Umbra Flex Drain Stop - Hair Catcher

I had issues with the standard metal (pull up push down) bath plug, so I pulled it out. This is a long hair household, so the drain gets plugged frequently, and it was hard to fish it out around the old plug. The cylinder on the bottom of this flex plug is smaller than the drain itself, but the wide flap generously covers the area around the drain, so it completely plugs the water during baths. This also makes it easy to pull out & remove hair. I don't have a problem with “how difficult it is to remove the hair”. Just take some scissors, remove the hair, clean the plug, and put it back. It's easy. You push down and pull up the flap in the centre to drain water. I haven't had a problem with how quickly the water drains during showers or baths...just clean the hair at the rate you should, and would have to with any other drain plug. It's been a month, and I haven't noticed any smells...but I will be curious about how this holds up in a year. I do mustard baths, bath bombs, salts, coffee, etc...no issues with draining or staining.