I recently purchased this plunger. It was a purchase under duress, I had just clogged my toilet and was dealing with Walgreens inventory. I though I would share my thoughts on the EC-1809 with Dank readers.

Little did I know I would have the opportunity to gain so much practical experience with the EC-1809 in such a short amount of time. The clog I had produced was a typical clog, and the EC-1809 performed its duties admirably. But, I was about to experience a plunger reviewers dream, and a plungers nightmare.

In the past week, my roommate has clogged the toilet three times. Luckily for me, he was thoughtful enough to not bother unclogging it himself, and left the task to me each time. He is a thoughtful lad.

First time, he “didn’t know” he had done it, I happened upon it, and with excitement, swung into action. It was an easy plunge. The EC-1809 patented “EuroFlush” technology powered through the clog, and left us with a functioning toilet.

A few days after that, I noticed it was clogged before I went to the gym. I didn’t want to have all the fun, plus I wanted to see how the EC-1809 performed in the hands of a layperson, so I made him aware he had clogged it. To my surprise, it was clogged when I got home from the gym. I was worried, had the EC-1809 already failed us? Relief, he just didn’t’ bother trying in the 2+ hours I was gone. I decided to hold out until he got a chance to experience the EC’s raw power. He finally went in about an hour after I got back from the gym, was in there for two minutes, then came out and said “I can’t get that plunger to work”. GASP! Surely Plungcorp wasn’t charging $6.49 for a device so complicated that a non-plunging professional couldn’t handle it, were they?

At this point, I was leery of the over all usability of the EC-1809. The next plunge however would seal the EC’s fate. This was a plunge I will never forget. My roommate had got up and gone to bed at approximately 9.30. At around 12.30, I was going to go to bed, when I discovered a layer of dirty toilet paper floating in the bowl, and a horrible, horrible smell (Side note, his dumps do not smell like normal dumps. We are not dealing with a healthy digestive system here). I gagged, left the bathroom. After composing myself, i went back into the bathroom with my sleeve over my face, opened the window and sprayed a bunch of air spray. Gave it a few minutes and went back in with a mix of anticipation and nausea.

At this point, I discovered two more things: 1) the plunger was wet, so he had momentarily attempted to unclog the toilet, got tired and went to bed (at 9.30) for me to deal with. 2) it wasn’t just dirty toilet paper I had to contend with. the bowl was full of shit. full. This wasn’t going to be a normal plunge.

An experience like this is where a plunger proves its worth. clearly, most people are going to want to spend as little time rooting around in a toilet full of shit in a bathroom that smells like an execution chamber. I have to report the EC-1809 failed miserably.

I spent 20 minutes dealing with this clog. It was horrible. There was shit all over the plunger, all over the bowl, water splashing everywhere. I’ll have to admit, my professional integrity was compromised. I spent the whole time dry heaving and tearing up. It was such an ordeal, the next day my other roommate had to ask what was going on in my bathroom in the middle of the night.

Other than taking an inordinate amount of time to remove this clog, the EC-1809 has a nasty habit of sucking the contents of the toilet up into that accordion section (see link), to then fall back out. So with every plunge, it sucked up the shit, which I had to shake back out. Finally I gave up. When I woke up, God had taken care of what I and the EC-1809 could not: the toilet had unclogged itself.

All in all, I would give the EC-1809 a grad of D-.