I purchased this SNOWJOE Ash Vacuum to clean out my pellet stove, which burns sawdust pellets and leaves behind a small amount of ash and burned pellet ash in the burn pot. It has been super handy. The unit is small enough I leave out and next to my pellet stove, so it's ready to go each time I need it. It works efficiently and does a good job sucking everything out. I have found the unit to be well made. I purchased the unit based on price and the reviews from other pellet stove owner/users. The size of the aluminum attachment is big and doesn't get into small areas well, but I turn it to angle it the best I can and use a clean paint brush to brush those areas while leaving vacuum on to suck up dust that flies while doing this. I would like it to have come with two more attachments, one being a smaller nozzle for small areas and the other being a brush style attachment like regular vacuums have to vacuum the sides of the pellet stove. But overall, this is a great product and I am very pleased with it!
We do have the ash around the wood stove. But sweeping wasn't doing the job and our other vacuum was getting clogged. With the SnowJoe woodstove vacuum it is much cleaner around the stove and it even will accept hot ash as well!. Less ash even in the room now.
Filter works well, no spewing of ash into house. Could be a higher volume but realize filtering must keep ash dust inside unit. Good Job. Nice size, and construction.