Mullet Tools M5 Dust Cyclone Collection (Milk Jug White/Black)

I bought this to help with removing popcorn ceiling, and it made the whole process much easier. I also bought the $40 "bucket and lid" solution to try first as it was significantly cheaper. If that had worked I would have just returned this magnificent beast and saved the $200. Using the mullet, though, was much, much easier and the upgrade cost was worth it to me for how much faster I could work. The unit itself is very solidly built, definitely up for moving and banging around. The connection to the shop vac is solid as well (if you set it up correctly). I just grabbed the dust collector and dragged around the whole thing as a unit. Every detail is very well thought out, from the documentation (they give you a branded coozie, carpenters pencil, and a dollar bill attached to the registration) to all the different use cases. There are many features I will probably never use, for example I'm probably never going to mount this on my wall or in a vertical configuration. But it's nice to know I could. As a dust collector it works very well. Much better than a bucket. It maintains better suction and separate out the dust very well before it can get into the vacuum. While I did make sure it never got too full, I was able to remove 2200 SQ ft of popcorn ceiling without changing the bag in my shop vac once.

I needed a powerful and reliable tool that would work as advertised. A tool that was easy to operate, easy to clean and relatively inexpensive. The Mullet Cyclone Dust Collector checks all of the boxes! It’s constructed of heavy duty plastic that’s beefy and sturdy. It’s designed to connect to virtually and brand and size shop vac. It comes to you mostly assembled except for measuring for using on your vacuum. You need to use a back saw, cut off saw, band saw, etc. to cut the vertical 1.5” pvc tube. Don’t worry it takes less than 10 minutes to use the supplied template to quickly measure, mark, cut and assemble! Easy peasy. I don’t do many reviews but I needed to let you know how good this collector really is. Bye it. You’re gonna love it!

This item performs exactly as advertised. It collects the finest dust and shavings that would be collected by your vacuum cleaner that would normally stop up your vac filter and cause you to loose suction. I used my lathe and the Mullet collected most of the fine dust and a lot of the shavings in the lathe operation. I then used the hose attached to the mullet to clean up after turning. All the dust and shavings stayed in the mullet and did not go into the vacuum leaving the filter clean. I was amazed that I was able to clean around my lathe and the vac filter stayed clean.

Works like a charm. Very Easy assembly. I am using on my Cnc machine

I could see our business having a few of these but they are expensive for what it is. I don’t regret buying though. They work incredibly well. Takes the burden off of the vacuum or dust extractor. We use Ridgid shop vacs or the IQ426Hepa dust extractor. We now run 20-40ft of hose from the extractor to the Mullet, and then use a 6-10 ft hose to the hose end or tool that we have attached. Before the mullet, we would get debris caught in the longer hose and lose suction. But now if a clog happens, it’s easy to clear the short hose. We keep an eye on the mullet and dump when needed. But the other great part is that we can go days without having to knock out a blocked filter. Prior to using the Mullet separator we could be knocking out a filter every hour. And because this separates the majority of debris (95%+ depending on how heavy the debris) we just use the IQ426Hepa dust extractor as a shop vac that has improved filtration on the back end. It will pick up anything that fits in the 2.5” hose, better than any shop vac setup we’ve used. The only changed I might make or would like to see in a future model, is a heavier base. Because we used this as stand alone closer to the hose end, meaning it’s not directly at the vacuum, it tends to tip over until it starts to fill up. I may have to attach some weight to the bottom. And the wheels could be a little bigger for those using on a rough construction site. I know all shop vacs fail on the wheels as well but for a premium product, maybe a second “pro” option could be nice.