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Either there is a plug that seals well but lets every strand of hair slip past the edge, or there is a flat strainer grille that catches debris but cannot hold a sink of water for shaving, soaking a stained collar or rinsing a razor.\n\nSo people improvise. A rubber plug gets dropped on top of the strainer. A folded cloth gets wedged in. Or the sink just never holds water at all, and you run the faucet the whole time instead.\n\nThe slow clog is the second problem. Hair is the main culprit, but it is really hair plus soap plus toothpaste plus skin oils forming a mat in the trap. By the time you notice water pooling around the drain opening, that mat has been growing for months. Clearing it means either a chemical that smells awful, a drain snake, or unscrewing the trap over a bucket.\n\nA pop up bathroom sink stopper with basket is designed to stop both problems at the same point, right at the drain opening, before anything reaches the pipe.\n\nHow this design works\n\nThe mechanism is a bounce action. Press the top of the stopper and it drops down and seals against the drain seat. Press it again and a spring pops it back up to let water flow. There is nothing behind the faucet, no lift rod, no pivot ball, no clevis strap to fall out of adjustment.\n\nThat matters more than it sounds. Traditional pop up drains in bathroom sinks fail in a predictable way. The linkage corrodes or the plastic clevis strap snaps, and suddenly the plug will not lift or will not seal. You end up reaching under the sink into a cramped cabinet trying to reconnect something you cannot see.\n\nWith this design the whole working part lifts out in your hand. If it ever feels sticky, you take it out, wash the soap film off the moving face, dry it and drop it back in. That is the entire maintenance routine.\n\nOn top of the stopper function, there is a filter basket. It sits in the flow path whether the stopper is up or down. Two layers do the work. The outer basket grabs the obvious stuff like hair and lint, and the inner layer picks up smaller particles. If drainage speed matters more to you on a given day, the outer basket lifts away and the unit keeps working as a plug with basic straining.\n\nWhy the material choice matters\n\nPlastic plugs are cheap for a reason. The seal edge hardens over a year or two, so it stops sitting flat and starts leaking. The plastic goes cloudy from toothpaste and cleaning products. Thin spring clips inside snap. Then you buy another one.\n\nThis stopper uses copper for the body with a chrome plated finish, and stainless steel in the basket. Metal holds its shape under heat, does not go brittle, and will not warp when hot water runs over it repeatedly. The chrome plating gives it a bright silver look that sits comfortably next to most sink faucets and drains.\n\nThere is also a weight argument. At 0.1 kg it has enough mass to sit planted in the drain. Very light plugs lift and shift when the faucet runs hard, which is where the small gaps and leaks start.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIf anyone in your household has long hair, this is the obvious buy. Hair is the single biggest cause of sink clogs, and a basket that catches it at the top turns a plumbing job into a thirty second emptying job.\n\nIt also suits people who wear small jewelry. Earring backs and stud posts have a talent for finding the drain. Contact lens wearers have the same problem with lenses over the sink. A basket catches those where a bare drain does not.\n\nRenters get good value here because nothing is permanent. The stopper drops in, and your landlord's original plug goes in a drawer until you move.\n\nParents of small children often like the push action for a different reason. There is no lever a small child can yank, and filling a sink for hand washing takes one press rather than a fiddle.\n\nFinally, anyone who has already had one sink clog fixed by a plumber knows what the call out cost. A filter basket at the top of the drain is a cheap insurance policy.\n\nMeasuring before you order\n\nThis is the step people skip and then regret. Sink drain openings are not all the same.\n\nTake a tape measure or a ruler and measure straight across the inside of the drain hole at its widest point, not the outer flange on the porcelain. Write that number down. This stopper is 2.36 inches wide and 2.17 inches tall and is built for standard bathroom sink drains.\n\nIf your measurement is close to that, you are fine. If you are working with an unusual sink, a vessel sink with an uncommon waste, or an older fitting that was never standard, compare carefully or ask us first. A stopper that is slightly too wide will not seat, and one that is too narrow will not seal.\n\nAlso check how your current plug is held in. If it drops out by hand, the swap is immediate. If your existing waste is screwed into the sink, that part stays and this sits inside it, so check there is clearance for the stopper to drop and spring.\n\nLiving with it day to day\n\nThe routine is simple. When you want water, press down. When you want the sink empty, press again. You never put your hand into cold, soapy water to find a plug chain, which is a small thing that becomes a nice thing within a week.\n\nFor cleaning, lift the stopper out and unscrew the bottom of the basket. Everything caught inside tips straight into the trash. Rinse the parts under warm water with a drop of dish soap, use a soft brush on the mesh if it needs it, then dry and reassemble.\n\nHow often depends on your household. A single person might go a two weeks. A family bathroom with two long haired teenagers will want a weekly empty. You will quickly learn your own rhythm, because drainage slows noticeably before it becomes a problem.\n\nA few things to avoid. Bleach, scouring powder and abrasive pads will dull or scratch chrome plating over time. If you use a chemical drain cleaner on a slow pipe, take the stopper out first. Hard water can leave pale mineral spots, and drying the stopper after cleaning is the easiest prevention. A mild chrome safe descaler handles anything that does build up.\n\nComparing your options\n\nA plain rubber plug is cheap and seals well, but it does nothing about hair and tends to perish.\n\nA flat mesh strainer catches debris and costs very little, but it cannot hold water, so shaving and hand washing become harder.\n\nA full pop up drain replacement with a lift rod is the plumbed in option. It looks tidy but costs more, needs installation and brings back the linkage that fails.\n\nA drop in pop up stopper with a basket sits in the middle. It gives you the sealing and the filtering together, needs no tools in most sinks, and comes apart for cleaning in a way a plumbed in waste never does. For most bathrooms that is the sensible balance.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf your sink cannot hold water and cannot stop hair at the same time, this fixes both at once. Press to fill, press to drain, and let the two layer basket catch what would otherwise build a clog in your trap.\n\nIt is copper and stainless steel with a chrome silver finish, 2.36 inches across, 2.17 inches tall, 0.1 kg, supplied as a single stopper. Measure your drain opening first, drop it in, and empty the basket every week or so. That is the whole commitment, and it is a lot less work than a blocked pipe.", "llm_summary": "The pop up bathroom sink stopper with basket is a three in one sink drain fitting that holds water, drains with a push, and filters debris. It is made from copper and stainless steel with a chrome silver finish, measures 2.36 inches wide by 2.17 inches high, and weighs 0.1 kg. A bounce style push mechanism opens and closes the stopper, with no lever linkage behind the faucet. A two layer filter basket traps hair and small items, and the outer basket detaches in two parts for emptying and washing. Supplied as a single drain stopper, one per pack. Color, material and dimensions are listed above. Country of origin, GTIN and a warranty period are not specified by the maker. Buyers should measure their sink drain opening before ordering.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "There is no federal cooling-off period on an ordinary online purchase in the United States, so the change of mind window below is this shop's own policy rather than a legal right: 15 days from purchase on an unused item in its original packaging, with proof of purchase, where the customer pays return shipping and a non-refundable 29 dollar per order handling charge applies. An order can be cancelled free of charge until it ships; after payment and before shipping a 12.5 percent processing fee applies. Separately, and whatever this policy says, the FTC Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule requires us to ship within the time we state or within 30 days if we state none, and to offer a cancellation with a prompt refund if we cannot. Goods that arrive faulty, damaged, incomplete or not as described are put right at our cost, and nothing here limits the implied warranty of merchantability or any right your state's consumer protection law gives you.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "EzyDrains Company America", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://ezydrains.com/product/pop-up-bathroom-sink-stopper-with-basket/", "canonical_url": "https://ezydrains.com/product/pop-up-bathroom-sink-stopper-with-basket/", "json_url": "https://ezydrains.com/api/products/pop-up-bathroom-sink-stopper-with-basket.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }