Dryer Vent Cleaner Kit

If you have a dryer in your house, it's a must that you keep an eye on the condition of your venting. Dust and debris can build up inside and either reduce the effectiveness of your dryer, and/or become a fire Hazzard. The above being said, you should check your venting at least twice a year and clean it out each time. I do not recommend this product for a foil type, corrugated vent, as it could tear holes in the material or damage it in other ways, and it's operation would not be smooth. I also don't recommend corrugated vents, period, as they tend to trap more junk, and tend to be routed poorly or incorrectly in most situations. If you are a new home owner and have a corrugated vent on your dryer, look into replacing it with a ridged vent, soon. If you have a ridged dryer vent, this tool is excellent. You can pretty much detach at the dryer and send it right up and through to the outside in seconds, and it seems to gather everything and shoot it right outside. I didn't find any particulates sitting in the vent after, that required a vacuum or much of anything really. The device is sturdy, came with plenty of extension attachments, an easy to use end piece (do not lose it) to chuck in a drill. The brush was good, and stiff, but appropriate for the task. The brush also didn't seem to hold onto any lint, just pushed it thru. Granted, my vent was not too full because I keep it clear, but the use of dryer sheets can leave a residue that this brush seemed to clean out, exceptionally well. All in all, great product. Should last a long time. I recommend!

It does the job as advertised. My granddaughter recommended this to us for our dryer vent cleaning and I was skeptical to say the least. But I was wrong. Following the instructions, I assembled the first few links, powered up the drill and started the roto cleaning. Results were positive so I added more links. That's when I realized that it works best when one person is feeding the line into the vent and another is operating the drill. Ultimately got about 20 feet of vent cleaned and a ton of bundled lint out of the vent. Very satisfied.

Not exactly the container for storage I was hoping for. It comes in a paper shipping bag, I was hoping for at least the box it shows on the product pictures. Works fine but the plastic does flex a lot and seems fragile and I see it could twist and bind with too much torque.

After reading a lot of the reviews for this cleaner kit, I had my concerns...mostly that I could end up with this thing broken off somewhere down line in my vent line. I received my kit in a somewhat "crushed" box inside one of those floppy mailer bags. Before opening it I could feel the drill attachment loose inside the bag so I can understand why so many customers complained of not receiving one. So I assembled the nylon extension rods in individual pairs and flexed them several times (a little beyond 90 degrees) and attempted to pull them apart. I then checked each metal coupling for two sets of secure crimps. I figured all this checking would eliminate the most obvious (or maybe the not so obvious weak points) before using it. Well, I have to say this cleaner worked amazingly well for me using my cordless drill. It easily navigated two 90 degree turns for a total travel distance of 17 feet. I ran the dryer on the "air dry" setting to blow out the lint as it was freed from the vent. One word of caution, go slow (back and forth motions) if you don't know the extent of trapped lint or haven't cleaned your vent regularly (mine hadn't been cleaned in 23 years!). Then be absolutely amazed at what comes out of your vent line. I ended up pulling a Walmart shopping bag full of lint...and that's just what I was able to pick up. I now feel I have twice the volume of air exiting the vent line. The whole process from start to finish took about 30 minutes to complete. You will need two pliers to disassemble all the extension rods. So in conclusion, this cleaner kit is an awesome deal for the price and peace of mind it will give you as a homeowner. I can now keep my dryer vent line clean at regular intervals, and have my dryer run much more efficiently.

Our Clothes Dryer vent from the machine to the outside is roughly 15 feet and has NEVER been inspected or cleaned since the day we moved in over 30 years ago. So once we figured out there was absolutely no air flow coming out the vent hood we knew we had some sort of serious blockage in the passage. This tool is quite simple and extremely effective and had more than enough length to send the spinning brush all the way through the exhaust vent. And every claim that this tool presents seems to be all true. We think we came across two blockages and with the spinning motion of the tool and moving it back and forth we were able to break up the lint enough to pull it out. After 30 minutes we pulled out over 2 vacuum bags worth of lint and now we're able to get a full strength of flowing hot air when we run the clothes dryer. WORD TO THE WISE: When using this tool ALWAYS run your drill CLOCKWISE. Each segment of the drill is screwed into the next segment of the drill and if you run your drill counter-clockwise you'll be unscrewing the segments and you'll possibly loose parts of this tool inside your vent - and if your vent is as long as ours then it'll be very difficult to retrieve those small thin parts with the brush now being your blockage. I accidentally did that and luckily for me only the line segment closest to my drill unscrewed and came apart even though I had electrical tape to secure it. I was able to re-screw the line segment and continue working the drill in a clockwise direction.

While this product did remove lint, it also ended up pushing a ball of lint into the hard-piped 90 fitting which ended up blocking the dryer flow. After cleaning the vent, I went outside to check that the vent cover "flapper" was opening. It was not. If I wouldn't have checked that, who knows what could have happened! Here, I came to discover there was a blockage and I had to disassemble the vent, which was no easy task as it is partially behind a finished wall. Came to find that the 90 degree elbow was completely clogged with lint. I would say if you have a fairly straight vent system and/or access to any elbows, then the product is fine. Otherwise, proceed at your own risk.

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. I’ve noticed some had issues with it breaking. After watching YouTube videos and what I realized that if you don’t follow the instructions especially on if you twist left vs right when you are trying to take it out it can break off and become then an expensive fix. Also depending on your space like say where I live you might need to slowly make it go inside the tube and keep adding as you’re going in and to do the opposite as you’re taking it out to ensure it works without any damage. It’s fits super well and quite effective if you follow the instructions and watch a few YouTube videos explains things

So. This product did meet my needs and expectations. One of things that was a challenge for me (which is not the product’s fault) was that my dryer vent was SUPER clogged. I guess that’s what you sign up for when you move into a rental... It took me about an hour and a half to feel like I got out all of the lint (which was packed completely solid in some areas). I also attached it to a drill- which is where it lost a star for easy to use. When the brush head was up against one of those solid lint blocks, the rod would get really twisted and flip around a bunch once I stopped using the drill - like it was trying to release the coiled tension that I put into it and it was flipping around, kind of like when you pull a tape measure out as far as it will go and then release it, and it coils back in really quickly. It became kind of a fiasco and different points, but again- that’s because my dryer vent probably hasn’t been cleaned in at least 10 years (based on a crumpled receipt that I found in the debris that was definitely not mine........ 🤢). The other thing that was a challenge was unscrewing the rods from one another. After I was done cleaning the vent, the rods were screwed together really, really tightly. It took some additionally tools (and a lot of swear words) to get the leverage needed to undo them. My advice: have someone help you when you do this, especially if you plan to use the drill attachment. I did this all on my own, and I think it would have been a lot easier with some help. Also, wear a mask because it does kick up a lot of lint. The plus side- my clothes dry in half the time, and I’m not as worried about my house catching on fire.

We live in a rental and landlord refuses to clean the vent ducts. We finally had enough as the dryer wasn't venting outside anymore. This tool works perfectly! No issues with attaching to a drill, and works wonderfully for spinning up the excess lint, hair, etc that builds up in the vents. We took about half a garbage bag full of plugged lint, and took only about 45 mins to do. This was at least 10 years of build up. Great for a basic do-it-yourself cleaning job and it worked great afterwards. The only thing you have to watch for is the threads do tighten from the spinning so it was a little tough to loosen afterwards to take apart but that's about it.

Buen producto

Pros: extra lengthening attachments extends the reach; extensions are relatively flexible; the brush when twirled (not attached to a power drill, so rotated it by hand) did loosen the lint and pulled clumps out (but best was loosening lint sufficiently that the dryer when turned on”blasted out” the lint. So did the job. Cons: wish that it had a long flexible “bottle brush” piece that could clean out the exhaust vent found inside the dryer when the lint filter was removed (on me there were other products that had this); flexibility was less than expected re any bends (further it was moved into the vent pipe, cannot do a bend when it reaches one) on one hand and too floppy flexible when fully extended for one person to use - 2 needed, one to hold it up as first person threaded it into the pipe. Definitely did make a difference but a power drill attacked to the extensions would have made the work easier.

El producto funcionó perfectamente para limpiar un ducto de secadora de poco más de 3 metros. Lo utilicé manualmente haciéndolo girar con un desarmador y sacó muchísima pelusa acumulada, aunque sí requirió bastante esfuerzo. Seguramente utilizando un taladro eléctrico debe ser una maravilla.

La calidad no es excelente, con el calentamiento de uso con destornillador eléctrico, la parte plástica de los extesores, se calentó al punto de fundirse, terminando por ser inservible. Espero resistan un poco más con uso pausados.