Holikme 40 Feet Dryer Vent Cleaner Kit, Flexible Lint Brush with Drill Attachment, Extends Up to 40 Feet for Easy Cleaning, Synthetic Brush Head, Use with or Without a Power Drill

Took me a while to test this out. It was sitting in the garage in plain view and I kept seeing it on the todo list but would move on to other things but today was the day.Worked great. I attached my electric leaf blower and let it run while I ran this in from the other end. For 30+ years since the house was built (I've lived in for all but three), there was nearly as much lint as I would have thought. The air from the leaf blower definitely helped to flush everything out the back end. The horizontal run was about 15' and the vertical drop was 3' or 4'. The vertical drop I cleaned out by running in the head from the drier side, didn't get much.Hints:1. If you have a leaf blower, use it. Some people I saw said they created blockages as the brush seemed to push the lint ahead of it. Pretty sure that wasn't an issue with me. The leaf blower did not actually blow much out initially on its own.2. Wear a mask, even though I didn't have a physical lot of lint, there are lots of small pieces/fibers/etc.3. Wear eye protection. I didn't, I regretted it, too much fine crap.4. Be sure to run the drill clockwise. You really don't want to have part of it stuck in the vent. No, didn't have that problem.

This thing is great! It was easy to use and fast. 30 years of built up lint...gone. Our vent tube is 30 feet long and it was jammed with lint. There was almost no airflow, which was destroying our dryer elements every few months. Now the vent is wide open. I should have done this years ago. Thank God we never had a fire!

Use:I have a dryer vent that goes up through the roof. The house is about 8 years old...I bought it about 3 years ago and never have cleaned the vent pipe. After cleaning it out, I'm not sure if anyone ever did. I was debating doing the cleaning myself or paying a service to come out to do it for me. I found this brush kit and decided to try it out myself. I got the 40ft set.Pros:- Did the job well: As shown in the pictures, it did great about loosening up lint and other stuff stuck in the vent pipe. It also cleaned the flexible dryer hose as well.-Ease of Use: I also have a couple ease of use cons as well. This is pretty straight forward on how to use. If you are doing this by yourself, only attach 1 to 3 sections at a time, and you will need to remove around that many as you come back out of the wall. It will make it so much easier, just extend your time a little more. Also, do not use the little drill adaptor end if you are using a drill. You can attach your drill directly to the collar of the extension piece. This will save a lot of time and will not damage the end.Cons:- Ease of Use (pt 1): When using it by yourself, you will want to only put on 2 to 3 max extensions at a time. I tried to put on more than 3 at one time and would struggle to keep it from getting tangled up on itself. Because of this, it took longer to run up and bring back down. I would have to remove 2 to 3 sections at a time when bringing it back down.- Ease of Use (pt 2): When trying to unscrew sections, I had to have a couple sets of pliers. While this is good at ensuring it will not come apart while in the vent, it was challenging when trying to break it apart while also bringing it back down.- Quality: The quality is pretty good, but I have one complaint. At one point when it got tangled around itself, one of the extension pieces ended up bending near the end. It will not straighten back out, so I pretty much am down 1 extension piece. Not a big deal since I ordered the set that was way over the length I needed, but just a note to remember.Summary:I found this set did exactly what I wanted it to do. When I figured out, when doing this alone, you only want to attach a few sections at a time vs making a long snake. The long snake just twisted around itself especially it if was trying to bind up. I also found it does not do too well if there are curves in the pipe. I am not sure if it was getting caught on junctions or if there was a curve in the pipe somewhere in my wall, but there were parts where I thought it had gotten stuck. I was able to get it unstuck, but it took some force. Overall, though, I really like how well this worked. As you can see in the pictures, I had a lot of lint stuck in my pipe.On a side note, I made an attachment to connect an air blower from my compressor to fit around my vent pipe to blow loose lint from the pipe. Probably why there was more on the roof than in the laundry room.

Easy to assemble. Will need two pairs of pliers to dissemble when done. Couldn’t believe how much crap had accumulated over the past few years.At first I was a bit annoyed at how short each segment is, but it makes a lot easier to store, and they are a lot more flexible. I had borrowed a kit from Home Depot and the fiberglass “tent poles” were too long and didn’t like to make the 90 degree bend easily

First time that I used I was shocked at how much lint was in my exhaust vent. I had to empty my vacuum twice. Easy to use just remember never reverse your drill just pull it clear of the vent while running drill or risk of losing your cleaning head in vent.