I have had a big Craftsman shop vac for some time. I bought it when it was on sale for ~$60. It's been great so far, bailed us (literally) out a couple of time from some minor floods. Also, the blower is pretty good for moving leaves around a small yard. However, it is chore to haul around our rather small house. Also, without a garage it is not ideal for car cleanup. So I began a search for a small vacuum that would be easy to port around. There are three contenders for me: Craftsman, Home Depot, and Lowes. My ideal vacuum would have standard hoses, a blower port, and have an available HEPA filter. However, as we can see in the table I could not find that feature set. For me the Craftsman makes the most sense, on sale for $50 it has interchangable hoses with my big shop vac. Since the big vac can be a blower I can use that with the small hoses to blow out our radiators (no I don't have a compressor and I wouldn't see myself hauling one upstairs anyway).
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Buying a portable shop vac
I have had a big Craftsman shop vac for some time. I bought it when it was on sale for ~$60. It's been great so far, bailed us (literally) out a couple of time from some minor floods. Also, the blower is pretty good for moving leaves around a small yard. However, it is chore to haul around our rather small house. Also, without a garage it is not ideal for car cleanup. So I began a search for a small vacuum that would be easy to port around. There are three contenders for me: Craftsman, Home Depot, and Lowes. My ideal vacuum would have standard hoses, a blower port, and have an available HEPA filter. However, as we can see in the table I could not find that feature set. For me the Craftsman makes the most sense, on sale for $50 it has interchangable hoses with my big shop vac. Since the big vac can be a blower I can use that with the small hoses to blow out our radiators (no I don't have a compressor and I wouldn't see myself hauling one upstairs anyway).
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