Vacuum Suggestions

[ShakingHorizons]

I have ALWAYS despised cleaning the interior of "customers", or even my own cars. My wife on the other hand, is an interior fanatic - she could care less about the outside though, lol. Well, after cleaning out our car this weekend, she has determined that we need something other than a shop-vac. With a good vac, I can start charging for interior details, and give her the profits of the up-charge. I prefer something with a long hose so that I can wall mount the unit and not have it chasing me around the vehicle.

I figure the $300 or so mark should get me in to a quality machine - so let`s hear your suggestions, as well as what to stay away from!

[texasgibby]

After checking around, I recently bought a Sears Craftsman wall-mount (can be removed, as well), that I`m very happy with. 5HP, 21` hose, remote switch, bunch of accessories, etc....on sale for under $100. Model #16825.

[RaysWay]

Autobahn Max Vac Autobahn Wall Mount 5.0 HP Garage Vacuum.

[ShakingHorizons]

Autobahn Max Vac Autobahn Wall Mount 5.0 HP Garage Vacuum.

You would suggest that over any of Metro`s choices?

[RaysWay]

You would suggest that over any of Metro`s choices?

If you`re only interested in a vacuum without a blower, yes. It sounds like the perfect fit for you.

[ShakingHorizons]

If you`re only interested in a vacuum without a blower, yes. It sounds like the perfect fit for you.

And if I was looking for a blower/vac...........I have a leaf blower that I purchased for drying off cars, but I just don`t use it very often. Maybe if I had something that was easier to maneuver, I would use it instead of my air compressor for crevices.

[RaskyR1]

I would suggest looking at something with a two-stage motor. More lift and less noise. Most the box store units advertising high HP ratings use cheap motors that aren`t meant to last.

I recently picked up a nice two-stage Shop-Vac and I`m very happy with it`s performance.

[ShakingHorizons]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions thus far!

[512detail]

I would suggest looking at something with a two-stage motor. More lift and less noise. Most the box store units advertising high HP ratings use cheap motors that aren`t meant to last.

I recently picked up a nice two-stage Shop-Vac and I`m very happy with it`s performance.

im using the lowes 6.5 hp shop vac

is the two stage one something i should be considering?

im guessing this "6.5hp" is not accurate

im a little fed up with this one and its 2years old anyways (the rationalization begins)



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[512detail]

good post. i was thinking about a new vac myself
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[TheMeanGreen]

I personally have a Rigid Shop Vac, I know it is not a wall mount, but they last. At work, (I`ve been with my current employer on and off throughout college for the past three years) we have two Rigid Shop Vacs, one of which is more than three years old, and if I had to guess has at least 1500+ hours of usage, and it still runs strong with servicing. A couple of months ago, it even ran without a filter for just under a week and coincidentally some of the dirtiest trade-ins I have ever seen were cleaned by that vacuum. Yeah, it picked up some debris in the impeller (without filter), reducing suction minorly, but after a good cleaning with compressed air, it was sucking like normal. I will never purchase another brand of shop vac. Rigid even makes a small 4 gallon, 5 H.P. unit that works quite well with the 2.5 inch hose. For $200 or less you can have a Rigid Shop Vac (4 gallon) with lifetime warranty, 30ft of hose (at least), many attachments, and extreme portability. <-- With that combination, I personally do not see the logic in buying a shop vac that gets mounted on the wall and is not portable, not to mention that the 4 gallon will not take up much space at all.

[JSFM35X]

Sorry I tried to hit like and I hit dislike by accident. Admin please fix.

You would suggest that over any of Metro`s choices?

[ShakingHorizons]

Sorry I tried to hit like and I hit dislike by accident. Admin please fix.

No worries at all! I`ll call it Karma as I have done it twice now while on my phone unfortunately. I PM`d admin on both instances and nothing was ever done about it.

[RaysWay]

The like/dislike system actually doesn`t allow us to edit likes or dislikes.

[ShakingHorizons]

The like/dislike system actually doesn`t allow us to edit likes or dislikes.

Dislike, LOL.