08-15-2013, 02:12 PM
Dennis S wrote:
[quote=DRR]
For your use, especially with a drain nearby, I would get a smaller portable unit.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-4-Gal-...gv6pmTXTak
The larger ones with higher HP and larger gallon capacity are great, but their large size makes them more "shop" vacs. I have one for example, that I use in the garage and around the yard, but I can't carry it into the attic to service my AC drains. Using it for any purpose inside the house is unwieldy. If you have a drain nearby and it only rains occasionally, I'd get the light duty vac I linked above, and vac up 4 gallons at a time, and then just empty it into the drain and start over.
The ones I've seen like that require you to get on your knees to vacuum the floor unless I looked at the pictures wrong. I need to stand up and do it. Plus, I want to take the opportunity to have a bigger sure-nuff shop vac to handle whatever comes along.
You can stand with that one. The hose and the rigid extensions are plenty long enough. My point was just, if you need a light duty vacuum (for this sole purpose you only need light duty) then consider how much portability is worth to you also. I have a larger unit and now I have to look at a smaller more portable unit for other task specific jobs (AC drain, etc) The larger ones are more powerful, but are also quite unwieldy.