Rankings
Best drains & septic enzyme cleaners, ranked
6 of the 15 drains & septic products we track rate 4.0 or better across at least 10 reviews in an independent pool. Those are ranked below. The rest are listed underneath with the reason they are not here.
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Earthworm Drain Cleaner
Enzyme evidence L1 : a specific enzyme is named in the manufacturer’s own document.
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Green Gobbler Drain Sticks Deodorizer
Enzyme evidence L1 : a specific enzyme is named in the manufacturer’s own document.
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Rid-X Powder Septic Treatment
Enzyme evidence L2 : enzyme content is evidenced, but no individual enzyme is named. ECP Rank 71.
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Earthworm Septic System Treatment Doses
Enzyme evidence L1 : a specific enzyme is named in the manufacturer’s own document. ECP Rank 60.
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Zep Drain Defense - Pipe Build-up
Enzyme evidence L2 : enzyme content is evidenced, but no individual enzyme is named. ECP Rank 43.
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Instant Power Commercial Drain Maintainer
Enzyme evidence L2 : enzyme content is evidenced, but no individual enzyme is named. ECP Rank 39.
How this ranking is built
Only products that clear one gate appear above: a rating of 4.0 or better from at least 10 reviews in a pool we do not control. A rating on a seller’s own store is marketing, and a 5.0 from a handful of reviews is not evidence, so neither qualifies a product for this page.
Products that clear the gate are then ordered on four published facts:
- Satisfaction (35%). the rating itself, across the 4.0 to 5.0 range.
- Confidence (20%). how many reviews that rating rests on, on a log curve. The tenth review tells you far more than the three-thousandth.
- Value (25%). price per ounce, compared only against products of the same category and physical form. A drain gallon is never ranked against a pet spray.
- Evidence (20%). how well the product proves what it contains. L1 means a specific enzyme is named in the manufacturer’s own document; L2 means enzyme content is evidenced without naming one.
Where a product does not publish one of those inputs, the remaining weights are redistributed and the entry says so. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Every figure above also appears on that product’s own page with the source it was read from and the date it was read.
Considered and not ranked
These 9 drains & septic products are in the directory but did not clear the gate:
- Earthworm Commercial Drain Cleaner: rated under 4.0
- Earthworm Septic Waste Eliminator: too few reviews to rank on
- Green Gobbler Drain and Grease Trap Cleaner: no independent buyer rating on file
- Green Gobbler Industrial Septic Saver Pods: no independent buyer rating on file
- Instant Power Septic System Treatment Packs: no independent buyer rating on file
- Instant Power Disposal and Drain Cleaner: no independent buyer rating on file
- Instant Power Septic Shock Re-Conditioner: no independent buyer rating on file
- Rid-X Platinum Septic Treatment: no product photograph on file
- Zep Septic Defense Tank Treatment: too few reviews to rank on