I am so freaking shook.

Like what the fuck.

Watch the fuck out because SWAMP THING is officially out there looking for a new unsuspecting drain to occupy and it could be yours.

Lock ya windows and doors and hide ya wife because that motherfucker is BIG, GNARLY and motherfucking CREEPER.

[Mister Obvious]

You gotta be careful using those plastic drain snakes though cuz I've heard stories of them breaking off before.

Basically, you push it into the drain slowly until there's resistance and it's pretty much gone the full length it'll go.

Then you start twisting it over and over until there's just a slight bit of resistance again, and you slowly pull it out of the drain.

If there's ever a bunch of resistance during any part of the process, you gotta back up (if inserting) or push back in (if withdrawing) and sorta just feel it out and finagle it until the process starts going smoothly again.

Never force any part of the snaking process whatsoever because it could cause too much tension and the plastic really could break.

I've never had one break on me even back in the early days of using them when I was a lot less conscious of the "feeling it out" process.

All of 'em are the same, so always sort price low to high when you're browsing for them online.

I'd never buy them in the store, way overpriced if they're even for sale at stores at all, no idea.

[Mister Obvious]

After my experience today, I'd never recommend buying less than a pack of 6.

If I had run out, I'da been up shit creek with that particular sink til I could get more of them.

They are ridiculously cheap for the pricelessness of their existence, I assure you.

If you're ever trying to unclog a drain any other way, you're wasting your time.

[Mister Obvious]

I've even heard of people CLEANING THE GUNKY NASTY ENTANGLED MATTER off of them and REUSING THEM.

I'd highly suggest AGAINST this for every single reason, real and/or imagined.

Just throw the fucking thing away, I don't care if you got very little of the clog out on your first go-round.

You will get better at using them in time.

And as I learned today...

I meeeaaannnn...

Sometimes it just takes several of them to complete the job.

[Mister Obvious]

Still at least 50 times cheaper than a plumber though.

[Mister Obvious]

Who the fuck calls a plumber for a simple drain clog anyways though...

But you get what I'm saying.

[user328]

You can even break off the head of a heavy gauge steel pipe snake if it's old and rusty enough.

[Mister Obvious]

Yep, which is why I would never recommend reusing the plastic kind, since the plastic inherently gets weaker just because of the twisting involved and whatnot.

[Mister Obvious]

Electric Toothbrush (Round Head)

https://www.amazon.com/Oral-B-Pro-Health...B002HWS9FW

Dude...

DUUUUUUUUUDE.

I've had a sordid history with electric toothbrushes, and toothbrushes in general.

Most of them are just too big for my mouth, and it makes me think...

Why the hell are toothbrush heads SO LARGE??

How are you supposed to get to the very back teeth and all around those areas with a huge toothbrush head??

That's why I always go for something smaller, with more precision.

I'd never used an electric toothbrush that I actually liked before.

But that's because I never tried the kind with the ROUND HEAD.

These things are THE WAY TO GO.

I'll still use a manual toothbrush, and my Sulcabrush.

But this thing??

Get one.

[Mister Obvious]

They need to make manual toothbrushes with the round head. Dunno why they don't.

https://www.amazon.com/Oral-B-Compact-To...B07XD5SW46

These might be okay, but they're "Extra Soft"...



I like 'em hard.

The fact that soft toothbrushes dominate the market is absolutely a conspiracy.

[Mister Obvious]

I don't think ANYONE'S mouth is big enough to make those huge toothbrush heads make sense.

A smaller head = precision...

This seems totally obvious to me.

You want precision when you're brushing your teeth.

[Mister Obvious]

Best hairbrush ever...

Kiss 9 Row Non-Slip Detangling

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BNN57DN5

It's a knock-off of the same style brush by Denman...

https://www.amazon.com/Denman-Cushion-Br...B000OUBC8A

The Kiss version has a far superior handle.

I've owned shit tons of different brushes, everything from the exorbitantly overpriced Mason Pearson to cheap 100% boar bristle brushes.

I can honestly say that this specific brush by Kiss is the absolute best on the market and the price is sooo right.

For real, it's amazing.

The bristles are hard, long, and massage the absolute living end out of your scalp.

I need a brush that reaches all the way through my hair, and the boar bristle/nylon brushes don't even come close to cutting it for me.

The only benefit to a boar bristle or nylon hybrid brush is to move oils throughout the length of the hair.

There are better ways to achieve that.

Those old school brushes are always gonna have a place in my collection, but I pretty much won't be using them regularly anymore.

[user328]

You've featured so many products in this thread that I had to go back to the OP and see what the OG thing was that I'm not living right without.

Cleansing Bottle (Portable Bidet)

https://www.amazon.com/Medline-MEDDYND70...B0055QO4TW

Yep, I have one. It's a nice one too. Got it from the VA because my doctors convinced them it was a medical necessity.

Mine has an angled tip and a ball bearing valve in the bottom to let air in when you quit squeezing it. You fill it up, turn it upside down to aim the little shower head tip at your crack, and squeeze. When the water stops coming out, loosen your grip to let air in, then squeeze again. Repeat till it's empty.

[user328]

I think it's this one, although the listing doesn't mention the ball bearing valve.

https://www.amazon.com/Travel-Bidet-Port...07S7PVQXS/