What do you guys use for shop vacs in your diy projects? Is there any brand that is very powerful when using a longer tube, like powering it on the 1st floor and running it up the attic? Is it better to go big and cry once (price)? What does wet dry mean? Are there any that don't blow massive air from the other end of the hole creating even more dust particulates where ever the vac is placed?What about cordless vacs to go with your corded one. Are the Makita vacumns any good? Anything powerful enough to pick up screws? Or any of those chinese vacs that can use dewalt, makita, or milwakee batteries?What are you guys running? Or what do you wish you had bought instead had price not been an issue?
>>2872158that don't blow massive air from the other end of the holeYeah, my ridgid shopvac blows air down on both sides throwin up micro particle cement snd drywall dust into the air. It’s a fucking fatal flaw. I put it in a box or a huge rubbermaid before use.Just ridiculous.
>Are there any that don't blow massive air from the other end of the hole creating even more dust particulates where ever the vac is placed?This is a problem with any shop vacuum or any vacuum in general if it's not properly bagged and filtered. A $50 Husky shop vac from Home Depot performs infinitely better in terms of dust control of you get a properly fitting particulate filter, even HEPA rated filter as well as a good dust bag in it. Sure, the filter and dust bag combined might cost about the same $50 but now you have a vacuum that doesn't blow the same dust it is sucking in back into the air.taking that up to the next level, you can end up spending hundreds or thousands on a rated, properly sealed dust control vacuum with powerful motors, the sky is the limit. But the fundamentals don't change much.
>>2872162And sometimes you just have to have the vacuum outside of your work area for that to not happen, or run a blower/air scrubber for negative pressure with good poly sealing around the room. Dust-free work environment is a blessing. There are also dust absorbing red thingies that big box stores sell for cheap you can spread a handful around the floor to prevent the dust from rising up before and during sweeping.
>>2872163it’s that it blows the filtered air out such that it makes a big dust cloud. The blown air is relatively clean.
>>2872165Yeah that can be a vacuum design issue. Some people run a second hose from the blower to outside of the room in very dusty worksites.
>>2872158Get a good corded vac first before looking at any cordless vacs. I personally think something with a longer more flexible and high quality vac hose is more useful than one with the huge stiff hoses. Casters on about any of the newer plastic ones are dogshit. Sometimes a small corded vac (like 2.5 or 3 gallon is nice to carry to a spot where a bigger vac would be a pain in the ass to get to. This is where a cordless vac would also come into play. Spot cleaning a small area or corner... Crawling under a bench, etc. As for the exhaust air, the air going in has to equal the air going out, so anything that has a large powerful suction is going to have an equally powerful exhaust. Wet/dry means you can use it with the filter to vacuum dust and debris, OR pull the filter out and suck up water with it. This is a handy feature for basements that are leaking in water or cleaning up around a water heater that has sprung a leak.I have been wholly unimpressed by most shop vacs until I recently picked up an old Milwaukee corded shop vac. I absolutely stole the thing at an auction for $30. It is a $650 vacuum online if you can even find them for sale anymore. Nice big easy rolling casters. Crazy long heavy cord (previous owner may have put that on there.) Nice, long, flexy, supple hose. Metal canister, metal filter housing, metal everything.... I was seriously thinking about buying one online but just couldn't quite justify the cost when I saw this one go up for sale at a very local online auction house. It was a no-brainer purchase and couldn't have worked out better.
>>2872168This is the one I got, or basically the same. Will take a pic of my actual vacuum this evening and get the model # of it if I remember. Oh and those fuck-huge 15 or 16 gallon shop vacs are just too big for most uses, unless you are on a construction job or doing drywall daily. Do yourself a favor and get something a bit smaller and more nimble and that doesn't take up a huge amount of space or can be tucked away under a bench when not in use...
>>2872162>>2872164This, this is my biggest issue right now. My current vacumn vacumns GREAT, but it blows a massive cloud of fine dust that lingers in the air if it's even near the vicinity of where I'm vacuuming. I would gladly spend an extra $100 for one that solves this problem or for a solution to fix this issue.
>>2872171This looks very sexy. It has a vintage feel. Is this a recent model? I'm a Makita guy and I would buy this just for the vintage look and metal construction.
>>2872158This one is literally the best out of all 4 I own.The problem is it's fucking unobtanium.
>>2872173Its an older model and I'm pretty sure they are discontinued and anything that might be left for sale would be NOS. It looks like they "upgraded" to a more plasticy model like pic rel, and even most of what I've seen about that model is that it is now obsolete and discontinued. Hell after looking at Milwaukee website I don't think they even make a corded vacuum anymore... Sad. Look for some kind of old all-metal commercial style vacuum like a janitor would use at a school or hospital.
>>2872199Damn bro. That fucking vac is sexy, ngl. Are there any other companies that make metal vacs like that? Everything seems to be 100% plastic nowadays.
>>2872175How many hp is that? Does it blow a shit load of air out the other end when you use it?
>>2872199Dammit I forgot the picture of the "upgraded" model... >>2872204>Damn bro. That fucking vac is sexy, ngl. Are there any other companies that make metal vacs like that? Everything seems to be 100% plastic nowadays.There has to be something commercial I would think, but maybe not. If there is I expect you would have to pay big $$$ for it though.
>>2872210And now I'm looking for commercial style vacuums... And spotted this pneumatic vacuum and it was dirt cheap for what one of those usually brings. $124 bucks shipped. I bought it.
>>2872158This might be the right thread to ask, I have pic rel, all the hoses I buy turn out to be shit, they are either way too stiff and can’t go around corners, or way too flexible and get clogged or buckle. Can anyone show me what is the nicest type of vacuum hose?
Ridgid 9gal just under 6 HP, not sure hose length matters, dry wet vacuum includes a small cage under the motor with a floating valve it prevents water going into the propeller, doubt, use a small cordless for chip crumbs on the couch small corded with a power head near the dinning room, not sure, you could pick up screws with a couple hp burnoli principal but a rolling magnet is better, vacuums are well understood would not worry to much on brand size full weight and emptying ergonomics are points of interest, see above, I'd like something to dig with that runs on residential power has a door near the bottom like pic can be emptied with a square shovel and the motor is contained in a removable head. Priced under 100.
>>2872320Not sure, the hose is rigid so it doesn't flatten itself. I would get a drum dolly and an extension cord.
>>2872329Makes sense, I put it on a dolly but it still sucks to vacuum small spots with a 200mm hose
>>2872158If you come across any used craftsman shop vacs, I pick one of them up. They'll be cheap and they last forever. Well, I can't say forever, but I bought mine, for my dad, in 1991. I clean the filter out and have changed it maybe three times. The damn thing just keeps going, with no issues at all. Very good motor and high quality cord and accessories. I have really beaten the balls off it, too.
I need to make some sort of tip holder caddy to go on the handle and hold the floor attachment and my home made crevice tool I built out of some exhaust pipe. Also need to re-do the cord a bit where it goes into the motor housing and tighten up the on/off switch.
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>>28722055hp and yeah a shit load of air
