Wanna know what actually fixes drains? Not what you’d expect—and it cost just $2 at Kmart
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A $2 gadget is quietly solving one of the most annoying kitchen problems.
It’s cheap, it’s simple—and according to one cleaning pro, it even beats the Bunnings version.
Her go-to cleaning routine costs less than lunch, and she swears she’ll never go without it again.
Professional cleaner Jessica Gaddes had tried countless tools in her line of work, but the $2 Flexible Drain Cleaner from Kmart left her stunned by its performance.
The Sydney-based business owner, who runs Chance2Change Cleaning, said it outperformed more expensive alternatives.
‘It’s amazing,’ she said. ‘Unlike others I’ve used, which are sticks with bristles, you can wrap this one around your hand, stick it in and pull it out, which works really well.’
Jessica revealed she combined it with a classic sink-unblocking method: baking soda and vinegar.
‘I start with half a cup to a cup of baking soda,’ she said. ‘Then I put some vinegar in and wait for that to flow down and then use the Kmart flexible drain cleaner.’
‘There are chemicals that do it but I keep it simple,’ she added. ‘A lot of these fancy tools and chemicals overcomplicate things and aren’t needed.’
In a social media video showing the technique in action, one follower commented: ‘Oh that’s awesome. Better than the Bunnings one I bought.’
Source: TikTok/chance2changecleaning
But the $2 gadget isn’t the only bargain in Jessica’s cleaning arsenal.
Another standout is Kmart’s $39 Electric Long-Handled Cleaning Brush, which she uses daily for bathrooms and kitchens.
‘The big round one is great for floors and the pointy one is good for the corner of showers,’ she explained. ‘Instead of getting down on your hands and knees you can use this, dislodge stuff and then use a microfibre cloth.’
Jessica was thrilled when she discovered a major upgrade to the brush, which now includes four extra heads: a scourer, a buffer and a microfibre head among them.
‘The buffer will be great at the end of a shower screen clean and the scourer will be good for ovens,’ she said.
She noted that the $39 tool was a game-changer for small businesses like hers.
‘The costs involved in a small business are astronomical, and it’s too much to pay $200 for a Ryobi scrubber that doesn’t even do what you want it to do,’ she said.
Jessica owned two of the Kmart scrubbers, charging them weekly and bleaching the heads after every use.
‘The only reason I bought the second one was because I wanted the backup when I hadn’t had time to clean the heads,’ she said.
‘What I love too is that for $39 you can tell your clients to duck to Kmart and get one to maintain between cleans. It helps them and it helps me.’
If you’ve ever found joy in discovering a low-cost product that actually works, you’re not alone.
While Jessica swears by her $2 drain cleaner, another budget-friendly item from Kmart has been making waves for a completely different reason.
This $6 cleaning product proved so popular, it vanished from shelves in record time.
Read more: Kmart cleaning product priced at $6 sells out fast as shoppers rush in
Could the solution to your most frustrating kitchen problem really cost less than a coffee?
It’s cheap, it’s simple—and according to one cleaning pro, it even beats the Bunnings version.
Her go-to cleaning routine costs less than lunch, and she swears she’ll never go without it again.
Professional cleaner Jessica Gaddes had tried countless tools in her line of work, but the $2 Flexible Drain Cleaner from Kmart left her stunned by its performance.
The Sydney-based business owner, who runs Chance2Change Cleaning, said it outperformed more expensive alternatives.
‘It’s amazing,’ she said. ‘Unlike others I’ve used, which are sticks with bristles, you can wrap this one around your hand, stick it in and pull it out, which works really well.’
Cleaner praises $2 Kmart drain tool. Image source: TikTok/@chance2changecleaning
Jessica revealed she combined it with a classic sink-unblocking method: baking soda and vinegar.
‘I start with half a cup to a cup of baking soda,’ she said. ‘Then I put some vinegar in and wait for that to flow down and then use the Kmart flexible drain cleaner.’
‘There are chemicals that do it but I keep it simple,’ she added. ‘A lot of these fancy tools and chemicals overcomplicate things and aren’t needed.’
In a social media video showing the technique in action, one follower commented: ‘Oh that’s awesome. Better than the Bunnings one I bought.’
Source: TikTok/chance2changecleaning
But the $2 gadget isn’t the only bargain in Jessica’s cleaning arsenal.
Another standout is Kmart’s $39 Electric Long-Handled Cleaning Brush, which she uses daily for bathrooms and kitchens.
‘The big round one is great for floors and the pointy one is good for the corner of showers,’ she explained. ‘Instead of getting down on your hands and knees you can use this, dislodge stuff and then use a microfibre cloth.’
Jessica was thrilled when she discovered a major upgrade to the brush, which now includes four extra heads: a scourer, a buffer and a microfibre head among them.
‘The buffer will be great at the end of a shower screen clean and the scourer will be good for ovens,’ she said.
She noted that the $39 tool was a game-changer for small businesses like hers.
‘The costs involved in a small business are astronomical, and it’s too much to pay $200 for a Ryobi scrubber that doesn’t even do what you want it to do,’ she said.
Jessica owned two of the Kmart scrubbers, charging them weekly and bleaching the heads after every use.
‘The only reason I bought the second one was because I wanted the backup when I hadn’t had time to clean the heads,’ she said.
‘What I love too is that for $39 you can tell your clients to duck to Kmart and get one to maintain between cleans. It helps them and it helps me.’
If you’ve ever found joy in discovering a low-cost product that actually works, you’re not alone.
While Jessica swears by her $2 drain cleaner, another budget-friendly item from Kmart has been making waves for a completely different reason.
This $6 cleaning product proved so popular, it vanished from shelves in record time.
Read more: Kmart cleaning product priced at $6 sells out fast as shoppers rush in
Could the solution to your most frustrating kitchen problem really cost less than a coffee?
