Product review (5 stars): 20 years and never cleaned ducts!
IMPORTANT - Follow the directions and remember... CLOCKWISE CLOCKWISE CLOCKWISE! You'll understand when you see it. Our home is 20 years old, and we've lived in it for 16 of those 20 years. We have never cleaned the dryer ducts, and we're certain the previous owners would've had no need to do so. Our washer went out a week ago and so we decided to replace the dryer as well. The dryer had never been moved in 16 years and when I went to unhook it, I was amazed that the connecting pipe was almost completely clogged with lint! We clean our dryer lint collector every time we use it, so it got me to thinking - If there's this much lint in the connecting pipe..... how much lint is in the main pipe that I can't see????? So.... in anticipation of getting a new washer and dryer set, I decided to look into ways of checking into this, and came across this product.

Our vent pipe is 30 feet long, and a 90 degree bend 2/3 the way down! Well... that's where this AWESOME TOOL comes in! I was a bit nervous about it until I got it. This thing is made very well, and I had no issues with it at all. I followed the directions and MADE SURE that I - 1. Duct taped the joints 2. Made sure my drill was set to CLOCKWISE 3. Went slow and steady and didn't force anything. The directions are VERY important cause if you do not follow them, you could find yourself in trouble. I recommend that you have a 10 gallon shop vac with the 2" hose to help you with this job! The vac will help in declogging the pipe by sucking the lint as you loosen it. I could NOT BELIEVE how much lint came out of our pipes! I had to unclog the vac hose like 4 times because there was so much volume! Amazing to think that there was so much lint that it clogged up my 10 gallon pro shop vac 4 times!!! The MAIN THING is to GO SLOW! There's no need to put your drill on high. If you don't have a variable speed drill - I recommend you get one. You may get yourself into trouble if your drill only runs in super fast mode because should you run into a snag, you could break the rods inside your duct! Can you imagine that? Therefore... have the right tools for the job, and follow the directions to the letter, cause you don't want that to happen.

Due to our 30 foot run, I bought 2 kits rather than buy the extention set because to me, for a few bucks more, why not have extra brushes etc too? The tool assembles with ease and I LOVED the shop vac attachment tool it came with. It made this job sooooooo much easier.

Bottom Line -  I love this tool! It did exactly what I wanted it to do, and it did it with ease, and sure beat paying someone to do it. I was completely done in about 1/2 hr, for a 30 foot pipe, and I have more airflow from our dryer than ever before! Take a look at some of the pics some people have posted with their lint because this is exactly what I experienced. I removed approx. 2 pounds of lint which is a considerable amount when you think about it. Our pipes are clean, and I can relax in the knowledge that we've increased the life of our new dryer exponentially, and removed the risk for a duct fire. Totally worth every cent to buy this tool in my book ;)