Product review (5 stars): Clears lint out of dryer vents like a charm!
This worked very well and just as advertised. The hardest part was moving the dryer and dealing with vent connections. The 12 foot length worked for our house, since the vent goes straight up from the laundry room and out the roof. I saw other reviews saying they needed more extensions for longer vents. Be sure to read the directions before using this. The following steps were important:
-Only rotating the brush assembly clockwise. Spinning in reverse would likely cause the sections to unscrew and come apart in the vent.
-Pushing the brush up the vent while rotating the brush one extension at a time, slowly working from bottom to top.
-Rotating the brush while pulling the brush back and out of the vent.
I found that I had to clear lint out of the vent after every new section was added. The sections are flexible enough to make working it into the vent no problem with turning the initial corner. Once I was done with the brush, I used a leaf blower and blew out the vent line just to make sure any loose lint was cleared out. As you can see in the picture, I got a ton of lint out of the vent! I wish I had done this years ago. I suspect this is the first time this has been cleared out in the 14 years since the house was built. We haven't dried any clothes since I hooked the dryer back up, but I am excited to see how well it works with a clear vent!