Shop Vacuum WS1600VA 16-Gallon 6.5 Peak HP Heavy-Duty Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner with Filter, Hose, and Attachments for Home Projects & Renovations

This is my second one of these. I have cleaned out cars, dirty trucks, drywall messes, flooded shops, to rocks in a playground. The only reason I got a second one is because I gave my first one that was over five years old to my brother in law who loves it. I looked at several other shop vacs and this is the one I got a second time. I keep a couple of filters on hand so I can use a clean one while other is airing out after cleaning it. I would say the only negative thing is that the attachment can come off if they are too lose and get super stuck if you push too hard. The ridged systems fit with this and they have little ridges that keep the attachment from falling off so I use them often. One of the best quality is how powerful it sucks anything. It gets dog hairs out of carpet and deep sand stuck in car mats. I have not found anything that this bad boy can’t handle. We have black carpet in our car and this is the only vacuum that has really got all the dirt out. My guess is these last a long time. I have yet to where one out. 7 years and counting.

PREVIOUS SHOP VAC: Used to have a Shop Vac very comparable to this WORKSHOP. Much like a lot of them, it puttered out and eventually stopped working. I did, however, put that previous Shop Vac through hell without regularly cleaning the filter or having a separate bag inside the vac. Aside from the fact that my previous Shop Vac stopped working which I could understand after 3+ years of hell, there were a handful of things that I either thought were cheap components, or were simply corners that were cut, in terms of overall quality and toughness. CURRENT WORKSHOP VAC: Before purchasing this model, I read a handful of great reviews and few not so great reviews, which is common for any product, right? Those great reviews were spot on and I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH THIS VAC. Hose quality, hose swivel action, the mechanism for removing the hose is easy and very intuitive. All the hose attachments fit very snug and do not fall off while working. On/off switch is an actual easy to flip switch (crazy thought, i know). STRONG SUCTION, more than enough, and sometimes too much, which I will never complain about. Air filter has to be pulled off from its rubber bottom, which means it will not just fall off or ever be loose. Choice of different air filters is great too, normal, fine dust, and HIPA. SUMMARY: If you have been burned by SHOP VAC and looking for a great alternative, this WORKSHOP vacuum is the real deal. Especially for the price.

Well-Made product with great Fit and Finish.....moreover.....it has some definitely pronounced suction. Just for "Gee-Wiz" sake, I put a 12' extension onto the hose that came with it and was able to pull water up from an old Cistern tank at my grandparents farm, since we had no sump-pump available. I couldn't believe my eyes when the water started shaking the line as it made its way to the top and was collecting in the vacuum's tank. If vacuuming your hardwood or garage floors, be advised, if you get it at the right angle, it will want to stick itself to the floor and you'll have to pry it one way or the other to free up the attachment. It may be one loud beast, but this Wet-Dry Vac has some unmatched suction....heck, I'll just keep my ear plugs handy, as that's the only noticeable negative attribute I can report on after all these months owning it. By the way...when ordering this vacuum(or any other one you may find that won't match its performance), go to the following link: FilterPal HD [1 Pack] - The Dust Stops Here! and get yourself one or two of these "Filterpal" covers to pull down over your normal paper filter on your vacuum. When done vacuuming, just pull off the dust cover, shake it out, and your right back in the action....saving loads of cash from routinely buying vacuum filters. These dust covers will add 100 times more life to your paper filters and are a good pre-filter for the smallest of dust particles you want to keep off your regular filter an OUT of the MOTOR.

After 30+ years my trusty and sturdy Craftsman wet dry shop vacuum died, The noble device once garnered top marks and devastated the competition in the now long defunct Canadian Consumer magazine's shop vac test, astonishing the testers by inhaling a kitchen sink full of water in just six seconds.. With parent retailer Sears now gone and their Craftsman tool line with it, I replaced the old shop vacuum with what seemed to be its modern day equivalent, the Workshop Wet/Dry 60 liter vacuum. It was an inspired move. The Workshop has just as large a bin as my old machine and has every bit as much power, perhaps more. It also provides places to store not only all the tools and accessories but the cord too, right on the vacuum itself. The old vacuum was prone to having the bucket fall off if you were to fail to lift it by the flange and instead lifted by what appeared to be handles but were in fact molded ducts to direct exhaust air down. The new one can be securely lifted any way you wish. The last pleasant surprise is that in spite of the passing of more than three decades, the new machine cost a mere $25 more than the old one cost, and that one was bought in 1985 dollars. I would not have thought that a vacuum cleaner would have me this enthusiastic, but there it is. :) Five stars.

I liked everything about the Vacuum Cleaner so far. I use it for general tasks around the house and garage.

Works great and its huge

Amazing

Excellent shop vac, at an excellent price! Powerful, large capacity, and well thought out. A few very minor complaints..wet & Hepa filter not included, and a cord that could be longer (it's apx 20 ft), though these are as I said, very minor overall.