Dustless Technologies MU405 Cougar Ash Vacuum, Black
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Dustless Technologies MU405 Cougar Ash Vacuum, Black
Customer Review: not quiet
Summary: 3 Stars
I do have the Cougar 3 gallon vac , it does a great job with ash from my pellet stove. They are prone to clogging with clinkers but just wack them with the steel nozzle and there gone. But quiet there not, you should wear ear protection.Customer Review: loveless ash MU405 cougar 6 amp 3 gallson quiet
Summary: 3 Stars
loveless ash cougar works fine. The filter bag needs to be cleaned often. It is quiet then normal vacumn cleaners. Over all I am happy with it.Customer Review: Useless for coal stoves...
Summary: 2 Stars
With a fat Amazon gift certificate burning a hole in my jammies, visions of a clean coal stove danced in my head. I had been lusting after one of these ash-vacs for years, and now finally, it would be mine...
Boy do I wish I had read a review like this one prior to purchasing this vacuum (which I will return tomorrow). Didn't even have to dirty it, reading the instructions was all it took. Unfortunately, it required getting in to my livingroom to figure this out, since in none of the online descriptions at various sites, including Amazon, did it mention that this unit is for FINE ASH ONLY. In other words, the steel nozzle opening, approximately the diameter of a nickel, is designed to admit fine powder ONLY, and even that in small bits with the nozzle pressed against the firebrick in a "small circular pattern", allowing the ash to "sift" into the hose incrementally. (The instructions went on to detail all the various ways the thing could get itself plugged up...)
HELLO! Has anyone out there ever heated with solid fuel full time? It would take all day to suck up ash in that manner, not to mention that burning wood/coal does not produce exclusively fine ash. For coal especially, clinkers - the molten residue of trace minerals found in anthracite coal, are part of the bargain, and are produced in such abundance that it would render this tool effectively useless for coal burners.
In addition, though the hose is metal, intimating that the odd live coal is no biggie, the filter system in this thing is CLOTH - ie. you can burn holes in it with live material. Then it leaks. Right.
I'll have my 200+ bucks back and suck my ash chamber out with my shop vac, thanks - especially since the stuff would have to be cool anyway. (You can buy fine particle filters and bags at Home Depot). So much for my simplified stove cleaning fantasies...Oh well.
Customer Review: Cleans up some games, but not others
Summary: 2 Stars
I tend to play lots of games. I build many model ships, am an avid train collector, and have worked on many wood-crafts with my 2 year old son. Most of the games leave big messes. Plastic pieces, wood chips, etc. I work on a rubberized garage floor so I figured this vacuum would be perfect for picking up the scraps. It's good for some hobbyists, but for someone who plays as many games as me, this just cant handle my mess. It clogs easily, breaks down after just a few games, and once sucked my son's foot into it and I had to break the machine to get it to turn off. I would recommend this machine for novice game players, but if you're at the intermediate, or advanced level (I should know), you'll want to avoid this.Customer Review: It's OK for fine ash but anything bigger than a 1/2 inch nugget of wood.
Summary: 2 Stars
I've had the Cougar MU405 for about 2-3 years now and the vacuum works OK for fine ash. But a small nugget will either block up the hose or the entry to the vacuum requiring you to stop and unclog it. I have a double sided wood burning fireplace and this happens consistently even after taking significant amount of time to pull as many pieces out by hand as I can. Also, the metal flexible hose comes out of one end of the rubberized endings and can be a pain to get back in. I've had no problem with the motor thus far and it does a good job sucking up the ash. But the cheap connection of the hose and the continuous clogging keeps me from recommending the vacuum.