New Grizzly 3hp cyclone or CL 2 hp Oneida.

[Cary Falk]

I have been lusting after a cyclone for awhile now. I work out of my 3 car garage. Everything on wheels and stored on my 1/3 at night. I have 9" celings. I currently have a older Jet 3hp 1800 double bag DC. I was planning on getting the 3hp G0441 cyclone. This shows up. I will be looking at it on Sunday. I plann on probably only running one tool at a time. The asking price is $500. The filter is not hepa.
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[Russ Ambrose]

assuming it is in running condition, get the oneida. i would, however, ask why he/she is selling it.....a sketchy answer may signal a problem. but, oneida makes first rate stuff.

[david brum]

That Oneida is relatively old (early 2000s)for a home shop cyclone. It might be worth contacting Oneida to find out if it will perform as well as current models, since there have reportedly been some major design improvements in recent years. If it does, I know which way I'd go!

[G Douglas Fowler]

I had this same Oneida model and it worked flawlessly. Design your runs correctly and you can work very well with two ports open at a time. Mine stayed in the shop when we moved otherwise I would still be using it. Replaced it with a used but never used Grizzly 2hp G0440 and I have found little if any functional differences. One point in Oneida's favor is that the motor is usually a better quality. I like Grizzly's wheeled/steel cannister better than the Oneida. You can always upgrade the older Oneida filter and still have a cost efffective purchase. IMHO, 3hp for a small one-man shop is unneccesary. I am in my 900 sq ft shop 5 - 6 hours a days and run with some fairly large machines and I am a very particular about cleanliness and order and I have never felt the need for a larger cyclone provided you size the runs/ports correcctly. It can be well worth the modest cost to have Oneida design your DC layout and I think they waive the fee if you buy your parts from them.

[Jim Foster]

I think I have a slightly newer/different version of that system. Mine is painted white, got it around 2003 or so. The only gripe I have is that the drum gets filled too quickly and needs changing more frequently than I would like. If it's like mine, it will have a 7" inlet, that you can use as is or narrow down to 6" or more. 9' ceilings will be nice, because it's a little tall and is fairly cramped at standard ceiling heights

Also, Oneida's support is great if you ever need any help

[Cary Falk]

Thanks for all of the replies. I got some good and bad feedback on both systems. I have decided to pass on the Oneida. There were some things that I was thrilled about it. I'll see if something else comes along.

[Adrian Anguiano]

I have a 2hp yellow super dust gorilla and love it. I found it on CL for 1000 without Hepa. Not an awesome deal; but it sure works great. What was all the 6" spiral pipe that came with it to make it worth it.

[Greg Portland]

I have been lusting after a cyclone for awhile now. I work out of my 3 car garage. Everything on wheels and stored on my 1/3 at night. I have 9" celings. I currently have a older Jet 3hp 1800 double bag DC. I was planning on getting the 3hp G0441 cyclone. This shows up. I will be looking at it on Sunday. I plann on probably only running one tool at a time. The asking price is $500. The filter is not hepa.

What are you hoping to improve with the upgrade over your 2-bag 3HP Jet?

[glenn bradley]

I have the 2HP Griz and would have had the 3HP if I could've shoe-horned it into the shop. The cost difference is a non-issue when averaged over the life of the machine. The 2HP does well. I really wanted better than "well"; I wanted frightening.