A Little Advice?

The new house is GREAT! There is nothing like settling into a place and making it yours. It has a ways to go but we're making steady progress. Already been to the Home Depot twice and must go back today again - forgot the stuff to tape down the smaller rugs and nearly killed myself sliding across the hardwood floor!!

Just one complaint: There's NOTHING I hate more, and I mean NOTHING, than a slow tub drain. It's just so EEEEEWWWWWWW, yucky, nasty, awful and so NOT what taking a shower to get clean should be about. Tried the Drano Gel but I think that the clog is too far down the pipe.

SO, anyone had success clearing a deep pipe clog? What, if anything, did you use?? We're going to have to resort to the mechanical snake if we can't dissolve it. UGH. Need to get this one solved FAST! Any advice would be welcome.