DUST COMMANDER S30-30 liter steel kit

I bought one of these for my garage/workshop which is constantly bathed in sawdust from my sliding miter chop saw despite being connected to a vacuum. Like a lot of reviewers, the facts are:1: This metal unit is worth the money, really well made.2: Assembled in minutes, works a treat. Vacuum now pulling in almost nothing, but suction is way stronger even with 4-5M of hose because the filters are all completely clean and efficient. All the sawdust is in the metal bin and the air is much cleaner - noticeably fewer particles in eyes and throat.3: I bought the 'frequently bought together...' long house and adapters - but it does come with a bag full of reducers to allow you to connect existing hose/vacuum combos. I would recommend buying in the long hose and adapters as it makes set-up really painless and quick as well as allowing you to attach anything you already have.FYI: I have an old but powerful Dyson cylinder vac generating the suck and it now works way better as it's working 100% all the time. Also works great with Henry. It looks like it will be weeks before it needs emptying rather than 20-30 minutes when connected directly.I have left the very long 'recommended' hose connected at full length so that it can be decoupled from tools and used as a handy clean-up vac, and surprisingly this seems to work fine despite the length.Really good kit, buy it with confidence as it is a purchase you will not regret; just wish I'd found this sooner. (Glowing review is honest and unpaid BTW).

Arrived a day early. Nice and compact. Seems to work really well, good suction.Better than my original system which did not have "cyclone" dust collector which lost power.Looking forward to using during wood turning.

Awesome addition. works well with Bosch extractor separating a good 80%. Saves extractor bags, that do get very expensive. Do need extra hosing which was easy to find on amazon.

Works brilliantly. Hardly anything on the filter, or just as importantly, being blown back out of the vacuum. Is a touch pricey, but looks and feels well made and will hopefully last years.

This is one of those products that you go back and forth on whether to buy but once you've got it you wonder how you lived without it. I highly recommend getting this one, which is entirely metal (both the drum and the cyclone). Don't bother with the plastic ones because invariably it will get some abuse and they tend to take the brunt of it at their weakest point - the small part of the neck, where the plastic ones fracture and end up in landfill. I've found since using this the main benefits are: 1) The suction on my dust extractor never drops, it's just at constant full power! Don't underestimate the difference this makes; it has turned my dusty garage into a respectable one without me making any changes in my behaviour. 2) You only have to empty your dust extractor occasionally. I've seen videos that say these cyclones catch around 95% of material. That's probably not far off. 3) It's far easier to pour the contents of a metal cylinder into the bin than it is to fiddle around opening up a dust extractor. The only negative I would say is that it's easier to find adapters that fit the plastic cyclones than it is for this one but seeing as you only need to get an adapter once and it lasts for life I'd say it's worth the extra bit of time.

Completely agree with all the 5-star reviews. It comes pre-assembled, so all you need to do is flip it over, connect up your hoover, and away you go. 99% of all the waste goes straight into the metal bin, with virtually nothing getting to the vacuum bag, which has the added benefit that you maintain 100% suction all of the time. As a bonus, the "often purchased with" hose actually fits. The only downside I can find, and it would apply equally to any equivalent you look at, is that you might need to find a suitable adapter to connect the hose coming from your existing vacuum (the ports on this cyclone are 50mm ID). If you are struggling to find one, there are a couple of sellers on eBay that will make up 3D printed adapters to suit your own measurements - which I how I did it. 5 stars all day long, wish I'd bought one earlier!

Absolutely love it. I was hesitating buying this unit at first, I was going to buy a cheaper copy from china and make a system myself. After I weighed up the time it would take making one and the possible complication with seals etc compared to a well thought out and built unit I decided to go for this later option. I read other reviews regarding the sealing clasp being overly tight and was a little concerned however the instructions offer some helpful tips which I didn't see until after my first attempt of clamping the lid on.It is possible but its very stiff at first. The instructions advise to use the suction from the vacuum to help pull the lid tight on the seal, I would say to follow that method as it took some huffing and puffing without.After a couple of days of use the sealing mechanism becomes much easier to close due to the newly formed rubber seal being compressed and moulded to the correct shape. It now opens and closes with no effort.The main feature of this unit is that it works really, really well. I purchased a Fein dustex 25 and a 50mm festool (d50) 2.5m hose which connects the units together and the suction is crazy. I use a 2" waste pipe flexible couplings to join the 55m cyclone to the 57mm vac hoses.I have been using it daily and have noticed minimal dust makings way into the vac bag. The cyclone is dumping virtually everything in the barrel below.I would not hesitate in recommending this unit to anybody who is in the market for one.

We bought this unit to add on to one of our workshop vacuums. Although it was supplied with 4 adapters no hoses were supplied (unlike one of the rival products) and it was impossible to connect it without buying additional hoses, adapters and jubilee clips.