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Chip extractor or dust extractor

Updated: 2026-10-21

The planer has filled a sack with shavings, and the sander has left a film on the bench that you can taste. Chip extractor or dust extractor is the choice between those two jobs. A high airflow figure feels like the better machine for both. It is the better machine for chips. Fine wood dust is a filtration and capture question, and a cloth bag does not answer it. This page keeps voltage and the full price table on the [Holzmann dust extractor comparison](/hub/workshop/holzmann-dust-extractor). Figures are from Holzmann UK, The Saw Centre, and the amazon.co.uk listings gathered on 19 October 2026. Products Compared did not measure airflow. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

The planer has filled a sack with shavings, and the sander has left a film on the bench that you can taste. Chip extractor or dust extractor is the choice between those two jobs.

Our top picks

Evolution Power Tools Evolution R15VAC

Best overall

Evolution Power Tools Evolution R15VAC
7.4/10about £78.00
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Trend Trend T32 240 V

Rank 2

Trend Trend T32 240 V
8.2/10about £114.95
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KATSU Tools KATSU 550 W collector

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KATSU Tools KATSU 550 W collector
4.0/10about £139.99
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On this page
  1. 1.Two jobs
  2. 2.What Holzmann actually publishes
  3. 3.Which kept listing is which type
  4. 4.When you need both

Two jobs

Chips need a wide hose, a fan that moves a lot of air, and a bag that can take a Saturday’s planing. Fine dust from sanding, routing MDF or cutting hardwood stays in the air. HSE points on-tool cutting and sanding towards an M or H class extractor, and clean-up towards a vacuum that at least meets class M. Holzmann UK states 850 m³/h for the ABS850. The Evolution listing states 42.5 litres a second and no dust class. You cannot divide one into the other and declare a winner. A collector can pass fine dust through a cloth bag. A 20 litre M-class canister is the wrong tool on a 100 mm planer hood. The Saw Centre marks the ABS850 dust class not rated. Read high airflow as chip movement, and class M as the fine-dust claim only when the listing states it.

What Holzmann actually publishes

Holzmann UK lists the ABS850 at £239.99 including VAT. The published figures are 750 W S1, a stated 850 m³/h, a 40 litre bag, a 100 mm port and 230 V. The language around the filter is a cloth-bag collector, not an L, M or H certificate. The Saw Centre marks the dust class not rated. Buy the ABS850 when the machines have a 100 mm port and the waste is shavings. Do not buy it as the stated M-class answer for sanding MDF. The wood dust extraction page holds the exposure limits. They are not met by quoting 850 m³/h.
Evolution Power Tools Evolution R15VAC

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Evolution Power Tools Evolution R15VAC
7.4/10about £78.00
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Which kept listing is which type

The only chip-collector type in the five ASINs is the KATSU 550 W, B0GP6FDP6B, at £139.99, with a 61 litre bag and 18 kg. It states no class, airflow, hose diameter or voltage, and the raw file has no UK review line. It is not a measured stand-in for the ABS850. The fine-dust example is the Trend T32 240 V at £114.95, which states M class and 99.9% filtration. Reviews include suction drop and flimsy clips. The Evolution R15VAC at £78 is a wet-and-dry shop vac with a power take-off and no class. A HEPA line on the KATSU 55 litre drum is not M class under EN/IEC 60335-2-69. Who should buy which stronger row is on the best dust extractor page.

When you need both

Put the collector on the planer, where the hose is wide. Put the stated M-class vac on the sander. Shavings will choke the Trend’s 20 litre canister. A cloth bag is not a sanding control. If you can buy only one, choose from the dust you make most. Mostly MDF: the 240 V Trend. Mostly chips from a dealer: the Holzmann ABS type, not rated as M class. Mostly chips inside these ASINs: the KATSU 550 W only with no reviews and no airflow figure accepted. Mostly floor clean-up: the Evolution, and not as the sanding control. Class, voltage and hose are ordered in the dust extractor buying guide.

Common questions

What is the difference in the hose and the fan?
A chip collector uses a wide hose, often 100 mm on the Holzmann ABS850, and a fan rated in large volumes such as the stated 850 m³/h. A classed vac uses a narrower hose, 3 m on the Trend, and is sold on filtration class. The Evolution’s listed 42.5 litres a second is a shop-vac airflow claim, not an M-class rating. The two figures are not a league table.
Can one machine do chips and sanding dust?
One machine can pick up some of both, and it will be poor at one of them. A collector moves shavings and is not a stated M-class control for sanding dust. A 20 litre Trend will choke on a heavy chip load. Workshops that plane and sand end up with both, the wide hose on the planer and the classed vac on the sander.
Is the Holzmann ABS850 M class?
The sources used here do not say so. Holzmann UK publishes 750 W, 850 m³/h, a 40 litre bag, a 100 mm port and £239.99. The Saw Centre marks the dust class not rated. The cartridge model ABS1500FF at £479.99 is still not quoted as M class in those sources. High airflow is not a class.
Where does the KATSU 61 litre collector sit?
It is the bag collector inside this Amazon set, at £139.99, 550 W and 18 kg. It does not state airflow, hose diameter, voltage or dust class, and the raw listing has no review line. A filter-area mention for fine dust has no class attached. Treat it as an unproven chip collector, not as a Holzmann equivalent.
Does a bigger bag mean cleaner air?
No. A 61 litre bag holds more waste than a 20 litre bin. It does not state what passes through the cloth. The Trend’s smaller bin is the listing that states M class. Empty a full bag or bin before the filter chokes. Capacity is a chore interval, not a health result.
What should I buy first if I only sand MDF?
Buy a machine whose listing states M or H class, on the voltage you actually have. In this set that is the Trend T32 240 V for a normal socket, at £114.95, with the suction and build complaints in the 142 reviews. A chip collector, including the ABS850, is the wrong first machine for that job.

Related pages

How to use a dust extractor

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Wood dust extraction in the UK for timber and board

Sources

Public UK sources and the amazon.co.uk listings compared on this page. Listings checked 19 October 2026.

  1. HSE: Wood dust (retrieved October 2026)
  2. HSE: Cutting and sanding wood (retrieved October 2026)
  3. HSE: WD0 Wood dust (retrieved October 2026)
  4. HSE: COSHH woodworking key messages (retrieved October 2026)
  5. Bosch Professional UK: Dust extractors (retrieved October 2026)
  6. Holzmann UK: ABS850 chip and dust extractor (retrieved October 2026)
  7. The Saw Centre: Holzmann ABS850 (retrieved October 2026)
  8. amazon.co.uk: Trend T32 240 V (retrieved October 2026)