Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

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.