Gardus RLE202 LintEater 10-Piece Rotary Dryer Vent Cleaning System
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Gardus RLE202 LintEater 10-Piece Rotary Dryer Vent Cleaning System
Customer Review: This works!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok.....I have a single story house (six years old) with the laundry room in the center of the house. The dryer vents straight up about 9 to 10 feet, then a 45 degree turn, then another 5 to 6 feet to an elbow which exits through the exhaust cap out the roof. About twice per year I have always used an electric leaf blower to blow it out. It worked decently but lint would always catch on the exhaust cap and my roof pitch is so steep that I will not go up there again. (tried once, not again)..What I do is get on a ladder to the edge of the roof and use a long pole with a brush attached to the end of it and work it around the roof cap until the lint is broken free. That being said, I never knew how much lint was remaining in the 16 to 18 foot vent run..Today I received this, read instructions. Used a cordless drill (but going from the laundry room out the top (I had no other choice) Nothing came loose at all (not even close to lose) thanks to the items screwing on clockwise and running the drill clockwise made everything stay on tight.
After using six of the eight extension wands I finally couldn't get it to go any further.....I stopped/went out to see if I could see the brush attachment in the roof cap at all (I didn't) but it must have been very close because lint was being pushed out of the cap (with no airflow because nothing was on other than the brush itself). I went back in, ran the brush a little more then started pulling it back out and a bunch of lint came with it (a plastic shopping bag full).....I then got a leaf blower to blow out what additional lint I had loosened...(OH MY G**) the amount of lint that came out onto the roof was staggering! I ran it up through the roof once more and got zero lint out! It's all clean now.......So for those of you who think a leaf blower works (it does) but you're not getting all the lint with a leaf blower (like I thought I was).....I had to purchase this item but I had to purchase the extensions from another seller which I thought was odd. I had to get 2 different packages shipped instead of buying everything from one seller..But it's worth it in the end. This thing can be reused over and over and it took NO TIME to do the job. Thanks
Customer Review: Life saving, time saving, money saving!
Summary: 5 Stars
This has got to be the best 23 bucks I've spent in a long time. Our dryer had been taking forever to dry large loads. 90-120 mins on average. It didn't used to take this long so I thought I would attempt to clean the vent and see if it helped any. I didn't have high expectations but figured it would help a little. I had never cleaned the vent before and I bought the house over four years ago. I had never seen anyone clean one before so it never really occured to me that this is something I should be doing. The kit came in two days thanks to Amazon prime. Directions were very easy to follow. There was also a DVD in the kit but I didn't look at that. I didn't know how long my vent was so I just ordered the regular kit. After starting the process I realized my vent was longer then the rods included. However I worked from the outside then the inside and it worked out just fine. I did about 80% of the cleaning without my husband. I was a little leary since I'm not handy with repairs but decided to give it a try. At one point during cleaning the vent was totally clogged. Using the clog remover and the leaf blower (its in the directions) I got it unclogged. Here is where the second person is handy. If one person is inside cleaning and using blower then its nice to have a second person outside saying if the debris is still coming out etc. I could not even imagine how much stuff came out. The lint didn't really surprise me. The twigs, wood chips, straw and feathers did! Luckily I didn't find a bird or any other animals. It was pretty scary removing the debris from end of vent outside not knowing what I might find. How there was not a fire I still can't believe. I had chills seeing how much came out of there. The whole process took a couple hours because of the amount of debris and some learning on my part. Hint leaf blower works better then shop vac. I am so relieved I bought this kit. Now the best part is I feel safer. Also our drying time is down to 40 mins for a large load of sheets and towels!!! This has cut the dryer time by more then half!!!! I am excited for the energy and time savings.Customer Review: Godlike!
Summary: 5 Stars
So I bought this with mixed expectations, even with all of the positive reviews. Little did I know what a HUGE difference it would make. First, I watched the video and looked over the manual (realistically its simple enough you almost don't need to, but I'm not to big on home repair so it was a good thing I checked it out). Simple process explained - attach cleaning thing to end, keep feeding in rods connected to drill and having it rotate clockwise (I'm guessing so those rods don't unscrew halfway to your dryer). Now I have the hard dryer vent duct stuff or whatever you call it (although the last 2 feet to the dryer is aluminum - used to be vinyl - big hazard) so I didn't worry too much about being a little rough. Also, I don't have any short run from the outside to the dryer, it's about 30 feet or more of snaking tube going from the back of my house to the front of the basement. So, I did buy the extra extension kit thing for a total of 8 rods. I don't own a shop vac, so I had to go with the plan that ends with the dryer blowing the lint out of the back of my house. Messy, but my fault for not planning, whatever, should have gotten the lint trap bag thing they sell (actually I did get it, but forgot). Well anyways, as I started lint just started SHOOTING out of the exhaust in clumps. I had no idea, the lady who owned the place before me must have never cleaned it. Piles and piles of clumped up lint. Finished from the outside, disconnected the dryer, went downstairs and did it from the basement, reconnected the dryer, way more lint comes flying out.
As a test I did a load of sheets. Now these were taking 3+ hours to dry before and still coming out a little damp. I watched how long they took to dry... 1 hour, 15 minutes!!!! I was so surprised. I didn't expect a difference like that. Needless to say - this thing is AWESOME. I have no idea how much money that will save me in gas, but the time savings alone is amazing.
So my recommendation - if you're dryer is taking too long - BUY THIS!
Customer Review: Great Product
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been having problems with my dryer for the past couple of weeks. It all began with a piece of bad ducting put in but the home builders that acted like the perfect lint trap behind the dryer. Well, eventually the lint buildup was enough to take the ducting apart and I looked behind the dryer only to find a giant clog and lint all over the floor and wall. Well, I cleaned everything out that I could inside and outside and it still took forever to dry.
I read a bunch of "How To's" on what might be wrong so I measured all the resistances on the heating element, thermal cutoffs, etc and they all read to spec. So I figured it might be the ducting still, I have two 90° in my ducting so I figured it was caught in one of those and pretty plugged up to not be working. So rather than root around in my attic and try and find where they buried the ducting in the insulation I decided to buy this thing off of here. It's about $10-15 cheaper on amazon than hardware stores or home improvement stores.
I was kind of skeptical, but figured what the hell. I was pleasantly surprised, the auger brush hooked easily into my cordless drill and fed itself through the ducting. I bought the extensions because my ducting goes 27'. But it cleaned it out very well and is very easy to use. It even bent easily around the 90° I thought was plugged. The pile of lint that came out would help explain why my dryer is now shot. No airflow equals a no-no for dryers...they need it for internal cooling...and gas removal for gas dryers (CO). But at least now I have this so I can clean my ducting out once in a while to keep the new dryer from burning up. It was an old dryer anyways so it was about time to replace it and the washer which is also having issues. But I definitely recommend this to anyone.
One thing you can check to see if it the ducting rather than the dryer too is let your dryer run disconnected from the vent. won't actually hurt anything for one load.
Customer Review: wow
Summary: 5 Stars
1. clean vent cover underneath (mine was a metal 2port screw-in type on the roof. underneath was like a lint helmet. i was worried about the screws, that the brush would get caught in them from the other end; it didn't). put brush and extension in hole first, then put other end into the plastic port for vacuum and extension.
2. use variable speed drill, if you have one (you can pay attention to the drill's speed, and move backward, then forward, if it slows down due to lint resistance).
3. pay attention to the sound/vibration of the vacuum for lint obstruction amount. the hose can hang, if it's too small diameter... just keep it away from the wall for more suction power (also you can wrap hand around port in between cleaning, for more suction).
4. the brush will move backward and forward in the pipe, with little pressure while drilling.
5. i used electrical tape on each joint as the drill reached the port. the tape would catch on the lip of the wall when i was exiting, but i would just take off the plastic port and move the extention a little with my hand as i was drilling, then replace the port.
6. i used 2 pliars to tighten joints (just turn only the new joint so not reversing direction). to avoid reversing drill direction, never put the drill in reverse for anything. always remove the auger from the pipe with the drill in forward direction (refer to #4). remove extension from drill before unscrewing (with pliars) from other extention.
7. i knew i hit the end, when the new extension kind of twisted and wouldn't really go forward. (i had to buy the extension kit, using 6 poles altogether).
8. you'll know it worked if your dryer area doesn't get humid, the dryer stays normal temp for a dryer, and your clothes take less time to dry (mine takes about 35 mins now). ps, my other dryer was old, and i thought it was burning wires cause it was old, but now it may have been because the vent was blocked, so it was overheating.