Corey Bit Spank
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I bought a wet-dry vac today, after a few months of thinking over models I just decided to take part of my pay check and get myself one. Mike (tpgsr) was going to buy one since I will probably, inevitably, use it for work on customer cars, but I don't care, it has a lifetime warranty and if anything happens it would be bound to happen if I was using it on my own car.
Now, I bought the 4 gallon, 5 horsepower ridgid that is compact and nice. I got it home and the motor didn't fit onto the base. Looking at it, the plastic had bent. The box wasn't dented in too much (compared to all of the other boxes). I tried it out just to make sure it was what I wanted, and truth be told it wasn't as powerful as I had expected. It had one attatchment and I wanted more. This one was $69.00.
So back to the other Home Depot. The lady gave me cash back no problem, I showed her what happened and she understood.
I went to the aisle and I looked at the 4 gallon, and the 12 gallon. At this Home Depot, the 12 gallon was $59.00, at the other it was $69.00. I decided if what happened to the other one happened fairly easily, it could happen again and I really don't want to be inconvienced.
The 12 gallon has quite a bit of attatchments, and two hoses. One is a 2.5" x 7' (comes with 2 ext. wands, 2 floor nozzles, and a 'car' attatchment) and you can connect a 1.25" x 11' hose that comes with it's own crevice tool and car attatchment.
This thing has so much more suction power than the other (maybe it was because the other one didn't seal, I don't know), but I vacuumed the kitchen with it and it was picking the throw rugs off of the floor.
Now, the only problem is the only place it fits in my car is either on the passengers seat, or on the rear seat. I hope it doesn't ever tip, but I'll put a blanket under it and put it in a garbage bag. I think this minor draw back is worth having all this power.
:xyxthumbs :xyxthumbs :xyxthumbs I like it a lot.
Now, I bought the 4 gallon, 5 horsepower ridgid that is compact and nice. I got it home and the motor didn't fit onto the base. Looking at it, the plastic had bent. The box wasn't dented in too much (compared to all of the other boxes). I tried it out just to make sure it was what I wanted, and truth be told it wasn't as powerful as I had expected. It had one attatchment and I wanted more. This one was $69.00.
So back to the other Home Depot. The lady gave me cash back no problem, I showed her what happened and she understood.
I went to the aisle and I looked at the 4 gallon, and the 12 gallon. At this Home Depot, the 12 gallon was $59.00, at the other it was $69.00. I decided if what happened to the other one happened fairly easily, it could happen again and I really don't want to be inconvienced.
The 12 gallon has quite a bit of attatchments, and two hoses. One is a 2.5" x 7' (comes with 2 ext. wands, 2 floor nozzles, and a 'car' attatchment) and you can connect a 1.25" x 11' hose that comes with it's own crevice tool and car attatchment.
This thing has so much more suction power than the other (maybe it was because the other one didn't seal, I don't know), but I vacuumed the kitchen with it and it was picking the throw rugs off of the floor.
Now, the only problem is the only place it fits in my car is either on the passengers seat, or on the rear seat. I hope it doesn't ever tip, but I'll put a blanket under it and put it in a garbage bag. I think this minor draw back is worth having all this power.
:xyxthumbs :xyxthumbs :xyxthumbs I like it a lot.
Also, if your Home Depot is like the ones near me, they sell individual attachments for the Rigid in case you didn't get soemthign you wanted. Enjoy!!!
