Chimney Cleaning Brush Fireplace Flue Sweep Whip Cleaner Tools 20 Feet Rotary System Flexible Rods Kit Drill Powered

Needing to clean a 6" stainless steel flue liner for a wood stove insert, I went two different directions, I bought a poly brush and separately poles to attach the brush to and as an alternate I bought this neat little fellow.If you are looking at this you are probably considering other options as I did, so first a few comments on the "other options" that I happened to buy.First up was the US Hardware BR0181 6" Poly brush attached to Imperial Br0187 poles. The brush is stiff and a close fit in the pipe. It would do a decent job with stiff enough poles but I could only use 3 sections before the stiffness of the brush caused the poles to flex so much that it became impossible to get the brush further down the pipe, I could not get all the way down.No on to this slick little piece of wonderfulThis comes in a nice compact storage bag that includes poles that snap together with a button style release. The lock is very positive and will not come apart just from being bumped when cleaning. An Allen wrench with a tapered end is included to act as an aid for pressing the ball in that snaps in place to form the lock.An adapter is included (with the lock mechanism on the end) to fit into a drill chuck. I used a 3/8 Dewalt cordless variable speed drill with a hand tighten chuck, it was fine, nothing bigger needed.Put the adapter in the chuck, snap in the first section of pole, snap on the cleaning brush insert in pipe and spin away. While the poly brush did a reasonable job this did better. Separate the first section of pole from the drill adapter (leave the adapter in the chuck) and add another section of pole; obviously being careful to not drop the detached section down the pipe. There is enough flex in the poles that with a couple of sections already in place I did not have to pull out the entire length to feel comfortable adding another section, I just bent the pole over at an angle to add the next section.I did more cleaning on the way up reversing the process, sticking each section of pole back in the storage bag as I removed it, nice and tidy. Save the plastic zip lock bag and even the twist tie that the cleaning brush, drill adapter and Allen wrench came in. Put the pieces back in the zip lock bag and the twist tie on the out side of the bag to compress the bristles of the brush into a tidy bunch which will make it easy to extract them from the storage bag the next time around.The bag is compact and so is the opening of the bag (no closure, just an opening) but it's OK.The only sort of negatives, get 3 or more sections attached and the flex in the pole causes them to bang around inside the pipe, more so at higher drill speeds, so a variable speed drill is highly recommended. Use a drill with a good chuck there is no way to safety the pole from falling in the pipe if the drill adapter come out of the chuck other than wearing a glove and keeping a hand loosely around the pole as it spins. My Dewalt locked the adapter in solidly, no problems experienced.This gadget stores in minimal space, is easy to use and makes cleaning a breeze. Highly recommended.

I had never used a drill-powered sweep before, but I had heard excellent things about the Sooteater product. This seems to be an exacting copy of that design. The string is twisted-style weedwhacker line, made from a soft poly material. Using a multi-speed drill and gentle touch on the throttle to keep the speed LOW (this same stuff will slice small trees at 8000 RPM, and I can't imagine either my chimney liner or this shaft would take the full 2000 RPM my drill can throw, so I tried to keep it well under 200 RPM), I got great results. The section of the liner I was able to inspect visually looked quite clean after a few passes. My chimney was cleaned to my satisfaction with minimal time and effort. The rods appear to be some kind of fiber-reinforced plastic and are very flexible, in my installation the Rutland brand rods were unable to bend sufficiently to gain access, but these had no problems at all. The hardware seems solid and a convenient little tool for operating the spring detents in included.Overall, this seems like a winner for *MAINTAINING* a clean chimney from the bottom. This product does not seem like it would be effective at cleaning a severely creosote-fouled chimney, the rods are much too flexible to exert the force that is required, in my experience.

Cleaned our 6 inch stainless steel flexible liner with this using a Makita 18 volt cordless drill.Everything went together easily and I double checked the poles as I attached them for any chance of coming loose and they seem to be very secure. I cleaned the chimney liner from the top of the roof down due to our wood stove having a 90 degree bend of the pipe going to the liner. Everything worked well and it cleaned the liner really well and took less than 30 min's including a couple of climbs up and down the ladder for a few little items such as a flashlight to check how well things were cleaned. I have everything cleaned and tucked away in the nice storage bag supplied for the next season.Great product at a great price.

Great idea to keep off the roof. I had to get on the roof to retrieve 2 sections and the cleaner. It did a good job cleaning, easy to assemble and feed into chimney. My guess is when I pushed the last couple of sections I didn’t realize I had exited the chimney. So the wall of liner must of hit the push connector and sent two sections onto the roof. So it didn’t help in keeping me off the roof.

This chimney cleaning brush worked very well to clean the chimney pipe on my outdoor wood furnace. It only took a few minutes to have it ready for next heating season. I wish they made the drill adapter compatible with impact drivers also.

Cleaned my chimney in January, had not cleaned it for a few years. Did it from the fireplace not the chimney. Got a small pile of creosote. I wrapped some plastic on the opening and snaked it up the chimney. Took about 30 minutes. Gave me peace of mind. I only burn hardwood so that may be why I did not get a lot of creosote. I will hit it again, from the roof, this summer. Very satisfied. Got something similar for my dryer vent same weekend.

After my first cleaning the brush system seems to break up the creosote quite well, but the button quick connect that attaches to the drill disconnects from the rods way too easily. I dropped the rods down the flue a couple times and otherwise had to keep a tight grip on the rods so they didn’t drop down. It was constantly coming apart no matter what I did. I’m also disappointed that there is not extra extension rods available to buy. I didn’t have enough and had to also clean from the bottom.

Love the ease and speed of using this sweep. The rods bend easy to fit through the stove door and up to the pipe. Attached to our drill, my husband cleaned the entire length of the stove pipe within 20 minutes.So easy! Especially since he was the one cleaning the stove.A must have for every stove owner. Get rid of creosote and save money. No professional chimney sweep needed. Sorry!A perfect holiday gift or house warming...no pun intended.

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