Chips, fines & air · review
A €79 three-in-one extractor that publishes its airflow — and that airflow figure tells you exactly what it is for.
The bottom line Honest about its size because it prints the number. Buy it for one small machine, not for the shop.
Hands-on testing pending. Nothing below is presented as our own measurement. Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgements are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
1 250 W, 120 m³/h airflow, 5 L capacity, extraction plus vacuum plus blow, part number 5906301901.
A chip collector moves a large volume of air at low pressure. It suits a 100 mm port on a planer, a table saw or a band saw, where the waste is bulky and the duct is wide.
A workshop vacuum moves a small volume at high pressure. It suits a 32 or 35 mm hose on a sander, a router or a track saw, where the waste is fine and the port is narrow.
Swap them and each collects almost nothing, while sounding exactly as though it is working. It is the most expensive misunderstanding in the category, and no listing explains it.
At 120 m³/h this sits firmly on the workshop-vacuum side of that line, whatever “Absauganlage” on the box suggests.
One reference and one EAN across all six markets: €79 in Germany and Britain, €90 in France, €96 in Italy, €110 in Spain, €235 on amazon.com.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Motor | 1 250 W |
|---|---|
| Airflow | 120 m³/h |
| Capacity | 5 L |
| Functions | Extraction, vacuum, blow |
| Part number | 5906301901 |
| Amazon reference | B00XWZ6SBK (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 4046664023616 |
No, and that is the useful thing about the number being published. A planer or a table saw producing bulk chips wants several hundred cubic metres per hour at its 100 mm port. 120 m³/h is in the region of a domestic vacuum, which is the right region for a sander and the wrong one for a planer.
Clearing chips from a machine bed, a mitre saw fence or a dusty motor housing. It is also the fastest way to fill a workshop with airborne fine dust, so it belongs outdoors or with a mask on — see the safety hub.
1 200 W · dust class L · semi-automatic filter clean
The professional L-class vacuum with semi-automatic filter cleaning — the feature that stops suction fading halfway through a job.
Best for: Site and workshop extraction where suction has to stay constant all day
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Wet and dry · automatic start
A wet-and-dry workshop vacuum with tool-triggered start, at a third of the price of the professional machines here.
Best for: General workshop cleanup and light sanding extraction on a budget
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2 × 18 V · 30 L stainless · Ø 36 mm hose · bare tool
A cordless wet and dry vacuum with a 30 litre stainless drum — the machine that goes to the dust rather than waiting for it.
Best for: Site and garage clean-up, and extraction at small tool ports away from a socket
≈ $490 / £155 / 165 €
