Dewalt has a new dust collection vacuum attachment, DXVA00-1500, that sticks to your wall to help minimize the mess.
Have you ever drilled an anchor hole in drywall, or cut a small slot for a retrofit electrical box? The dust can get messy and you’re going to have to pull out a vacuum to clean up. With this attachment, you collect the dust as it’s generated, reducing the clean-up time.
Dewalt says the “innovative design utilizes vacuum suction to adhere to walls” and provides “a hands-free cleaning experience like never before.” More on this in a bit.
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The Dewalt attachment can fit different sizes of vacuum hoses – 1-1/4″, 1-7/8″, and 2-1/2″.
A rubber seal on the bottom helps to prevent marring. It also helps the attachment adhere to the wall under the same suction power used to collect the dust.
Price: $44-50
Discussion
Lowe’s has a wide range of Dewalt vacuum attachments now listed in their online catalog. None of them are available for purchase yet, but each has numerous “influencer” free product user reviews.
Here’s one of the “free product” user reviews on Lowes.com about the new Dewalt dust collection wall attachment:
This accessory for our shop vac is a game changer! We cut wood alot in the garage and with this tool it makes clean up so much easier. Well def be trying the other ones as well
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Another:
Works great! Used it in our living room after replacing the floors. There was dust and debris everywhere and this help clean it all up! Definitely recommend this.
One more:
Hooks up so easily and totally collects dust well. Nice size to fit in small spaces.
Here’s an excerpt from another of the Lowes.com review:
it’s very easy to use and the sound level is amazing. It’s a very good quality product.
Of course they’re all 5-star ratings.
I’d really like to know how something like this can be used to clean up sawdust in the garage or inside after a floor replacement.
As for the “innovative” and “like never before” parts…
This looks awfully similar to Milwaukee’s AirTip accessory.
While inspiration and imitation often drive product development, “like never before” isn’t a fair claim for a product that’s not first to market.
I really like Milwaukee’s AirTip wall dust collecting vacuum attachment (they sent a test sample a while back). I still use my Festool/Starmix attachment, but the AirTip is quicker to set up and provides greater visibility.
The Festool is still worth considering if you’re primarily drilling small holes.
It seems that Dewalt’s new line of new vacuum accessories was broadly inspired by Milwaukee’s AirTip accessories. Shown here are the new Dewalt conduit puller nozzles.
They look a lot like the Milwaukee AirTip conduit line puller kit (via Home Depot).
Lowe’s early influencer reviews for the Dewalt conduit line puller set say that the attachments are useful for things like “getting in between the cushions and tiny spaces.” Another reviewer lauds them for the ability to “get into tight places.” One more says “It was very durable and cleaned in half the time it took me with other products.”
I suppose you can use pricey conduit line puller attachments to clean out crumbs stuck between couch cushions, but there are better tools for the job.
Home Depot has a Milwaukee AirTip flexible crevice tool for $20, and flexible long-reach narrow hose kit for $40. Those work better at cleanup tasks than conduit puller cone nozzles.
I guess it’s good to see new Dewalt vacuum attachments, even if there’s nothing special or novel about them.
MM
Hmmm…this could be used as a “floor sweep”, which might explain some of those comments, but I’m more inclined to think this is just more evidence of just how untrustworthy so many reviews are.
Jared
Those reviews are embarrassing. They stick out as obviously written by someone who didn’t actually try the product – or was so unfamiliar with it they used it for the wrong thing. Worthless.
I tend to ignore reviews from influencers, review programs, “collected as part of a promotion”, and anything suggesting the product wasn’t just purchased. I wonder if the tide will shift eventually and companies will stop engaging in that nonsense – or if it actually STILL drives sales.
I’m certainly not immune from noticing when a product has a high overall review rating, or a low one. I just think you have to read some of those reviews and see if they actually make sense.
MM
Agreed all around. I don’t think reviews will be going away any time soon, I’m sure they do drive sales if for no other reason than getting people to spend more time on the site writing and reading reviews.
One thing I have noticed though: there is now an increasing number of reviews on some sites, like Amazon, which include photos or videos. Those can transform a useless review into a very helpful one. So while I am frustrated by the proliferation of bad reviews and the fact that nobody seem to care about removing them even when they are clearly identified, it seems that there is at least some area of improvement.
One thing I’ve noticed regarding influencers: take what they say with a grain of salt, but you can often learn a great deal by watching what the do. As an example, one youtube channel I follow focuses on automotive work. Last year they got sponsored by Milwaukee and several videos in a row were clearly focused on hyping up Milwaukee tools….but did those same tools ever re-appear in later episodes? Very rarely. In fact, it was rather interesting to see them use M12 bandfiles & M18 RO sanders for a handful of episodes while they were “thanking their sponsor Milwaukee”, only to switch right back to pneumatic once the honeymoon was over. Meanwhile even though they never mention the brand and there was never a sponsorship involved one can see Knipex pliers being used in almost every video.
Stuart
You could try to use it as a floor sweep, but that’s not a good idea.
I think this is a case of “wow, free stuff, I’d better say something nice to get more free stuff.”
MM
That was my point. If you had a mobile vac wouldn’t you just use that to vac up the floor directly as opposed to futzing around with an impromptu floor sweep?
This is exactly what you said it is: people thinking they better say something nice, but inadvertently outing themselves as having never used the product at all.
James
Beyond the silliness as you guys mention, this thing doesn’t even work as a floor sweep because there are 2 suction ports, so as long as 1 port is not blocked (suctioned against the wall), there is far too much pressure loss to have an effective vacuum.
Andy
I automatically discount any review that is part of a “seed program” or “free product” reviews.
Photo reviews can be helpful but since Home Depot changed their site to default to showing photo reviews first, most of the “free” reviews now include photos to appear at the top of the algorithmic sorting.
I try to sort reviews by “most helpful” (if available) or “lowest first”. Seems to me like most reviews are based on the first use or two and are either wholly positive or wholly negative. The positive ones don’t really offer much insight beyond “product does what it’s supposed to” so I skip those.
I’m typically looking for people who provide actual feedback, not simply “this product is bad because I don’t know how to use it”. I put more weight on points that are repeated across multiple reviewers.
BigTimeTommy
Jeepers creepers that’s an expensive piece of plastic. Glad I have 3D printers for stuff like that.
Bill
I bought the Milwaukee version about two years ago and it works well enough, but I haven’t used that much. For years I simply used a plastic grocery bag taped to the wall just under where I was drilling or cutting and it has proved to be an excellent solution with little over spill left to cleanup.
JR Ramos
Maybe these are great in some situations but I bought the Milwaukee version and it was one of my very few returned items. It won’t stick to brick or anything more than the lightest flat texturing on drywall. It was more hassle to use anyway. Much easier to use some painter’s tape and a section of cardboard or whatever (even used a paper plate once), then carefully remove that and dump it or brush vacuum. In a furnished environment (home, individual offices, etc) the hose really got in the way and required moving items to prevent scuffing or tupping them over. I’m not really sure where this would be advantageous – ceiling work maybe, but those half sphere dish rigs would be a better choice, funky as those are.
James
I use mine on every install where I have to land several anchors. It isn’t perfect but it collects the majority (90%?) of the dust and makes cleanup time quicker. Critical piece of kit for me.
Never saw the Festool one – looks interesting. But the advantage of the Milwaukee (and Dewalt now I guess) is that I can set it in one place for multiple holes without moving it as it is maybe 12” wide.
Chris
I use mine all the time, but it only really works with my 16′ extension hose because the short stock hose has too much of a bend to work in anything other than the most ideal situations.
James
Perhaps I should have mentioned I use it primarily with Packout Vac and short hose, with vacuum propped up on table or hanging from ladder, etc. And occasionally I use it with the big Bosch 14 gallon vac, but usually if that vacuum is out, the job is too messy for me to care about some dust.
Typically we use this is in lab or office installations.
Michael F
Yeah, no way this would work in areas where we have textured walls. Also, man, could Lowe’s have picked a worse group of people to provide early access to the conduit pulling attachments? It doesn’t seem like a single person in their “influencer” group actually, um, pulls conduit?
Saulac
I the pictures do not show, but I assume there is an opening at the bottom of the white part for dust to fall into the color part. So the vacuum does two jobs at the same time, sticking and sucking. Many complaints about the weak sucking, which could be improve if there is an apparatus to control the sticking vs vacuuming.
Ken
Wow, I really dislike influencer marketing. All but useless.
I have a Bosch HDC200 which is intended for SDS applications but works well for drywall/sawdust applications also. I only have it because Lowe’s put them on 90% off clearance several years back.
But I usually just use a simple sheet of 8.5×11 printer paper. Use painter’s tape to fasten one edge to the wall below the intended hole. Then, fold up the bottom half and tape the sides to the wall while pinching in the centre in to create a scoop. The dust falls into the scoop and can be thrown in the garbage when complete. Works perfect in my experience and doesn’t require bringing a vacuum or attachment with me to the worksite (usually a relative’s place or coworker’s office).
James
Fully agree for a couple of holes; this is useful for say 4 or more, in particular when I’m working along a wall hanging tubing clips etc over many feet..
Philip+Proctor
That pricing is bullshit. I’ll wait for the Harbor Freight knockoff.
Al
The only thing good about AI ruining the interwebs: AI will make fakefluencers obsolete.
Stuart
Look how many mass media sites pretend to be “tool shopping experts” for SEO and affiliate commission purposes. AI is just going to make unauthoritative “experts” sound more convincing.
S
It’s most interesting to me how close the DeWalt version is to the previously released Milwaukee version. If it wasn’t for the color, it almost looks like the same mould.
I welcome competition in any market, but this really feels lazy on dewalts part
MM
Agreed, it does seem like a very lazy design. And I think this is something that would be easy to improve upon with minimal thought/expense. Why not make the translucent plastic part transparent instead for better visibility? And why not make the hose attachment swivel so the hose can come out anywhere between 3 and 9 o’clock instead of just pointing straight down at 6? That way it could be used closer to the floor or around obstructions.
Stuart
Switching to clear plastic for the collection scoop would likely require a different material, with most if not all being unsuitable for this type of product.
Stuart
They are definitely not the same mold.
If you look at the inside of the cavity, the Milwaukee has a different opening to the vacuum port, and different channels for the airflow.
I can’t say for sure without testing both, but the Milwaukee looks to have been optimized better. The Dewalt has a larger cavity, and I anticipate greater losses in suction power to maintain its hold against a wall surface.
Robert
But the price! Ouch. At the upper end of $44 to $50 is about half of what I paid for my 9 gallon Dewalt shop vac. This wall attachment is just plastic, a lot less plastic than the shop vac. And it has no moving parts that I can see, nor a motor. Unless the shop vac is a loss leader to get you buying filters and the internal vacuum paper bags, the wall attachment pricing seem very high. Though this caused me to notice the similarly high costs of Milwaukee and Festool attachments.
Another Bob
Maybe at $10 bucks I’d be a buyer. It’s just a piece of plastic.
Holding the end of the shop vac hose with my left hand underneath while I’m cutting with my right hand gets almost all of the dust which is the hardest to clean up. The larger chunks I could suck up off the floor easy enough.
I always caution during a remodel no matter how much plastic and even negative pressure you try to put into a remodel space dust is still going to migrate to the non-project side.
Nathan
Have you looked at the price of normal shop vac attachments lately they were always a bit more costly
Meanwhile few pieces of ply some seal bead and a standard vac item you might could make your own for the same price or better
Shame. So did Lowe’s or sbd ask and create those fake reviews
luma
Absolutely useless with many of DWs modern dust collectors with HEPA because they all will occasionally cut suction to clear the filter every few seconds which means these things will then fall off the wall. There’s no way to disable this feature.
J. Newell
DeWalt should be sent to advertising prison, but I have the Milwaukee and can say it’s awesomely effective with the MW backpack bagless cordless vac. I can say the same for the Festool product used with Festool dust extractors. I assume they’d work as well on any decent vac but I don’t know that.