Shop-Vac 5872500 5-Gallon, 5.5-Peak HP Heavy Duty Portable Wet/Dry Vacuum with Wall Mount Bracket
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Shop-Vac 5872500 5-Gallon, 5.5-Peak HP Heavy Duty Portable Wet/Dry Vacuum with Wall Mount Bracket
Customer Review: Works well until the hose clogs
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought the equivalent model Shop-Vac at a local hardware store; it's not quite the same SKU carried by Amazon but I think its essential vacuuming abilities are the same.
This little vacuum has quite the appetite, until the hose clogs with stuff you're vacuuming, at which point the suction goes to zero and it won't pick up anything at all. It took me a while to figure out what the problem was; the owner's manual troubleshooting section says to check the filter but doesn't say anything at all about stuff getting caught in the hose.
I've been using this to clean up after an outdoor construction project, mostly sucking up sawdust but there are also some small leaves and pine needles which seem to clog the hose really easily. All in all, I find myself having to disconnect the hose and shake it out every 5 minutes.
Customer Review: Reasonable Not outstanding
Summary: 3 Stars
The machine was bought to use in a small engine repair shop. It works, with the following annoyances.
1. The User Manual is missing description of how to attach the tool caddy that is to be attached to the vacuum. In fact the tool caddy is not described in the user manual at all.
2. The design of the wall mount is sufficient to get the machine off of the floor. It does not have facilities for all tools (e.g., it is missing a hose hanger {you wrap the hose around the vacuum)).
3. The fit of the tools is sufficient, but not exact. You need to pressure the standard wand to get it to fit.
4. For a supposed 5.5 hp machine, its lifting power does not appear to be any better than 3 hp machines.
I will keep it, it is functional, but I am not pleased with the purchase.
Customer Review: Beware peak HP ratings
Summary: 3 Stars
This wet-dry vac has been reliable, but it has much less power than some of the others I've used. I was hopeful, as I need a powerful vac, but not a large reservoir, and this seemed to fit the bill, but the avg. power is well below peak.Customer Review: Clogges Often, Attachments Don't Attach
Summary: 1 Stars
Where to star, I bought this because I wanted to hang it on the wall in my garage and not have to worry about moving it around, dragging it behind me. However most of the attachments that it comes with do not even fit on the end of the hose or pipe attachments, not really sure what this is about, but makes them pretty worthless. It can barely handle small leaves that blew into your garage or pine needle droppings without the hose clogging every few minutes. It works well with saw dust for the first 10-15minutes or so and then the internal filter clogges and the suction is greatly reduced. Guess I will be trading this in for a true Dust Collector. Was really excited and had high hopes for this shop-vac.Customer Review: Poor Packaging
Summary: 1 Stars
I haven't even tried the product yet, but I can't reccomend it based on the terrible (non-exsistant) packaging. All the parts were literally thrown in a box with no styrofoam, peanuts.....NOTHING. Everything just banged around and scratched everything up. What a shame.