LintEater™

The picture above is pretty compelling, I've got to admit.

It shows how your dryer vent pipe looks before and after a treatment with the LintEater™.

Long story short: the device is a rotary dryer vent cleaner that's "designed for the homeowner by a leading manufacturer of professional duct cleaning equipment."

You attach it to your cordless drill — what, you don't have one? Me neither, but don't let that stop you from reading on — and it reams out the dreck and schmutz from your dryer's vent.

From the website:

There's a hidden fire hazard in almost every home... it's the dryer vent!

The buildup of lint over time in your dryer vent poses a potentially dangerous situation.

Moreover, clogged dryer vent pipes cause you dryer to work harder and can greatly increase the time it takes to dry your clothes.

I must admit, they do give you an awful lot of stuff for your money (below):

• Blockage removal tool

• Self–feeding 4" auger brush

• Dryer adapter for rotary brushing

• Large 2.25" lint trap brush

• Five 36"–long flexible rods that connect to reach in up to 15 feet

• Vacuum adapter to connect to a shop vac or blower for lint removal

What, you don't have a shop vac or blower?

Me neither — just keep plugging along here with me anyhow.

All this can be yours for $39.95 here.

Well, why haven't I ordered yet?

And why don't I plan to anytime soon?

And why, if the company selling the LintEater™ should happen to read this and decide to send me one to try out, will I give it unopened to a neighbor?

Because I like the dryer vent cleaning tools I already have.

I discussed them in this very space last year on December 5.

They are easy to use, they are fun to play with and most important, they won't hurt me.

Hooking stuff like the kit above up to a fancy–pants cordless drill I don't already own is tantamout to a reservation in the ER for me.

No thank you very much.

Instead, I recommend the excellent manual dryer vent tube disimpactor (providing only a pale imitation, no doubt, of the pleasure a pediatric gastroenterologist feels when relieving a child's fecal impaction — but I digress) below.

It's so cool when the fluff comes out.

Trust me, I'm a ....

And you won't feel complete without this handy little accessory:

it's a lint trap brush that enables you to dislodge the stuff you can see so the dryer can blow it out the other end.

The two tools are $12.98 apiece purchased individually, and $21.98 for the set here.