I used sink plungers in toilets pretty much my whole life until i scrolled across a similar diagram one day and discovered the truth.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    3 months ago

    in situations where the clog is mild, sure.

    If the clog is severe, then you’ll make little and often no headway using a flanged plunger on a sink drain or a sink plunger on a toilet, no matter how long and frantically you thrust away and splash about.

    the flanged plunger isn’t rigid enough to create the necessary vacuum or pressure in a sink and the sink plunger doesn’t create a tight enough seal to create the necessary pressure in a toilet unless the clog is mild in the first place.