This thing works. Really Well. I put it down the drain, and it looked like a Muppet came out. Every barb had a blob of hair on it. I think my housemates might have murdered someone in our tub, or shaved Troy Palamalu's head. It was amazing how much crap this got out of our drain, and how quickly and easily it elimiated the clog. I will be getting one of these to keep next to every sink I own.There is no way that one of those little velcro things could have worked as well. I've used those before, and they eventually worked too. But there just isn't enough space on the velcro to catch the volume of crap that this thing pulled up in one swipe.Can't beat it.