Any cordless vacuums worth looking at?

Dan

Dan

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I'd love to find some sort of cordless vacuum for quick clean ups. Its takes more time to get the extension cord out than it does to do the actually vacuuming. My previous ones have been crappy dustbusters with 3 minute run times. Glancing at Amazon, I don't see anything that can break the 5-7 minute barrier.



We can put people on the moon, surely we can make a cordless vacuum that last for 15?
 
I've got a "heavy duty" cordless unit. It really doesn't cut it...not even for fairly minor quikee clean ups. It think it's by Ryobi. Battery life isn't a problem, it just can't suck the way I'd expect it to.
 
dschribs said:
Well, if you're so inclined to drop $300



Is Dyson's Digital Slim cordless vac worth the money? | Crave - CNET



Still only 15 min of juice though..



I swear my wife would marry this Dyson guy if anything happened to us.
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Great stuff, we have a slim ball and the canister...wanna get the Dyson Blade soon too........



SOB is a great marketer and is the Apple of Vacuums and home appliance.



Anyone here used this before?

Metropolitan 500 Watt Hi Performance Stainless Hand Vac | Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner
 
Rei86 said:
Anyone here used this before?

Metropolitan 500 Watt Hi Performance Stainless Hand Vac | Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner
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I have one of these. Its good, but the cord is a hassle and it just doesn't have the flow of a good shop-vac. It has plenty of suction if you place it on your skin, but when using it with a brush attachment, it has very little power.



I was looking at one of these:



Amazon.com: Bare-Tool DEWALT DC515B 18-Volt Cordless 1/2 Gallon Wet/Dry Portable Vacuum (Tool Only, No Battery): Home Improvement



But I'm not keen on another battery system.
 
I spent quite a bit of (mental) time looking at these, as I'd love to have something that actually works. I'm hugely hesitant to spend any kind of money on one of these devices without some approval from our forum brothers. My alternate is to keep my shop vac plugged in an accessible and ready to go at all times. I've got a very long hose on it and a great claw style tool. The vac is fairly quiet and nothing else comes close to its performance. People "look forward" to using my vac and the hose, they tell me ;)
 
I tried to find a good cordless vacuum for spot-cleaning and the best one I've got is some 18v cordless one that is now only good for cleaning up small kitchen messes and doesn't come near the power for cleaning anything out of the vehicle. I'd suggest setting up a self-spooling extension cord for your shop vac so the setup isn't such a hassle. I hate taking out the shop vac so often (sand from the beach :-/) and if we weren't about to move, I'd get a nice big wall mounted extension cord spool (I'm sure amazon/sears/lowes all have several to choose from) and just plug in my shop vac without unraveling its own cord.
 
SpoolinNoMore said:
I'd suggest setting up a self-spooling extension cord for your shop vac so the setup isn't such a hassle.
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Good suggestion! Makes sense :)



I guess one of us could become rich 'n' famous if we could design something that worked and was under $100 ;)
 
I have tried inexpensive B&D, Dirtdevil, and even the "made for TV" Shark cordless - pretty much all of them lacked suction and the batteries did not last very long at all (especially the Shark when the spinning brush is turned on). Once I hit the "$50" tier, I pretty much settled on a wall-mounted Craftsman Clean and Carry. I think I got it for about $60 on-sale at my local Sears.
 
I have the metro vac that hangs on the wall with 20 somethin feet of hose. Since its hanging on the wall, its always plugged in, no extension cords to mess with, or vacuum to roll around. Simply hit the switch and grab the hose and Im good to go.
 
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