Holikme 35 Feet Dryer Vent Cleaner Kit, Flexible Lint Brush with Drill Attachment, Fireplace Chimney Brushes for Easy Cleaning, Use with or Without a Power Drill

The media could not be loaded. Pros:-Easy to set up-Easy to use-Worked like a charm-Quality is solidCons:-Potential to unscrew if you aren’t paying attention-Brush could be a little fuller / longer-Could be ineffective if your drill isn’t up to par / charged-No instructions (wasn’t really a problem for me personally, I included what I did below)I was really hesitant to get this based on the countless reviews talking about how cheap / poor the quality is. I completely disagree. I’m not sure what those people were expecting or if they got an older product and they’ve since updated it, but this is exactly the quality I was expecting. It needs to be flexible, so maybe people thought it was flimsy? I don’t know. Either way, it came with everything you needed, including a bit to fit into your drill. The only thing it didn’t come with were clear instructions, but that didn’t bother me because it was fairly simple, although I tend to do well with figuring these kinds of things out. The only other complaint I’d have is that I do wish the brush head was a little fuller or at least a little longer, but it seemed to do the job as is. One thing to watch out for is that this screws in to the right (righty-tighty), so you need to be VERY careful if you have a long vent like I do. There are newer versions that snap into place for a few dollars more, not sure if they’d be as solid, but I cheaped out and went with this version and decided to just be careful. I ordered the 35 foot version and it was more than enough, I didn’t end up using all of the rods. My dryer is upstairs and goes through the attic, and our house / attic is huge. I’d guess about 15-20 feet. You do absolutely need a drill for this, especially if your vent is of any significant length, i.e. 10+ feet. You can’t turn it with your hand. I included a video but it’s blurry (ugh), but here’s how I did it…1. Put the drill bit into the drill and tighten the grip on your drill. Make sure the thread end is exposed and not in your drill. Also, make sure your drill battery is charged or you’re using a corded drill. If possible, set the drill to the highest torque setting, i.e. slower but more powerful. Usually this is the “drilling” setting, mine has a picture of a drill bit.2. Test to make sure the drill is turning to the right. Make note of what that setting is.3. Attach the brush head to a rod and insert into the vent. My vent goes through the attic onto the roof, so I had to do this inside in the laundry room, but you could do it outside if your exhaust vent is more accessible. If mine were, I would have turned on the “air fluff” setting while doing this and done it from the outside. If you do that, make sure whatever setting you have it on is cool air, not warm or hot, you could burn yourself and/or melt the plastic rods/brush. You don’t need to do this, I didn’t and it worked perfectly, but it might help.3. After inserting the brush into the vent, start feeding it into the vent, gently forcing it through the vent pipe, and continue screwing in additional rods as needed. The brush may catch on curves, etc. so carefully give it a little wiggle to make sure you haven’t reached the end.4. Once you feel like you’ve reached the end or the brush won’t move forward any more, double check that your drill spins to the right, i.e. the same direction your screwed the rods into each other, then attach the bit to the end of the last rod. I did this by engaging the drill.5. At a consistent pace, slowly move the rod back out of the pipe while engaging the drill, trying your best in the initial pass to go in one direction outward. I had to do multiple runs since I was inside and had limited space, so I continued to detach the drill, remove a few rods, then reattach the drill and continue. BE VERY CAREFUL DETACHING THE DRILL TO DO THIS. I reversed the drill and just held the rods very tightly next to the bit head, but you I imagine you can do it by hand if you want to be extra cautious. Again, you don’t need to do this if you have more space, but I also found it helped the drill out to not have so many rods to turn. If you feel the rods loosen, slacking, or come apart at all, I’d recommend immediately stopping and turning the drill back to the right to attempt to screw the rods back in. I don’t know how I’d get them out with how long my vent pipe is, short of taking it apart in the attic.6. Once I had the initial run done, I reattached the rods, repeating steps 3-5 until no lint was coming out, only dust. I also followed the same steps into the back of the dryer.7. And voila, you’re done!

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Works Great, Kinda a Pain to SetupI got the Holikme 35 Feet Dryer Vent Cleaner Kit because I swear our dryer was taking forever to dry a load of towels. I'd cleaned out the little lint trap, of course, but I had a suspicion there was a bigger clog somewhere in the vent hose that goes outside.This kit seemed like it had everything I'd need, and for the price, it was worth a shot before calling a professional.Here’s the breakdown:Does it work?Yes, absolutely. I was shocked (and a little grossed out) by the amount of lint that came out of our dryer vent. It was a huge, furry snake of lint! I used my drill with the attachments, and it really seemed to grab onto all the built-up gunk. My dryer is definitely drying faster now, so it gets a big thumbs up for that.Is it easy to use?For the most part, yes. You just screw the brush onto one of the flexible poles, and then you can either use it by hand or attach it to your drill. The drill makes it way easier and more effective, in my opinion.You just have to remember to keep the drill spinning clockwise the whole time, so the rods don't unscrew. * What I didn't love:My only real complaint is that you have to connect all the little pole sections together to get the full 35-foot length. It’s not hard, but it’s a bit tedious to screw them all together and then take them apart again when you're done. It's not a deal-breaker by any means, but just be prepared to spend a few minutes on assembly and disassembly.

Looking for another way to clean out my dryer pipes/vents without taking everything apart. Found this sucker and let me tell you, the cleaning power is amazing on this little guy. Attach to a drill and start cleaning. Its very Flexible and will through 90's without issue. Its very Effective at cleaning all your pipes. Took probably 10 minutes to clean it out. I was shocked at how much came out. Very easy to use and assemble.My only con - Why I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. You must put duck tape on ea. pc. you join. I didn't for one pc and that pc came unscrewed and stuck in the pipe. Was easy to fish out but still a pain.Also DO NOT run your drill in reverse. Keep in going forward going in and out.Build quality seems to be pretty goodGlad I stumbled upon this great Dryer Cleaner.