Mhib—December 12, 2025
This vacuum is awesome! So lightweight, but yet sturdy! Way stronger suction than my old vacuum! Nice long cord, wheels, a handle to lift it! I’m loving it, and cleaning my pellet stove more because it’s such a pleasure to use! Well worth the price! Read more
Deb House—September 9, 2025
Purchased this to use with our pellet stove. The size is perfect, easy to manage and is not heavy when it gets full. It is very durable and has great suction to clean the ash pan. I would say definitely worth your money. Read more
Lou Lindemuth—November 14, 2020
This vac works really well. Unlike my last one, it runs a long time without turning off from over heating. It performs great and the filter catches ALL the ashes. It is also light weight (physically). Very happy with all that. There are a few small negatives. The first is the exhaust. It is at the top and lows horizontally which goes right into the ashes you are trying to remove. I fixed that by wrapping a strip of cardboard around the circumference of the canister to deflect it vertically. Second are the wheels. The vac is fairly tall a small in diameter so it is top heavy. The wheels snap in place but don’t stay where you snap them on so as they move around the circumference it may want to tip over. I ordered a second set of wheel in hopes of making it more stable. Still waiting for them. If you don’t mind making these minor alterations I highly recommend it. It is the only reason I didn’t give it five stars. Read more
Rick R.—January 2, 2026
This works amazing!!!! Third ash vac Ive had over the years. This brand / model by far is the best!!! Only wish I would gave know of this one years ago!!! Read more
MrSmiley24—April 9, 2021
I spent quite an amount of time on research to get a vacuum for my Rec-Teq 700 pellet smoker. Many who had already bought a vacuum for this purpose said that a standard vacuum can work, but you can have ash blow through or shorter motor life because the wood pellet ash is so fine and it can bypass normal vacuum filters. I decided to NOT have this be a jack of all trades shop vac, since it is not designed to pick up liquids anyway, and just get a vacuum for the smoker. I've only had it 2 weeks now, but I am very happy with it. Good suction power. Small profile. The tank is more vertical then horizontal like some shop vacs. Cord is rated to vacuum up "warm" coals (fireplace or stove). I only use it when the smoker is off and pellet ash is cold. Double filter system for vacuuming up very fine ash and keeping it out of the motor. Not too loud by vacuum standards. Comes on casters for easy portability. Nice long 4 foot AC cord. It comes with the option to get upholstery tool, long wand, and floor vacuum head, but since I am not going to use it as a general shop vac, I ordered the unit without the attachments which saves $15. Read more
natemulli—February 13, 2024
Replaced an old dual filter bag/HEPA ash vac. The old ash vac was costly to run as the bags were disposable and were filled in only a few times of use. This one did have decreasing suction as the vacuuming went on, but I vacuumed up about 2.5 gallons worth (left them longer than I should have) and still had enough suction to finish. Emptied it out tapped the filter several times and suction seems to be restored to full. I feel like if I were cleaning up after a single fire or two, it wouldn't have had noticable suction loss. It does say to empty it every use, which doesn't seem unreasonable. Ashes are notoriously good at clogging filters, so this to me is not unexpected. Read more
C. Ky—August 20, 2021
Used on cold ash in my offset smoker. This thing clogs easily, overheats easily, and has poor suction power once the canister is about 1/10 full. Yes, I read the directions. It is a complete waste of money. I’d return it, but I don’t want to clean it out and send it back. Also, I can tell I received a used/refurbished one; had minor nicks and dents on the paint and plastic. I can imagine that the previous owner was as disappointed as I am. Absolute garbage. Don’t waste your time or money. Read more
kalel—February 19, 2025
great little vac works great Read more