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Bathroom · Kitchen · One swap
Hair, food bits, and wet debris go into the mesh — not down the pipe. This pop-up sink filter sits in the drain you already have. $19.99. Pull it out, rinse it, put it back.
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The sink filter in the drain. Watch the basket lift out with the gunk still in it.
You know the sink that slows to a crawl. Then you fish hair out with a hook. That mess was already in the pipe. A sink filter stops it at the opening.
This is a pop-up drain stopper with a mesh basket under the cap. Water goes through. Hair and debris stay in the cage. You lift the whole unit, rinse the basket, and drop it back in.
The bathroom sink that eats hair. The kitchen basin that collects rice and peel. Anyone tired of calling a plumber for a clog that started as a wet wad in the trap.
Three things go down that hole. This sink filter is built to hold all three in the basket.
You do not need a snake for a job this small. You need a basket you can pull.
One pop-up sink filter. Chrome cap, rubber seal, metal body, mesh basket underneath. $19.99. One version. Press the cap to seal or open the drain. Lift the unit when you want to empty the cage.
The unit as it ships: cap, seal, body, mesh.
This is the working part. Water passes. Hair and debris stay inside the cage. When the basket looks loaded, lift the whole stopper and rinse it under the tap.
Lift the basket. That is the clean. No hook in the pipe.
Press to close the basin. Press again to drain. Same motion as a normal pop-up stopper — with a filter under it.
Fits the drain you already look at every morning.
| Spot | What it catches | The move |
|---|---|---|
| Bathroom sink | Hair, toothpaste grit, soap film | Lift and rinse when the cage shows debris. |
| Kitchen sink | Food bits, peel, wet crumbs | Empty the basket after a heavy wash-up. |
| Guest basin | Whatever visitors leave behind | Same unit. Same rinse. |
Drop it in, check the seal sits flat, and run the tap once so you see water move through the mesh.
Do this on a dry, empty basin.
Keep the basket empty and the drain stays fast. That is the system.
Twenty dollars puts a working basket in the hole. The alternative is another slow Saturday with a wire.
Sink filter$19.99 · pop-up basketGet this filter Catch the hair firstLift. Rinse. Done.Get this filterPop-up drain stopper with a mesh basket. $19.99. Catch the gunk before the pipe does.
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See more productsYes. Hair collects in the mesh basket. Lift the unit and rinse the cage under the tap.
No. Remove the old stopper and drop this one in so the rim sits flat.
Yes. Press the cap to seal. Press again to drain. The basket stays under the cap.
Both. Use it anywhere hair or food bits go down the same hole.
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