Best Woodstove vacuum for the money?

[JPapiPE]

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?

 

[Shortstuff]

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

 

[JPapiPE]

How much did the vac set you back?
Thanks Joe

 

[Shortstuff]

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

 

[kinsmanstoves]

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

Eric

 

[JPapiPE]

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

 

[stoveguy2esw]

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

 

[packerfan]

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.