Looking to purchase a wet and dry vac for our home workshop. Mostly vacuuming up dusts/spills and using it for the cars.
Can anybody recommend one?
So many to choose from, happy to spend what ever to buy something that has good suction.
After a Wet and Dry Vacuum - Recommendations?
m0tyrider on 28/04/2018 - 21:53
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I’ve got a Ryobi, it was the cheapest option. Suction is ok, I think wet/dry vacs have less suction than regular. But despite not wonderful power, the Ryobi has had the crap beaten out of it and it’s still going (used in a roof, had oil spilled on it, vac’d up all manners of yuckness, left out in the weather (but not rained on), had stuff spilled on it, used without a filter; when I forgot, dropped and kicked etc). I think I paid 80 quid back a few years now.
Got a Ryobi one also.. had it about 8 yrs now… does the job… cant fault it for the price.
Thanks for the review!
I think you might be right regarding they have overall less suction then a non wet and dry vac. But for outside use and what you use yours for - sounds like what mine will be in for. Thanks for the mini review!
After a Wet and Dry Vacuum - Recommendations?
I'm not sure what you should do after a wet and dry vacuum. Perhaps deodorise the carpet?
Got a cheap ryobi and a cheap ozito (both around the $100 mark) at work. The ryobi has slightly more suction. and the hose fittings are nicer.
I have a good run with Ozito stuff… check this one out.. more power than the Bosch and half the price :-)
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-1250w-12l-stainless-wet-an…Update…
Bought one of the Ozito $49 vacuums and it is bad news.
The tank is thinner than a pepsi can and the hose imput socket comes out when you try to remove the hose.
Other features of the $49 version are also of poor quality… the on/off switch for one.
We returned ours and paid $16 more for the 20L one and it is much better all round.Thanks for the update - Hows the 20L one going?
As a builder's employee I have spent considerable time on the end of wet vacs. The only sub 1000 wet vac worth owning are karchers. Bunnings periodically has them on pallet sale for $99. I used to buy them by the dozen and they would stand up to the day labourers mistreatment and work on the end of concrete grinders for 9-12 months before they were shot. The Ryobi ozito and sca or green (Rockford??) Would crap out after one decent shower or 1 level of grinding hobs.
The other excellent ones are Australian made and run 1-3k. I forget the name but they are made in Brissy, Coates and the like either run those or sthils which are also excellent
Thanks for the advice! still haven't pulled the pin on one.
Kerrick…..the Rolls Royce of wet vacs, no longer Aussie made but best of the best. Concrete cutters use them to collect slurry and can't kill them, suck like a Thai bar girl……considerably more expensive lol
I can think of other things that can do the same job, but you'll have to take it out for lunch and dinners.