Dundas Jafine PCLT4WZW Dryer Duct Lint Trap, 1-Pack

I opted to purchase and install this lint trap because it made the most sense, functionally. Our dryer is vented to the outside. Unfortunately, the dryer duct has been installed above and almost parallel to the heating duct, and they are located in the crawl space adjacent to our basement. Our dryer became inefficient in drying, which led me to surmise the duct work was clogged. The actual ducting is not a straight course to the outside, which made adequate cleaning a hit and miss. My Wife and I decided to drop the duct in order see and clear any clogging. In the crawl space, I found a puddle of water beneath the ducting…which was caused by moisture and lint blockage that was accumulating in the bend of the duct work and dripping condensation from the seam in the ducting. After dropping the heat duct in order to access the dryer duct, we were able to access to entire duct run, which was well over 10 feet. Ridiculous installation by the home builder in placing the dryer duct above the heat duct and angled to the outside. We cleared over 18 years of lint from the duct - guessing it was 95% clogged. We reinstalled and realized we had a potential hazard on our hands. The Duct Lint Trap has proven to be perfect solution. We can trap and prevent large amounts of fibers from being blown into the ducting. Given the angled installation, there is no way the dryer blower will adequately move the damp lint to the outside or even around the bends in the ducting. I am guessing that only microfibers are accumulating in the duct at this point with the Lint Trap in place. The Lint Trap inline installation allows the dryer air to remain vented to the outside and minimizes any concern with air quality in our laundry room and home. The Lint Trap puts my mind at ease in that lint is not accumulating in the duct given the amount of lint trapped and removed after each drying cycle. I personally believe the ducting to the outside can become a fire hazard, even more so when you cannot clean the duct work thoroughly over time. I highly recommend the Lint Trap for anyone that cannot or is not cleaning their dryer vent and duct routinely. I gave the Lint Trap a ‘4-Star’ in the “easy to clean” option because you should use both hands, one to pull the lint filter out and the other hand to catch the falling lint as the “dry” lint will fall away from the filtering screen as you remove the filter and possibly jar or shake the filter. This is not case if the trapped lint is damp during removal. Currently our Lint Trap is installed vertically. We will install it horizontally when we replace our washer and dryer in future. This will allow us to conceal more of the accordion duct behind the dryer and give access to the lint trap which will be partially hidden behind the control panel of the dryer. Great Product and I highly recommend!

We have long run for the exhaust of our clothes dryer (about 30 feet with many turns that slow down the air). I had purchased long flexible cleaning brushes, but they were unable to navigate the combination of length and turns. I decided I needed a break in the middle of the run that would both enable me to insert the cleaning brushes in two directions and would enable catching and cleaning the lint with a second filter.The Dundas Lint Trap does this well.Installation was a little more difficult than desired, because the dryer duct was neither flush nor parallel with a wall in the mechanical room. As a result, I attached a sloped mounting board to the studs behind the duct work, cut a section out of the ducts, and then attached the Lint Trap to the mounting board (see photo). I also chose a location in the mechanical room that would be easy to reach, as the Lint Trap needs to be cleaned after every 3-5 dryer loads. This takes a little time, but it greatly reduces the lint build up in the ducts and therefore reduces the fire risk. It also reduces the frequency of the more arduous cleaning using the flexible brushes.

Works great, easy to clean but the door can easily break off. Make sure to snap the door tight

For some reason, a decent amount of lint would get past our dryer filter and be blown outside. It would clog up our AC condenser. This has been a perfect fix.

My dryer vents into the garage and leaves lint all over my cars. This did a good job catching the lint. It was easy to install. The trap is easy to clean.

Bottom line up front: This definitely gets the job done catching roughly 80-95% of the excessive lint my old maytag dryer spewed into the line; but it doesn't last.We've been using this for 2 years and it has warped to the point of leaking lint and humid air. Our exhaust is about 2 feet long total dryer to exterior so a lot of lit was landing on my deck and the line didn't have a chance to really overheat. This device reduced the lint pass through significantly but not completely and I even have a critter mesh exhaust hood catching even more of the lint.All in all if you want to replace this every few years as the plastic warps go for it. I'll be buying an all metal design this time.I've upgraded to Speed Queen appliances and the dryer has a much better design to catch lint. When installing the new dryer

This is a good product. My installation is difficult due to a builder idiot issue, however if you can mount this on a wall as shown in the pictures, it does the trick. A little hard to open the cover at first, but I think that's only because I have to practically stand on my head to access it. The screen is easy to remove and clean. I like that you can see when it's time to clean out the trap.

Our back patio used to have a patch of blown dryer lint on it. No more! After I installed the Dundas Jafine Dryer Duct Lint Trap the problem was solved. Love it because now I don't have to clean the lint off of the patio before friends stop by.