Hand Vac OR Portable Canister Vac

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CarWashMo

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I am in need of a vacuum that I can put in the trunk of my car for mobile jobs.



I am torn between purchasing



1) either a Metro Vac N Go 500 hand vac .. but not sure if I should get 110 volt wall plugin or the 12 volt car adapter plugin (or just the 110 volt and an adaplter for my cig lighter). (about $90plus the convertor if necessary)



Or I am looking at spending double or more on a



2) Metro Vac N Blow Portable Vacuum (around $220-250 depending on hp selection)



Has anyone tried the hand vacs from Metro? Im afraid they will not be near as good as just purchasing the Metro Vac N Blow Canister Vacuum-which looks like it will fit in the trunk of my challenger with the rest of my stuff



Option 2 would be nice but I would have to have access to an electrical source (im not sure how long my battery would last if i used a cigarette lighter adapter for the 110 volt canister vacuum
 
Haven't tried the hand vac, but I got the Vac n Blo for Christmas and I love it. It's very compact but quite powerful so it's very easy to move around and does the job very well. Before I got it I was using a big wet/dry vac and that was getting old stopping to move it around the car the entire time, the vac n blo has cut my vacuuming time down considerably as it's so easy to move around. Check out amazon.com, you can get one for around $160 on there, worth every penny IMO.
 
I just ordered a 12 gal shop professional grade Shop Vac with all the frills, but have to admit I am extremely impressed with the $29 Ridgid hand held I purchased while waiting on the Shop Vac.



This is the Ridgid unit I am talking about:



3 Gal Portable Wet/Dry Vac - RIDGID Professional Tools



This thing is small, powerful, and extremely effecient. I am going to use it when I'm not hauling my trailer around for smaller maintenance jobs. For $29 it is hard to beat with a lifetime warranty. :)
 
IHA Mark said:
I just ordered a 12 gal shop professional grade Shop Vac with all the frills, but have to admit I am extremely impressed with the $29 Ridgid hand held I purchased while waiting on the Shop Vac.



This is the Ridgid unit I am talking about:



3 Gal Portable Wet/Dry Vac - RIDGID Professional Tools



This thing is small, powerful, and extremely effecient. I am going to use it when I'm not hauling my trailer around for smaller maintenance jobs. For $29 it is hard to beat with a lifetime warranty. :)
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where did you get it at that price? cheapest place i found online is $95



i called the local places (in an effort to avoid the big box stores). going to look at a shopvac 5gal wet/dry they have for $43 but nobody had a Ridgid, lowes was recommended, so i will try them when i get home since they are across the street from me
 
Richard Grasa said:
Haven't tried the hand vac, but I got the Vac n Blo for Christmas and I love it. It's very compact but quite powerful so it's very easy to move around and does the job very well. Before I got it I was using a big wet/dry vac and that was getting old stopping to move it around the car the entire time, the vac n blo has cut my vacuuming time down considerably as it's so easy to move around. Check out amazon.com, you can get one for around $160 on there, worth every penny IMO.
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if i could have this in hand before saturday i would purchase it, but shipping is alot for three day arrival....160 is a great deal though..thanks for the heads up...i really want this unit but i think i need to build up to it with more jobs first
 
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