I bought this ash vacuum as a "gift" for my husband. We have an indoor wood-burning fireplace, which we use almost daily throughout the late fall, winter, and early spring. While my husband loves saving money on our electric bill, I do not love the mess or allergy issues my children and I experience due to ashes filling the air in our home. PROS: The vacuum is extremely easy to assemble and use. There are several attachments of various sizes. The length of both the hose and the electric cord is adequate. The suction is extremely powerful, and the vacuum can be used for both ashes and small wood chips. We use this vacuum to clean inside the fireplace, our hardwood floors, the area rug around the hearth, and the brick hearth itself. My husband also uses it to clean the inside of his electric grill. When cleaning with the ash vacuum, there is no dust or ash flying around in the air, as there is when sweeping or using another type of vacuum. The assembled vacuum is not heavy at all, so it's very easy to move around. I love that we don't have to constantly buy and replace filters and bags as we have with other cleaners. This product cleans quickly, easily, and thoroughly, and is a great value for the price. CONS: The noise level is a bit high, though I would gladly take great suction power over a less powerful, quieter cleaner any day. The hose could be a bit longer, but it's ok as it is. The main issue I have had is with the castors on the bottom of the barrel. For some reason, I haven't been able to figure out how to lock them in place, so they rotate around randomly, which frequently causes the tub to tip over while I'm cleaning. There may be an easy solution to this problem, but I haven't been able to figure it out just yet. Overall, I highly recommend this ash vacuum. It is easy to use and assemble, does a thorough job, has powerful suction, does well filtering ash out of the air, and is a great value for the price. Read more
This is a great vacuum! We bought it to clean our wood pellet stove and it does a good job. This is our second heating season using this vacuum to clean our pellet stove. The general 'shop vac' we used before filled the house with enough airborne ash that it was difficult to see across the room when it malfunctioned (frequently). We burn our pellet stove pretty much 24/7 from November through April here in the North Country. we pretty much vacuum the pellet stove every day during that season. I've only needed to empty the vacuum three or four times. It has plenty of power and keeps the air clean. Read more
Overall, I'm satisfied with the purchase. It's a good little vacuum, good suction, cleans well and lightweight for easy mobility. The only downside is that there's only three wheels and tends to tip over too easily. Still worth the the price though. Read more
This vacuum far out performs 3 other models (of a different manufacturer). It has great suction, good tools that apply to pellet stove cleaning... Tight crevices, deep pockets areas. It's perfect weight, even i (100 lb lady) have no trouble bringing in from garage-- clean-- return to garage. Very easy to use, and great value for what we paid. Perfect functionality for pellet, wood stoves, grills, any ash or producing unit. Read more
I bought this product in 2021 and I see now they’ve changed the description to fit better with its intended use. When I purchased the product it stated it was safe to use with hot coals and did not state “for pellet stoves” anywhere in the description or title. So please keep in mind it will only be good for fine ash and NOT HOT. I came back to the product because I just melted the internal filter and bag filter and needed replacements. This thing nearly started a fire in the process, plastic smoke everywhere. But again, I used it as ORIGINALLY stated in the description. I would never have bought this product with the current description as I was looking for something for my full size wood burner that I could use with hot embers as I run my burner all day and need to clean it out from time to time during this. I had melted the hose a little in the past which I was disappointed about but even when that happened the description still didn’t state cold ash only because I checked. I figured I did something wrong and kept using it. Well now I guess it’s just a pile of garbage to take out and buy something new. I will not trust this brand again as I feel they lied in the original description and I’ve been very lucky I haven’t started this thing on fire in the last 4 years. I’m happy they fixed the description for future customers but please please pay close attention to this so you don’t get into a dangerous situation like I almost did. Very disappointed in my side of this. Read more
Amazing. Works great. Read more
Works great good suction picks up dust good cord length is good so far worth the money Read more
