OK today I was back in plumbing-mode.
Clogged kitchen sink drain.
Last time this happened was probably 14 years or so ago. I called a buddy who is a plumber - and he knew a guy. I left the door unlocked that day and when I got home the drain was unclogged. No idea how he did it.
I already had a hand auger I picked up somewhere (HF?) but never used so this was my chance. It ended up going about 5' or so and then not going any further. This is the one I have, made by Brasscraft:
So off to YT I went and ran across a cordless power unit by Ryobi that looked promising. I checked out the YT vid (posted below) and figured for $70 what do I have to lose at this point. My reasoning was that using something 'motorized' will help move the cable past whatever it was that blocked my hand auger.
Just a few minutes ago I finished with it and looks like it did it's job.
The guy at HD (who was a plumber in his prior life) tried to sell me on using the hand powered Rigid auger. I told him I already tried a hand powered unit. Asked him if he ever used this Ryobi auger. "No." Tell you what though......that section where they had all those plumbing tools was NICE! The selection you have now is nothing short of amazing.
This is a nice little unit though and I'm sure it paid for itself today and will return dividends in the future too.