Which vacuum do I need?

T-Maxx

I'm looking to buy a vacuum cleaner for the following jobs at hand:

1. Cleaning up after the builders; cement powder, concrete and drywall dust, sawdust, etc
2. Connecting to a sander (dust extraction)
3. Cleaning out a stove

I've looked at the various options out there (industrial vacuum vs ash vacuum vs wet/dry heavy duty vs workshop vacuum vs dust extractor etc) but can't figure what I need. Or what exactly the differences are between the lot. Is there even a single machine that can do all?

Calahonda52

e.g.: for one and two certainly
https://www.joemckenna.ie/karcher-industrial-wet-dry-vacuum-48l-240v?search=vacuum
You can get bags and washable dust filters: I have one on order.

Depending on how much ash, it will work also, its just a volume think and then the weight of the bag

my3cents

If you want a cheap one then the one that Lidl do with a steel drum is excellent with some reservations.

You need to buy the bags for it only place I can get them in on Amazon or eBay, with the bags it will do really crap jobs and survive no problem without the bags (it doesn't have to use them as it has a filter) it will hardly last the year.

T-Maxx

my3cents wrote:

If you want a cheap one then the one that Lidl do with a steel drum is excellent with some reservations.

Is this the ash cleaner or their wet/dry vacuum? I've seen both recently but it could akso have been at Aldi. What's the difference between the two though? I suspect the filter(s)?

listermint

my3cents wrote: »

If you want a cheap one then the one that Lidl do with a steel drum is excellent with some reservations.

You need to buy the bags for it only place I can get them in on Amazon or eBay, with the bags it will do really crap jobs and survive no problem without the bags (it doesn't have to use them as it has a filter) it will hardly last the year.

have one of these, it blows the dust right out the back of the unit covering the room in dust. The 'filter' i use the term loosely is rubbish.

Its literally no good for anything remotely resembling dust like plasterboard or fine sanding, but will do great work on bigger bits of waste.

Roen

Never really heard an ash vacuum to work well.
They all seem to pack in within a few months. Would love one though because as much as I love the stove it's a right pain to delicately get the crap out of it after I've swept the chimney or cleaned it down.

my3cents

T-Maxx wrote: »

Is this the ash cleaner or their wet/dry vacuum? I've seen both recently but it could akso have been at Aldi. What's the difference between the two though? I suspect the filter(s)?

listermint wrote: »

have one of these, it blows the dust right out the back of the unit covering the room in dust. The 'filter' i use the term loosely is rubbish.

Its literally no good for anything remotely resembling dust like plasterboard or fine sanding, but will do great work on bigger bits of waste.

The wet/dry vacs no one uses the bags which is why they get a bad name. I think you get like one bag when you buy them and then are left to try and work out which bag you need to buy. The bags aren't available in the shops (found them once but retailer had them in by mistake) so you have to buy the bags online making them difficult to get.

brane.nikic87

I have one of these:

https://ie.wellindal.com/kitchen-appliances/einhell/p-232956?r=4006825584356&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1sriBRD-ARIsABYdwwEM_MmFolKt2NNVNMBIQPtgYCSrtG14bGOwZ5LRHlj2Y5ofUv5swd8aAnkTEALw_wcB

And instead of buying a bag I have just put a piece of fine cotton (old style baby diaper) between filter and housing so filter won't get clogged. I use it to vacuum open fire stove & wood sanding dust. Also, it has a socket on itself so when you connect sander to it will start automatically before the sander.

my3cents

brane.nikic87 wrote: »

I have one of these:

https://ie.wellindal.com/kitchen-appliances/einhell/p-232956?r=4006825584356&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1sriBRD-ARIsABYdwwEM_MmFolKt2NNVNMBIQPtgYCSrtG14bGOwZ5LRHlj2Y5ofUv5swd8aAnkTEALw_wcB

And instead of buying a bag I have just put a piece of fine cotton (old style baby diaper) between filter and housing so filter won't get clogged. I use it to vacuum open fire stove & wood sanding dust. Also, it has a socket on itself so when you connect sander to it will start automatically before the sander.

Who do you think makes stuff for Lidl

Bags for that one which also fit the taller Lidl vac https://www.amazon.co.uk/Einhell-Dirt-Collection-Vacuum-Cleaners/dp/B0118IJPWQ/ but all the bags with a round rubber seal like that will fit even if they are a little too big or too small. You can get them cheaper than that if you hunt around I bought these last time https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002BNK1JO/ the ones I got were correct and didn't look like the ones in the picture.

brane.nikic87

my3cents wrote: »

Who do you think makes stuff for Lidl

Bags for that one which also fit the taller Lidl vac https://www.amazon.co.uk/Einhell-Dirt-Collection-Vacuum-Cleaners/dp/B0118IJPWQ/ but all the bags with a round rubber seal like that will fit even if they are a little too big or too small. You can get them cheaper than that if you hunt around I bought these last time https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002BNK1JO/ the ones I got were correct and didn't look like the ones in the picture.

Yeah, I know that Einhell is making stuff for Parkside.

That's not a bad deal you got there, I know when I was looking for this bags, it was something like 20€ for 5 of them.
Anyways this way with the cloth works better for me as you get plenty of woodchips and sawdust when you are doing woodworking so the bag would fill up pretty fast.