{ "id": "silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack", "sku": "silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack", "title": "Silicone Drain Hair Catcher 2 Pack", "slug": "silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack", "price": 11.99, "currency": "USD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "shower-drain-hair-catchers", "category_label": "Shower & Tub Hair Catchers", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-hair-catchers/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/main-silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-hair-catchers/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-hair-catchers/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-hair-catchers/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-hair-catchers/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack-5.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-hair-catchers/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack-6.jpg", "https://ezydrains.com/dropship-images/shower-drain-hair-catchers/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two brushed gray silicone mats, 5.5 inches square and only 0.04 inches thick, that lay over the drain to trap hair while the water runs through.", "description": "The real reason your shower drains slowly\n\nNobody thinks about the drain until the water starts rising. You finish rinsing, look down, and there is a puddle sitting over your feet that takes a full minute to clear. A week later it takes two minutes. Eventually you are standing in warm, soapy water for the whole shower.\n\nAlmost every time, hair is the culprit. A single strand means nothing. But hair that goes down the drain does not travel neatly along the pipe. It catches on the edge of the drain fitting or on whatever is already lodged in the trap, and then it acts like a net. Soap, conditioner, skin cells and grit all stick to it. After a few months that net has turned into a plug, and no amount of hot water pushes it through.\n\nThe fix is simple in principle. Stop the hair before it goes in. That is all a silicone drain hair catcher does, and it is why such a cheap bit of rubber saves so much trouble.\n\nHow a flat silicone mat works\n\nThere are three broad styles of drain catcher. Baskets drop into the drain opening and hold hair in a cup. Domes sit over the top and let water run in from the sides. Flat mats lie across the opening, with openings that pass water but not hair.\n\nThis one is the flat type. Each mat in the pack is 5.5 inches square and 0.04 inches thick. That thinness is the whole point. There is no raised shape to stub a toe on, nothing sticking up for a shampoo bottle to knock sideways, and no awkward gap where the mat meets the floor. It lies there and does its job.\n\nWater going down a shower drain moves fairly slowly and spreads across the surface. Hair, by contrast, lands in clumps and strands that are much bigger than the gaps the water uses. So the water goes through and the hair stays on top, in plain sight, where a quick wipe clears it.\n\nThat visibility matters more than people expect. With a basket catcher, the mess is tucked out of view and gets forgotten until it smells. With a flat mat, you see the hair every time you shower, which means you clear it.\n\nWho this suits\n\nHouseholds with long hair get the most out of it. If one or two people in the house have hair past the shoulders, the shower drain is going to block eventually. A best shower drain hair catcher stops that clock from running.\n\nIt also makes sense if you have pets you wash indoors. Dog hair is short but there is a lot of it, and it mats together in the pipe exactly like human hair does.\n\nRenters are another good fit. Nothing here is installed or permanent. You put it down, you pick it up when you move, and the landlord never knows it was there. If you have been thinking about a best bathroom drain screen but did not want to touch the plumbing, this is the version that asks nothing of you.\n\nFinally, if you have already paid a plumber to clear a blocked waste, you know exactly what a mat like this is worth. One callout costs many times the price of the pack.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nThe single thing worth checking before you buy is the measurement. The mat is 5.5 inches square and the maker gives a compatible groove diameter and fits hole size of 5.5 inches.\n\nTake a tape measure to your drain and measure straight across the opening, not across the metal surround. You want the mat to comfortably cover the hole with some overlap onto the flat floor around it. If your drain opening is bigger than 5.5 inches across, this is not the right mat for you.\n\nAlso look at the surface around your drain. A flat mat needs something flat to sit on. Smooth tile, acrylic shower pans and enamel tubs are all fine. Heavily textured anti-slip floors or a drain set into a steep slope will let the edges lift, and a lifted edge is a gap hair can slip under.\n\nA square mat over a round drain works perfectly well. The corners simply rest on the floor. Some people prefer the look of a best square drain protector against rectangular tile anyway.\n\nWhere the second one goes\n\nA two pack gives you options. Most people put one in the main shower and then decide on the second once they have lived with the first for a week.\n\nCommon spots are the bathtub, a second bathroom, or the kitchen sink. In the kitchen it stops rice, peelings and tea leaves instead of hair. It works the same way, just with different debris.\n\nThe other sensible use is rotation. Wash one properly, let it dry out fully overnight, and run the spare in the meantime. Silicone that gets to dry out completely between uses stays fresher for longer.\n\nKeeping it clean\n\nThis is the part people skip, and it is the difference between a mat that lasts and one that gets thrown away in two months.\n\nAfter each shower, lift the mat and pull the hair off. Tissue makes it easier than fingers. Drop the hair in the trash, not down the drain, because putting it back in the pipe defeats the whole exercise.\n\nOnce a week, give it a real wash. Warm water and ordinary dish soap, both sides, then rinse and leave it to dry before setting it back down. Soap and conditioner leave a film on silicone that turns slippery and eventually traps grime. A weekly wash stops that.\n\nAvoid bleach, scouring powder, wire wool and anything with a sharp edge. Silicone is tough but it scores, and a scored surface holds dirt. Keep it away from heat as well.\n\nReplace it when the edges start curling badly or the surface splits. At that point hair goes around it rather than onto it, and you are back to where you started.\n\nSmall habits that help even more\n\nA hair catcher does most of the work, but a couple of habits make the drain problem go away almost entirely.\n\nBrush your hair before you get in, not in the shower. Loose strands come out on the brush instead of on the mat. If someone in the house trims their hair over the sink, lay the mat down first and then shake it out into the trash.\n\nFlush the drain with a kettle of hot water now and then. Hot water shifts soap film that has started to coat the inside of the pipe, and soap film is what hair sticks to.\n\nFinally, resist pouring cooking fat or thick conditioner residue down any drain. Both set as they cool and give hair something to grab.\n\nThe short version\n\nHair blocks drains. A thin silicone mat over the opening catches the hair before it gets in, while water keeps draining normally.\n\nThis pack gives you two brushed gray mats, each 5.5 inches square and 0.04 inches thick, fitting drain openings up to 5.5 inches. There is no installation, nothing to fix, and nothing to leave behind when you move.\n\nMeasure your drain, drop the mat on, clear it after each shower and wash it weekly. Do that and the slow-draining shower stops being a thing you think about.", "llm_summary": "The Silicone Drain Hair Catcher 2 Pack by is a set of two brushed gray silicone drain mats for showers, bathtubs, bathroom drains and kitchen sinks. Each mat is square, 5.5 inches wide and 0.04 inches thick, with a compatible groove diameter and fits hole size both listed as 5.5 inches. The model and manufacturer part number is SQUARE. The mat lays over the drain opening with no tools or fixings, letting water pass while holding loose hair on the surface for easy removal. It is reusable and rinses clean. Listed features include anti-clogging and a modern style. Weight, country of origin and packaged dimensions are not specified by the maker.", "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/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://ezydrains.com/product/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://ezydrains.com/api/products/silicone-drain-hair-catcher-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }