I replaced my kitchen sink drainer from the one that comes with a stopper:

To this regular metal mesh:

I should have done it years ago. The one with the stopper always blocks the drain and requires reaching into the dirty water to open it at an angle, and then food pieces go down the drain. What’s the...

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@de Isn’t it great? It just makes so much sense, I don’t understand why the default option is this horrible contraption stuck between the two functions and it sucks at both.