Product Review: Sink Stoppers in 4 Colors

 

Product Review - Sink Stoppers in 4 colors

Today, I am doing a review of the 4 color starfish sink stoppers. These are available on Amazon, and I love them. I bought a pack to start and actually bought another pack just so I would have more if I needed some in the future. The main reason I bought 2 packs was because I donated 2 of the first pack thinking I wouldn't want more. I was trying to color coordinate my bathroom and the 4 pack had 2 colors that went well with my color scheme. I then realized how much I love them and bought another pack and kept all 4 stoppers this time so I have lots in case I want to use them in other sinks.

 

Starfish Sink Stoppers

This brings me to the first reason I love these sink stoppers, the color choices they come in. You get a bag of 4 stoppers and the colors you get are green, red, black, and blue. I love the color choices. I currently have the black one in our bathtub and love it. I used to put a green one in our bathroom sink and the blue in our bathtub. I prefer to just use it in our bathtub now. We don't really need a stopper for our bathroom sink in our home but that is just personal preference.

The second reason I love these sink stoppers is they have little rubber suction cups on the bottom, as you can see in the picture below. When you put it over your drainhole, it sticks to where you place it. That alleviates several problems. It sticks to where you place it with its 5 rubber suction cups that are easy to put in place. Sometimes I place them and stick it into place using my feet instead of hands. It is that easy. You don't have to worry about having to lean over and push really hard to get it to stay in place, meanwhile getting a cramp in your back. 

The suction cups on the bottom keep it low down enough that it grabs a lot of the hair that would otherwise travel down the drain and cause a clog. However, it stays high enough off the ground in some areas that water flows underneath it well. Some other sink stoppers dip below the bathtub level and go inside the drain hole. Once that stopper fills up with hair, your entire bathtub or shower starts to back up because the water can not drain fast enough anymore. When you are done your shower, all that wet mucky water stays with the hair you are trying to clean out and it can make you a little bit queasy to have to deal with the mess.

These sink stoppers prevent all of that. The water flows well underneath so your tub and shower never back up while you are in it. The hair accumulates on the top of the starfish shape of these stoppers. You can just use some toilet paper, or even your fingers, and grab the hair that gathers on top quite easily without much mess. Alternatively, you could leave it for a bit and wait for the hairy mess to dry off a bit and then it is even easier to just grab with your fingers. 

Now, let's discuss some of the areas where they don't score full points. Due to being above the water, there is small portion of hair that might go under them and get caught around the suction cup. So you have to sometimes untangle a couple of strands that get caught every now and then. I would say it catches about 80 - 90% of the hair. This is echoed by other consumer reviews. 

The suction cups and the bottom of the stopper tend to get dirty or mucky as water will collect in those areas and it doesn't dry as well as the rest of your bathtub or drain. In order to prevent this, you want to wash them regularly or soak them in a strong cleaning lotion. I find almost all stoppers get mucky except for ones made out of steel. I try to always remember to do a soak for them to get everything off and then it lasts a long time and stays clean. When checking other consumer reviews, this was a shared experience. Other consumers clean their stoppers once a week and found no issues when doing so.

Lastly, these stoppers get great reviews. There are 609 ratings on Amazon in Canada leaving them with a 4 / 5 rating. They were rated 4.5 for easy to use, 4.4 for easy to clean, 3.5 for value for money and a 3.3 for suction power. For the suction power rating, I can see why some people might find them lower than others for suction power. As I stated, I can put them in place with my feet. I prefer the suction power it has and it does not move around in place for me. Some consumers left a review stating they had to make sure the suction cups were pressed down before they took their shower or it would move a bit. I have not had that problem at all with the 2 packs that I have. I am not sure why people don't find it to be good value for the money. On the Canadian site, it sells for $12.91 for a 4 pack of sink stoppers which is very reasonable. I think it does a great job for the price.

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