What shopvac to get???

[5Toes]

Emptying is no big deal for me.

Remember I am only vacuuming cars out and sucking water out of carpet that I shampoo.

The old filter was shot, dont know how. I was sucking up tar and mineral spirits... oops. The filter had rips and was shot. Whatever, I was a good son and replaced it and now I will never touch it again.

http://woodgears.ca/reader/walters/cyclone.html

Good link on the cyclone thing, but it is overkill for me

[GDA]

Rigid - Home Depot usually blows them out the door as a traffic enticer post Turkey day for like 50% off.

I've got two of them and they work really well.

[5Toes]

^ yeah my buddy has a 12 gallon we can use until then. But yeah when black friday/thanksgiving/christmas/SALE we buy our own

[5Toes]

http://www.blackfriday.fm/adscan/homedepot

Page 6.. holy shit what a deal. I will be there early

[Pantless Spency]

holy ass me too dude.

[glucklich21]

http://www.blackfriday.fm/adscan/homedepot

Page 6.. holy shit what a deal. I will be there early

Check the date. ;)

[Pantless Spency]

Check the date. ;)

gayness,
im sure they will have a similar deal.

[BoxDriver86]

gayness,
im sure they will have a similar deal.

Probably. Black Friday is when I go out and pick up new tools and other things I need. I'm that guy who stands outside in the cold at 3AM to save $20 on a set of wrenches. I do like to tell people they only have one of something and get them all hyped up so I can watch the anarchy from afar.

I digress... www.theblackfriday.com usually posts up the ads well before so you can keep an eye out for a deal. I plan on grabbing a Rigid from Home Depot this year myself.

[5Toes]

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11311417&search=vacuum&Mo=28&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=vacuum&Ntt=vacuum&No=11&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

I like this.

Its a 12A motor... has the nice handle, and its from COSTCO: Home of the worlds best return policy

[5Toes]

http://www.nikro.com/hepa-filtered-vacuums/pw10088.aspx

So nice!

[GDA]

Depot has done these deals for like 3 or 4 years now between T Day and NYears and to top last years sales volumes I'd put $ on it they will do it again.

[5Toes]

^ yup. I REALLY hope they put the 14 gallon professional on sale...
Or the 16 gallon wheeled one

[GDA]

Yeah, I got the 12 and 16 gallon versions and the 12 is tough to beat for size/power/ease of storage but the higher power of the 16 makes big jobs a cakewalk.

I have never had to bust out the 16 for any car project work btw.

[dreamer420]

my 9 gallon ridgid never gets anywhere near filling up doing multiple cars a day, anything over 9 gal is way overkill. a 5 gallon would be more than enough too, especially if you empty it after every job...
just go with ridgid, theyre plenty of vacuum for auto detailing

[5Toes]

I will get a a ridgid. Shit why am I wanting a $500 vacuum.. that money should be spent on an extractor!!!

So I guess the question is... why/how did my Dad's 5 gallon get destroyed... I pick the filter off a little after each use... But I also empty it completely and wash out the inside every single time