VEVOR Drain Cleaning Machine 100FT x 3/8 Inch, Sewer Snake Machine Auto Feed, Drain Auger Cleaner with 4 Cutter & Air-Activated Foot Switch for 2" to 4" Pipes, Orange, Black

Good price and quality.

Worked 1st time. 2nd time the cable kinked and it. Fed and. Returned in the same rotation. Now I need a cable which I'm having trouble locating. gear rotation doesn't work properly

Works great

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.

This machine works great working

Vevor customer service just shuttles me back to Amazon. Disappointed with the machine! Used three times. Properly cleaned and lubricated. Just screws up again and again. Feed problems, cable gets bound up. I have experience with other sewer snakes and this thing is just not up to the task.

Delivery

City flushes sewer lines in my area often and plugs the end of my lateral. To date have spent $1000's on plumbers. Clogs are at 70 feet out. The reviews stated cable winds up in pipe, so i new i needed the 3/4 rigid cable. $600 seems a little high to me for a machine as poorly / cheaply designed as this but the alternative is twice the price. Not making a living with it so it should do for the average guy. Its clumsy and all of their stated appx. 200Lbs. The handle was too short for the leverage you need just to move it around. I suggest you get some square stock and add about 2 feet to the handle.