Dewalt Dust Separator for Wet/Dry Shop Vacuums, Cyclone Dust Collector Up To 99.5% Efficiency, High-performance Cycle Powder Collector Filter, Dust Collector Model: DXVCS001

Good to separate dust and keep my shop vac filter clean

I built a wood box with a clear plexi window so I could see what was happening when the chips fall - this thing is working great for my chop-saw setup..

Paired with a wet/dry vac, this Dewalt dust separator collects parking lot dirt. Hundreds of pounds of dirt later, it's a winner. I'd buy it again. It's tough. Connections to 2 1/2" vacuum hoses work great.The finest dust is sometimes not caught, so1) container seal below it must not leak (per instructions) (my mistake), and2) a bag filter (hot glued to vac wall) in the vac keeps everything clean.A change: Longer screws, please. As supplied, are fine for steel, but not wooden cover plates. The length of the 6 ea. #11 screws, 5/8", is not enough for plates thick enough (1/2"? - 1") to resist a vacuum's force.Next design version, please: use other than unavailable #11 screws.Six screws, #10, 4 threads in, hold my Dewalt dust separator to its 1" 18" dia. wooden cover plate.Thanks, Dewalt!

This is a great addition to my dust collection, it is going to cut down on filters and dust bags in my shop vacume.

Separates out about 95% of the dust going to my Rigid shop vac. I have mine mounted to a lid on a 5 gallon bucket before the shop vac. The one problem that I had with it was getting the hose to stay on. Had to use duct tape. Would be nice to have adapters for different type of connections such as using a hose instead of pipe to connect it.

You need to attach the plastic cyclone on a 5 gallon bucket with a lid or similar container. Drill a hole in the lid same diameter as the bottom of the cyclone. Attach it with the 6 screws supplied. Top of the cyclone attaches to the shop vacuum, side attaches to the hose you vacuum up debris with. Works great. Good price.

I removed a marble floor from a cement board backer. All larger material pieces were picked up before using vacuum. The device separated the larger pieces ok but my filter was full of dust after 40 sf of the floor was vacuumed. The floor total area was 12’x12’ so I needed to clean my filter 3 times before we had the entire floor vacuumed and clean. Maybe I’m expecting too much much from the product. Pretty disappointing.

Does what it says it does. If your hose gets plugged up though it will suck whatever spinning around into the shop vac. That’s no fault of the device though.