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Old 06-30-2012, 01:17 PM
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Default What Do You Use for a Shop Vac?

Looking for recommendations on a QUIET shop vac. Oddly, no threads that I can find in the archives.

Currently I use an air-tool attachment (one of those with the cloth bag). Love the fact that it fits into tight corners, and that it takes up virtually no space. However I also realize that it's not efficient.

So looking for low noise and easy to store. Space is a huge problem for me.
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Old 06-30-2012, 01:23 PM
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I have a vac I purchased at Home Depot 5 to 6 years ago. I've had unsolicitated comments from visitors as to how quiet it operates. The main thing is it has great suction.
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Old 06-30-2012, 01:26 PM
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I'm using a Sears Craftsman 16-gallon shop vac. It may not be the smallest one out there, and I never even thought about the noise, but my shop vac is one of my most valued tools. It follows me around the shop and I always have it handy. I have double hoses duct-taped together, and the longer length is something I wouldn't be without! It's so nice to have it handy, and immediately clean up from drill shavings, filing metal, sanding fiberglass, the top of the workbench, or whatever you're doing. Not to mention the interior of the plane.

I guess my point is, I wondered where to store it, too. But I never do, or I would always be dragging it back out. So it's now just out. All the time.
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Old 06-30-2012, 01:44 PM
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ELECTROLUX canister. They never wear out. I installed two lengths of shop vac plastic hose. Works great around the A/C and is quiet at a short distance say in the other room. Size 22" long. 8" tall. 8" wide not including the hose of course.
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Old 06-30-2012, 02:08 PM
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So looking for low noise and easy to store. Space is a huge problem for me.
It's not low noise but the Sears wall mounted vac is pretty convenient in a garage. I've covered almost every square foot of garage ceiling and walls for my build. The vac I plug into a remote control on/off device so I don't have to walk back and forth to it all the time.
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Old 06-30-2012, 02:22 PM
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I'm using a standard 5 gallon vac from Sears. They have a muffler you can put on the exhaust. It does drop the noise down to an acceptable level.

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Old 06-30-2012, 02:35 PM
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I have a Rigid shopvac from home depot... it's pretty quiet. But huge.

I saw home depot makes a vac that sits into one of their paint buckets. No idea how loud it is though.
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Old 06-30-2012, 02:39 PM
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Old 06-30-2012, 03:49 PM
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I have 6 shop vacs in different locations. The Sears is the loudest, by far. Wont use it without hearing protection. The Rigid from HD is pretty good. If you really want quiet, get a Fein, but they are very expensive.

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Old 06-30-2012, 08:00 PM
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You mentioned space is important.I put my shopvac on the other side of my shop and then plumbed the [obviously] suction side with 2" pvc to the shop then making 4 drops through the celing around the shop where I then connect the flexible hose creating a poor mans central vac system. I am lucky since I had a 200 amp breaker panel laying around when I put my building shop on the back of my car garage so I put in a seperate receptical to plug in the vac so I use the breaker to turn it on.For the 3 other drops that are'nt being used I put 2"pvc caps on them so all you do is move the flexible hose to the closest drop. I hope some of these ideas will give you something You can use.Another plus is I dont hear it run.
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