Shop-Vac® Ash Vacuum Cleaner

I bought this ash vacum for my pellet stove and it works perfectly, I don't need a long hose since I use it right beside the stove to vacum it out . I clean the vacum after each use which is weekly and it has performed flawlessly for what it is intended for.

I've owned this vacuume for a year and two winter season. It worked once very well, but it need to be throughly cleaned after EVERY use. Don't even use the vacuum portion ant more. I riveted handles to the metal side and use it as a bucket because that's more efficient.

The first reviewer was missing the point. The hose and parts have be metal lined thus making them stiff to use. I've been very pleased with this Vaccum over the past 6 years.

I've had this product for a few months now and I really like the powerful suction for cleaning out my pellet stove. The thing is there are a few design flaws that make this vacuum not worth the money: 1) there is a two-stage filtering system - one filter is a metal filter in the middle of the vacuum and the other is a HEPA cartridge filter. Both get clogged up quite quickly - so I’m cleaning the filters way more often than I would like. If you don't keep the filters clean it greatly diminishes the suction of the vacuum. 2) You can remove the HEPA cartridge filter without opening the vacuum but ash is stuck to the filter so when you remove it the ash goes everywhere! Also, if you don't clean the filter quick enough the ash builds up enough that makes it difficult to take the filter out. The ash is scraped off by the sides of the mount - which is a round hole a little bigger diameter than the filter. If you are not aware of how much ash has built up and try to take the filter out it makes a HUGE mess! So, you must take the whole vacuum outside to clean the filter. 3) You can only use about 1/4 of its capacity - because of the filter in the center of the vacuum and it hangs down into the canister you can only collect ash until it up to the bottom of the metal filter because if you go past it clogs the filter quickly. The filter is occupying the top 3/4 of the canister so not much room left to collect ash. With these design flaws, I would NOT recommend this vacuum anyone.

Very inconvenient to use (the power cord is short, the hose is too short and inflexible, the attachments are metal which scratches surfaces, didn't include a brush tool, and the suction doesn't pick up stray pellets, just ash). The filter needs to be cleaned after every use or there’s zero suction. Sub-par product all around.