Product Description
The PowerSmith PAVC101 Ash Vacuum is specifically designed to clean warm and cool ash out of fireplaces, wood stoves, pellet stoves, and barbeque grills. The washable, replaceable and fire-resistant 2-layer filter system, together with the Heat-resistant metal hose and metal canister, stands high temperature and prevents fire hazards. A layer of micro filter catches the finest ash and dust. The cCanister holds up to 3 Gallons of ashes. It has a powerful but quiet 10 Amp motor with a noise level less than 79 db. Additional Accessories, Casters and a 16 foot cord allows use as a regular shop vacuum. It also can be used as a blower.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #180 in Home Improvement
- Color: Green & Black
- Brand: PowerSmith
- Model: PAVC101
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 15.00" h x14.00" w x14.00" l,
Features
- Specifically designed to clean warm and cool ash out of fireplaces, wood stoves, pellet stoves, and barbeque grills
- Washable and replaceable fire-resistant filter system filters out the finest dust and ash
- Heat-resistant metal hose and metal canister. Quiet and Powerful 10 Amp motor
- Additional Accessories, Casters and a 16 foot cord allows use as a regular shop vacuum
- Includes: Metal hose, metal nozzle, wheeled base, (2) straight extensionwands, brush nozzle, Turbo nozzle, and (1) Filter
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
100 of 103 people found the following review helpful.
Finally!
By Mark
I use a charcoal grill/smoker at least 3 times a week and have done so for years. Part of the routine maintenance is getting the spent ash out of the grill. Until recently, I used a wet/dry vac, but this had a couple of drawbacks. First, the charcoal dust would blow out of the vacuum's exhaust port and get all over. All over me. All over the patio...everywhere. Second, unless the ash was cold there was a chance of ruining the vacuum. Third, the noise. Although since I'm running it outside for brief periods it was never a big deal. A few years back I ran across an ad for a fireplace vac and thought "THIS IS IT!" It had a metal canister and a metal wand and tube. Then I saw the price. Over $400. "Oh well" I thought. "I'll just stick with what I have." After my old standby quit I was in the market for a new one and ran across this "Ash Vacuum." The first thing I looked for was the price. "Not bad" I thought. I looked at the features and it had the metal canister, wand and tube like the other one I had seen years before. It even boasted a fine ash filter and quiet operation. I dug around for some reviews and didn't find much, but I decided to go for it. Upon start-up I did notice that is was quieter than I expected, but I wasn't all that interested in the noise. I wanted to see how it was going to handle the ash. I proceeded to vacuum the old ash, and to my amazement, no ash flew out of the exhaust! I have used this about 20 times and so far so good. I have used it during a slow smoking on ash that wasn't red hot. The canister got warm but nothing melted. Be warned if you attempt to suck up red hot coals, I suspect you will ruin the vacuum. The vacuum comes with some accessories to do other types of vacuuming. A couple of extension tubes and a wide flat head that you could used on a hard smooth surface (a garage floor I presume) but I haven't used it for that yet, but I will. Since the unit doesn't throw out debris from the exhaust and runs fairly quiet I could use it indoors too. Finally!
70 of 72 people found the following review helpful.Great Vacuum for my pellet stove
By Greg
This was very easy to assemble. It is not a cheap flimsy vacuum. I have used it about 10 times to clean my Breckwell P23i Pellet Stove insert. It has great suction and doesn't clog like some reviews of higher priced vacuums reported. My opinion is that if you have a couple of hundred bucks to blow then, go with the $350.00 - $500.00 models. If you refuse to pay that for a vacuum and want a great ash vacuum that does the job, buy this one.
66 of 69 people found the following review helpful.Ash Vacuum with out the ash!
By Cattle Queen
After searching and looking at very expensive ash vacuums; I settled on this one due to the reviews on Amazon.
We burn firewood to heat our ranch house and dust from the ashes is just part of winter.We have 3 wood stoves so cleaning a wood stove and dealing with the dust is part of life here.
I ordered this on Amazon and received it in just two days.
Used it today for the first time on cold ash... NO dust in the room!!!!!
It did it's job properly and was easy to use and set up. I am thrilled and think this little vacuum will help curb our dust problem this winter. As to using it for hot ash I am not that brave! I was after a vacuum that did not spray the dry cold ashes all over my house when I clean up around and in the wood stove. I cleaned out the wood stove with it and there was a lot of ash in the stove. Never once did it plug up or spew dust!
It worked GREAT!....5 Stars
I will leave an update after using it all winter.
For the low price a I am thrilled with this wonderful find!
I have used this now for several months.
I have vacuumed up some hot coals and lots of ash. I still am thrilled with this little ash vac.
This is the most dust free this log house has ever been! I dump it after every use because I am paranoid about fire.
When it gets to hot sucking up hot ash it will automatically shut down for about 10 minutes to cool down.
The filter works great just remember to bang it out when you dump the ash out.
I have seen these for sale at Big R and a couple other places.
Still very happy with the price I paid on Amazon and will buy another if this one dies.
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