US Stove Company Ash Vac

[newguyjoe]

Hey,
Does anyone have one or would anyone recommend it ?

https://www.usstove.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=243&product_id=650

Thanks
Joe

 

[GrahamInVa]

It appears that USSC doesn't actually manufacturer that vac. It is made by Cleva.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200461674_200461674

 

[smoke show]

and half price at Northern

any feedback???

 

[St_Earl]

i bought a hearth country 4gal vac at tractor supply. it has an 80db motor and a filter shaker so you can clear the filter w/o opening the vac.
it does come w/ a crevice tool and rotating brush attachment.
http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Fireplace-Accessories/Fireplace-Ash-Vacuums/Hearth-Country-Ash-Vac
(more info in this link. but it was $99 at tractor supply sans the extra attachment kit)

haven't actually used it yet. stove gets installed on oct. 27th (can hardly wait)

but it's $30 more that the one listed in this thread.
not sure if the quiet motor feature and 2 included attachments make $30 worth of difference to you.
the one i got also is a gallon smaller that the northern tools one.
it does have a hepa final filter and a polyesther pre filter. and some sort of guard to protect the filters from embers. (though the vac is rated for cool ash use only.)
can't see a h.p rating. but it says 85cfm 800w 6 amp.


in any case, these two look to be the lowest cost vacs i've seen so far.
good luck with whatever you choose.

 

[save$]

If I understand it right, even these specific ash vacs shouldn't be used for hot ashes. I can see that should you miss and vac up some hot ones by mistake, that these vac give you another layer of safety. I just can't bring myself to cough up the extra $$$ for that when I know if I let my stove go cold, scoop out any ash from the burn bot to a metal container, and then vac with my sears shop vac, the dump both into a covered metal container and take them outside away from the building, that should be safe. I pull the ash bin from beneath the stove and take that directly outside and also put that in the covered metal ash can. When that can gets half full, I dump it in my garden or on the lawn. I bang the vac filter out and return it to the vac. I've been doing this going on my 4th year. We have a whole room air filter going near the stove so we haven't seen much dust anywhere. So far so good.

 

[St_Earl]

yep.
my shop vac is so old they don't make hepa filters for it.
if i could have got them, i would most likely have gone that route instead.