VEVORDrain Cleaner Machine 75Ft x 1/2Inch, 370W Drain Cleaning Machine Fits 1 Inch (25mm) to 4 Inch(100mm) Pipes, Portable Electric Drain Auger Cleaner with 8 Cutters, Gloves

So far so good. This item worked just as good as renting it from Home Depot. 1/3 hp at home depot and almost 1/2 hp for this machine. Had to go back and forth a few time but was able to get all the tree roots out. Used the arrow cutter and it did a great job. The C-cutter is to small didnt think it would get the job done. Please please do not use the gloves, as I was pushing the cable into the sewer drain, the cable caught on the glove and almost bent my pinky finger back and could have seriously injured it. Use the cloth glove from Home Depot they work the best.

I would need to rod out a slow branch line coming from the kitchen sink (from grease) every year or so with a rental power unit from hd. Inevitably the rental (which was an auto feed type), would clear the blockage enough to get the water flowing- but never clear enough to get the line fully clean unless I were to spend a lot of time on it (which would mean more rental $$$). Having no time restraints with this allowed me to meticulously clear the line which probably came close to paying for it right there. You do have to be careful of course like many others have said and understand there is a slight learning curve. I used different leather gloves than the ones provided (actually gloves that were included with a previous rental), and being a manual feed, you have to muscle the cable yourself- not a big deal- and it does allow you to "feel" when you come across obstructions. The only downside is this thing is HEAVY! I went on the cheap and didn't get the one with wheels as I figured it will not be used that frequently. So using a two wheeler/dolly (or a second person) is helpful when relocating it. Definitely a good buy. Lastly, the instructions that come with it are hilarious. Apparently translated directly from chinese to english- by a person whose knowledge of english was rudimentary at best. Very funny reading. Find some youtube videos if you're uncertain.

If you were a pro, you wouldn't be looking at this machine or reading this review - so this review is for us: the non-professionals that need this machine once or twice a year. The TL;DR answer for you is: buy it, and deal with its quirks for the price. But read on if you want to know WHY.My house has a septic system with a run of about 100 ft. down a hill to the tanks. Over the 35 years since the house was built, this 4" pipe has developed a couple of spots where tree roots have infiltrated, and no matter how clean I get the pipe, eventually I'll have another clog somewhere. Until now, that meant a trip to the Despot to rent a machine for 4 hours, at about $70 a pop all-in. It was always a stressful event, as I didn't know if I could find and fix the clog in the 4 hours, minus the travel and unloading/loading time. At least a couple times, an elusive clog resulted in a full-day rental for substantially more $$$. If you're thinking I'm slow at this, remember I admitted I'm not a pro plumber.This latest clog pushed me over the edge. I have grown tired of the rental trips, hauling that heavy machine back and forth in my truck... and this time, with my truck out of commission, the transportation fell to the wife's Lexus SUV. She said something like "no poo in my vehicle" (Amazon forbids the use of her exact words) and we settled on purchasing this unit.My requirements were for a machine with a 75' long, 1/2" cable, and minimal cost. This no-frills unit filled the bill, and was cheaper than similar units at the various brick and mortar stores. It has the necessary items like a footswitch and GFCI plug. It comes with a pair of gloves, but other reviewers dissed them as inappropriate for this use, and I believe they're right... the faux leather looks like it could get grabbed by the cable while rotating, possibly resulting in a few ripped-off fingers. I don't KNOW this to be the case, but I didn't want to take any chances, and I had a pair of gloves that the Despot gave me on a previous rental. If you don't have any, you should check out Amazon for an appropriate pair (everyone seems to stress LEATHER).So... it arrived in mint condition - well packed. I immediately took it to the cleanout port on my 4" pipe, and encountered the first problem: this is a top-heavy unit with very short "back legs". My cleanout is right on the edge of a hill, and in order to get the cable aligned with the pipe, the machine had to straddle the pipe and sit tilted back due to the hill. Nope, the machine just wanted to tip backwards from the weight of the motor. Half my time augering was spent trying to keep stabilizing boards in place under the back legs, with the little black rubber caps coming off constantly. And beyond that, this is a heavy machine and you're going to want to have wheels back there to help moving it. I know I will eventually use pipe or boards to somehow build up those back legs, for future ease of use and transport.Once I got it settled in place as well as I could, I tested the GFCI (nice unit) and started it up (switch set to clockwise, foot pedal depressed). It rumbled to life and rotated appropriately. I started with the basic coil head, cleverly hung on a handy wire rack below the motor (along with an Allen wrench to make the attachment to the cable). Feeding the cable went well but I'm still quite awkward about trying to use my foot on the footswitch, while kneeling down on the ground to feed the cable. I need to watch some pros doing this to see what I'm doing wrong.I hit the clog and did get some trickle flow, but it was going to take a cutter to bust the clog. So I started retracting the cable... and hit the second, somewhat major problem: the end of the cable is secured to the back of the drum, RIGHT in the way of where the cable feeds back inside. As I pushed the cable back inside, it would catch on that cable end, and not go out to the edge of the drum as you'd expect it to. I know this is hard to follow, but you'll know what I mean when you try it. It seems that the end of the cable should have been secured either at the top of the drum or in the center, where it would have been out of the way of the cable you're trying to push inside. You'll encounter this snag on every revolution of the cable inside the drum. Yes, you can jockey the cable a bit and work around it, but it's annoying. I am going to see if I can drill a new mount hole, either near the center or the top of the drum, to avoid this snag.I used the "C" cutter bit on the next try, and it tore up the clog and fixed my problem... for now. So, with a couple of annoyances that I attribute to being a low-cost item, it got the job done, and I'm happy.NOW I have to find a place to store it until the next time it's needed!Recommended.