Battery powered vac recommendation?

[julianf]

A handheld would be super useful for the smaller stuff in the workshop.

Anyway, I have a Dyson v11, brilliant. Filter is washable.

Not in budget? A shark.

Black Friday is just around the corner, last year Dyson did £100 off.

Wouldn't consider any others.

I've had a few dysons in the past. My experience with them has been that, whilst they may be conceived by engineers, they're built by accountants.

I would spend no money on somthing that I've personally seen break with such regularity.

And certainly not half a grand or whatever they're stinging people for the v11.


Edit : but thank you anyway! : )

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Cy

Yeah, in case you didn't get from the tone of my previous mail, they're worse than useless.

If you want somthing similar that works, get one of those cheap cyclone sepparators off eBay and stick it on top of a (ridgid) container (30 ltr drum or the like)

Sure, would be no good for hot stuff, but then neither is the other thing with its plastic hoses.

I have one of the cyclones in the workshop before a Henry and last time I checked the Henry bag (after months of use) it was 100% empty.

This was sucking up fine alloy swarf, but I've been milling wood recently which creates much finer dust, so I'll be interested to see how the Henry bag is looking now. If it's still completely empty (which I doubt it will be) I'll be even more impressed.

Excellent mod for a extractor.

 

[Parm]

 

[Craig-SM]

I have the Milwaukee vc2 too. I’ve never bought a filter for it yet, just bang the dust out and the occasional blast with the compressor. I like the wet and dry but also the blow function too. Like you said earlier a bit bulky.
In the kitchen we have a B&D 18v hand vac that we’ve had for years. I can’t fault as it has plenty of power and having a hose is handy for doing the car. Previous to that we’d had a couple of hand held Dyson, which lacked in power and run time but also failed after just over a year each.

This is the latest version of the B&D https://ao.com/product/pd1820lgb-bl...ng|PD1820L-GB_WH&utm_content=pla-903371485363

 

[grim_d]

I've had a few dysons in the past. My experience with them has been that, whilst they may be conceived by engineers, they're built by accountants.

I would spend no money on somthing that I've personally seen break with such regularity.

And certainly not half a grand or whatever they're stinging people for the v11.


Edit : but thank you anyway! : )

My mum is still using a DC01 to this day!

The one and only reason I went with the Dyson over the shark is because of the wall mount.

Plugging a charger in...how dreadfully common.

 

[DAPPH]

Cy

Excellent mod for a extractor.

May I ask two questions of you please ?

Do you have a inner heavy duty rubble sack in it to contain the crud or does it just sit in the steel body ?

The other question . How does it vent out the used air ?

 

[zx9]

The other question . How does it vent out the used air ?

The air is constantly pulled through the cyclone by the vacuum cleaner, only the dust falls down into the container.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

May I ask two questions of you please ?

Do you have a inner heavy duty rubble sack in it to contain the crud or does it just sit in the steel body ?

The other question . How does it vent out the used air ?

Straight in the can but could use a bag and secure it with the lid.
Top hole takes the vacuum from the hoover
Lower hole takes the tool end. Comes in the lower hole and spins the crud around until gravity does its thing. Air expelled through the extractor filters

 

[badabec]

My cyclone is fitted to a small plastic drum. First time I used it the drum was sucked almost completely flat. I had to use a trolley jack to pop it back into shape. A plywood disc with a hole in the middle jammed inside stopped that malarkey.
It is usually attached to my wood bandsaw, never have to empty the bag.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

My cyclone is fitted to a small plastic drum. First time I used it the drum was sucked almost completely flat. I had to use a trolley jack to pop it back into shape. A plywood disc with a hole in the middle jammed inside stopped that malarkey.
It is usually attached to my wood bandsaw, never have to empty the bag.

That's why I went for the metal barrel.

 

[Gwil]

I have got the little bosch one.
It's a cyclone type thing so no filters (I don't think)
Works well enough. I have been impressed enough with it that I would probably get the bigger version if I got offered one.

I've got the bigger prof version- good, hammers the batteries but still worth it.

 

[dobbslc]

Nope, it’s cheaper to kill and replace a 30 quid Henry in the workshop

 

[Munkul]

My cousin has the Milwaukee 18v hoover, it's a fantastic bit of kit when you can't be bothered to plug in. He used it literally months on end valeting cars, it's a bit sore on batteries but that's understandable.
I don't think he's ever replaced the filter!
Main problem with it is noise - it's too loud to use for hours on end. He ended up getting a nilfisk pro to replace it.

 

[armalites]

My mum is still using a DC01 to this day!

We are too but we don't vacuum every day like some people do. We have tiled floor in the main living area so we use a Henry for that.

I still think one of the biggest issues with Dysons is the fact that they have no bags people think they don't need any maintenance.

 

[julianf]

My cousin has the Milwaukee 18v hoover, it's a fantastic bit of kit when you can't be bothered to plug in. He used it literally months on end valeting cars, it's a bit sore on batteries but that's understandable.
I don't think he's ever replaced the filter!
Main problem with it is noise - it's too loud to use for hours on end. He ended up getting a nilfisk pro to replace it.

Does he have the big square wet dry one, or the smaller one with the round dust cart?

There's actually one more too, a proper Ghostbusters outfit -

It's the small round one that I was considering. Any of the others just seem like more bother than they're worth. Ie the convenience level drops right off and I may as well just get the Henry out.

 

[julianf]

We are too but we don't vacuum every day like some people do. We have tiled floor in the main living area so we use a Henry for that.

I still think one of the biggest issues with Dysons is the fact that they have no bags people think they don't need any maintenance.

The dc01 is the old upright one, right?

I accquired one of those yesterday. Way too big to fill the purpose that I want from the battery powered one, but I'm hoping to sit it in a permanent position next to one of the machines that isn't currently plumbed into the main dust extraction.

Don't know how it will work as most sawdust sucking works on high volume lower pressure whilst domestic vacs are normally much higher pressure but less volume.

So might work for me (on the machine) but might not, I guess.

 

[armalites]

I think the DC01 is the very first one they did. They will be 20 years old now. They are grey and yellow. On the DC01 there is filter in a holder on the side of the head but there is also a filter under a yellow flap under the cannister. Thats the one that often gets forgotten. We have washable ones in ours but I'm sure if they were always washable. We have a spare set we just wash one set in the sink and put them in the airing cupboard.

The only issue we have with ours is it doesn't suck from the pipe but we have a Henry for that anyway.

 

[julianf]

I think the DC01 is the very first one they did. They will be 20 years old now. They are grey and yellow. On the DC01 there is filter in a holder on the side of the head but there is also a filter under a yellow flap under the cannister. Thats the one that often gets forgotten. We have washable ones in ours but I'm sure if they were always washable. We have a spare set we just wash one set in the sink and put them in the airing cupboard.

The only issue we have with ours is it doesn't suck from the pipe but we have a Henry for that anyway.

Yes, this is a dc01. Freecycle special. Donor said they had had it the best part of two decades.

Head bit is cracked, but I only want it for the hose.

Not yet turned it on.

 

[Munkul]

Does he have the big square wet dry one, or the smaller one with the round dust cart?

He has the big square one It's not too big, it's similar size to a small cantilever toolbox. It's a very handy thing, and has very good suction. The noise is the only bad thing about it. And like I say, he's put literally hundreds of hours on it.