Clear Vue Cyclone...

[Wade Lippman]

I suspect that one cyclone is pretty much the same as another cyclone. If one (the CV in this review) did poorly, then there had to have been a problem with it that does not reflect on all of that make. That makes it a lousy review.

That said, I am confused about the CV mystique. It is finicky to assemble and expensive. It might be as close to perfect as a cyclone can be, but my Grizzly is extremely powerful (if I forget to close a blast gate or two it is still quite adequate on the tool I am using) and I have 2 or 3 cups of dust in the bag under the filter after about 120 gallons of collection. I don't know if it is possible to be better than that, but it certainly isn't necessary. (and that performance is with a pipe elbow way too close to the entry. Doing that better, I suppose there would be no dust in the bag!)
But I am sure that others work just as well, though they maybe don't have as nice a filter brush or hold the dust bin bag down as well.