Small Vacuums

mdshunk

Anybody got any ideas on the best model of small shop-vac type vacuum? Just for picking up a bit of debris created in a small area in an existing home. Compact, hand carried. Anything cordless in the small shop-vac theme on the market?

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Rich Turley

We have the 18V Dewalt too. Use it strictly for water, mainly sucking water out of toilets coming out. We affectionately refer to it as the Toilet Sucker.

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GregS

I just picked up a Eureka Toolbox Vac the other day from my vac supplier for pretty cheap.

I actually used it today for the first time. Sucked up all the drywall dust from the box cutouts, and the sawdust from drilling joists.

Worked fine.

Comes with a brush and crevice tool. The cord for it can also be used an an extension cord, and there is room enough in the box to hold all the accessories as well as a few of your own tools.

Fits in the van under the wheel well shelf.

It's just a dry vac. No wet stuff in this guy. Although as an electrician I'm guessing wet stuff is not usually part of your workload


I have never ever used a battery powered vac that didn't just end up being landfill after a couple of charges.

Dustball

I have a 1 gal Shop Vac and it's got pretty good suction for such a small vacuum. The only complaint is that the power cord is only 6 feet so I either have to have an extension cord or an outlet close to where I need to vacuum.

fireguy

I have a DeWalt cordless vacuum. I thought it would be handy when changing sprinkler heads. It won't suck dry dust, even downhill. You can have it, it I can find it. I'll even split the cost of UPS. Of all the tools I own, it is the best at being the worst.

Fireguy

JohnJ0906

Marc, HD sells a small 1 or 2 gal wet/dry vac, I forget the name right now, but I have one and it works great. 6' cord, so I do need an extention cord.


I now have a reason to go tool shopping this morning. I can't for the life of me remember the name of that vacuum-and I just used it friday! I will just have to go over and get the name, and, since I am already there , pick a few things up.

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Dustball

I snapped a pic of mine since it was right next to my desk.

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JohnJ0906

Different brand- still have to go!

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JohnJ0906

Actually I kind of like that one-it seems more compact then the one I have. Whats it run $wise?

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dkillianjr

I have the shop vac 1 gallon too, short cord but still works good. Deffinetly comes in handy for taking water out of toilets.


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Chris G

I have one of these. The best feature is the handle on top. Very easy to tote around. It's plenty powerful, and has blower outlet as well. Cheap too.

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dougchips

I use the same one that Dustball for cleaning the bilge of my boat--the hose and cord both are to short. Blowes sell an upright 2 gallon one that has the longest hose that I have ever seen. Not sure of the brand but it is blue and has enough HP to suck stuff through the long hose.

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Teetorbilt

I have quite a few of the Stingers including the original that still works fine. Never had one go down in 5 yrs.

I wouldn't expect much from cordless.

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mdshunk

I've had a couple of the small 1 gallon shop vac type. After they get a little age on them, even with clean bags/filters, they seem to not want to suck dirt up, even if you shove it in the hose. Even when new, the little one's still don't want to suck up plaster pebbles and chunks, even if the chunk will fit in the hose. Maybe that's asking too much, but that's what I need one to do. I'm hesitant about the DeWalt battery model, because I don't have any other DeWalt battery stuff. It's all Milwaukee. Milwaukee makes some great vacuums, up to 55 gallon, but no real small one's. Might have to look into where I can buy a Stinger. There are lots of local vacuum stores that you can go into to try out carpet type vacuums, but nobody seems to have anything set up for trying out shop vac type equipment.

Mike Finley

Small rigid 5.0 horse power vac, best little vac I have ever owned, plenty small, and plenty powerful, versatile enough for big or small jobs.



Been running this thing for over 2 years on the same filter! Just beat the hell out of it and it never stops doing it's thing. The one thing I did was throw away the little hose that comes with it and added on the full size one.

jbfan

Dewalt has 2 models that are cordless. 1 is cordless only, small, but works well enough for me.
The other one ues a cord or battery, and is about 2-3 gal.
We have that one at work and with 5 people using it, it has worked well for several years.
it is the dc500 model

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JohnJ0906

Stinger is the one I have (and couldn't remember the name of ) Has worked fine for me.

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fixithud

I have the rigid from HD that looks like a toolbox. Works well and I like the fact that the hose and attachments all close up in the box.
Hud