Best Woodstove vacuum for the money?

I think I will be investing in a woodstove vacuum in the not too distant future. Can anyone give me some advice on this subject?

I just bought my first one today, the Cougar model MU405 and I have to admit that it appears to be a good quality ash vacuum. If you do a search in these forums, you'll see that many members have this model and have no complaints.

You can check it out here.

Steve

How much did the vac set you back?
Thanks Joe

I bought it where I bought my stove and it was $249.00 plus tax, but I"ve seen them online a little less.

Also, somebody recently sold one on Ebay for I think it was $50.00, but I just missed it.

Steve

Do not waste your money. Use a regular shop vac.

Eric

I do have a nice shop vac. It has a 20 gallon stainless steel tank and a filter you never have to replace(only wash out). It is a Pullman- Holt and cost $600 ...20 years ago. It has a rubber hose, but I did upgrade to nicer fittings. I don't use it for much these days, so perhaps I'll put it into use cleaning ashes this winter. Maybe even paint it black. I did buy a top of the line sears vac a couple of years ago, which consumer reports said was equal or better than an Electrolux and I use this vac for my rugs and other house hold stuff. I still have a year left on the 3 year unconditional warranty, so maybe I should use this vac instead. Just kidding, this vac has a paper bag to collect stuff unless i want to pay $12 for 2 cloth Hepa bags.
Thanks for the feed back, joe

i have the loveless base model i like it a bunch , but i do have to say a shop vack with the accordian type filter does just fine with a much lower cost

I just use a shop vac with a filter, which seems to work pretty good for my pellet stove. Just make sure you use the filter, or from what I have read here it will fry your motor in no time at all.