I’ve had my Sears WET/DRY shop vac for 30 + years. Has not failed me yet even during the hurricane season. But is AC powered . Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

On Jun 3, 2024, at 12:47 PM, Benjamin Krein via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

I don’t know, they all suck.

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On Jun 3, 2024, at 12:34 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

VCF is planning on purchasing a shop vac. Does anyone have any experience with Milwaukee or Ryobi brands? If so, which would you recommend We are looking for the battery operated models.

Thanks!

Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey@vcfed.org

I have a good deal of experience with the brand "Shop-Vac" and recommend it. They last a long time. Bill On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

I've always liked my Milwaukee power tools a lot. I don't have experience with the vac, just the drill/driver type stuff.

Ryobi used to have cheaper replacement batteries, not sure if that is still the case.

On Mon, 3 Jun 2024, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

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VCF is planning on purchasing a shop vac. Does anyone have any experience with Milwaukee or Ryobi brands? If so, which would you recommend We are looking for the battery operated models.

Thanks!

Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey@vcfed.org

On 6/3/2024 12:31 PM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

Best Shop Vac (BATTERY POWERED)? Milwaukee, Dewalt, Ridgid, Makita, Ryobi, Bosch, Hart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdhuatYzJw8

On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 12:34 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

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VCF is planning on purchasing a shop vac. Does anyone have any experience with Milwaukee or Ryobi brands? If so, which would you recommend We are looking for the battery operated models.

Thanks!

Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey@vcfed.org

Hmmm, those are both Techtonics brands (Ryobi is the tier 2 option whereas the Milwauke is the Tier 1 brand). It doesn't look the batts are interchangeable. In general, I think it's probably more important to pick a brand for the club/group (Maybe VCF already has some of a specific type) and then just buy the vac for that brand. Dealing with the marginal benefit of a specific tool in a brand is far outweighed by the value of interchangeable batteries. Unless the tools walk off at times, I'd probably pick Milwaukee over Ryobi.  Both have the box vac, but Milwaukee has the backpack one, which is nice. You didn't mention Dewalt, which is the brand I standardized on, but I find the tools and the portable vac fine.  I do think the Milwaukee options (the backpack vac for one) a bit more impressive. The question is a bit ironic, as the power tool brand wars of today are much like the home computer brand wars in the 1980s). And, as a Dewalt diehard (I've used the portable tools since 1993, which the 12V unit was the flagship), if the club is ever in the market for a portable toolbox, I think the PACKOUT from Milwaukee is much better than the Dewalt ToughSystem 2.0. Jim -- RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems www.go4retro.com store.go4retro.com