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Bächlein push-push waste 1¼ in, chromed brass, removable strainer review

A chromed brass waste whose plug and strainer pull out completely — which is the difference between cleaning it in ten seconds and not cleaning it.

The bottom line The waste designed to be cleaned, in named brass with a five-year warranty. Its height under the basin is unpublished, like everything else here.

What you are getting

A push-push basin waste in chrome-plated brass, at the standard 1¼ in fitting, of the slotted type for a basin with an overflow, with a plug and strainer that pull out completely, fitted without tools, with instructions and a five-year warranty.

The removable plug is the whole argument

Hair collects around the stem of a click-clack waste, inside the body, where you cannot see it. It is the reason a basin starts draining slowly a year after it was fitted.

If the plug lifts out, that is ten seconds and a piece of kitchen roll. If it does not, it means undoing the trap.

Almost no listing on this shelf mentions it either way.

The metal, named

Chrome-plated brass. Not “high-quality material”. On a part that is threaded, tightened and left wet for twenty years, brass is what holds and plated plastic is what cracks at the thread.

The warranty

Five years, voluntarily given, on a component most people treat as disposable. What it really signals is what the maker expects the spring to survive.

What is missing

Height under the basin. No waste in this hub publishes it, and in a shallow vanity with a drawer it is the dimension that runs out.

Availability

On sale from 19 € to 23 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Also on sale on the British Amazon store, in the local currency: the range above is measured on the euro stores only.

Listed but with no offer on the American Amazon store — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 5 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • The plug and strainer pull out of the body completely, so the hair that collects can be removed in seconds
  • Names chrome-plated brass and states the 1¼ in standard fitting, with instructions supplied
  • A five-year manufacturer warranty, which nothing else on this shelf offers

Compromises

  • No height under the basin published
  • A push-push waste has a spring mechanism, which is the part that eventually stops latching
  • No weight or wall thickness, so how solid the brass is remains unknown

Specifications

Thread size1¼ in — stated as the standard fitting for all common basins
Slotted or unslottedSlotted, for a basin with an overflow — stated
Operating mechanismPush-push — stated
Height under the basinNot stated by the maker
Material and finishChrome-plated brass — stated
Amazon referenceB07CZLXMBZ (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4744999670016

Questions people actually ask

Why does a removable plug matter?

Because a click-clack waste collects hair around its stem, out of sight, and it is what starts a slow drain. A plug that lifts out entirely turns that into a ten-second job. A plug that does not means dismantling the trap instead.

Does a push-push mechanism wear out?

It is a spring latch, and eventually it stops holding — that is the failure mode of every waste of this type, at every price. Chrome-plated brass and a five-year warranty are what this one offers against it.