You cant beat an open fire or real log stove for warmth in winter but they create so much mess now you can make light work of cleaning up with this custom designed motorised ash vacuum unlike the ash can which you connect up to your normal vacuum cleaner this new model is completely self contained it has a powerful 1200w motor that quickly and cleanly sucks ashes into a heavy duty steel storage tank and unlike other versions it has a double filter system to ensure no dust or ash escape