What vacuum ???

[Cammy]

What vacuum does everyone use here? I've been looking for one online but it's a case of trying with the wall chaser before you'll really know what's what!
I've used a big Festool one and they are brill.. However £350+ for one is just out of the question.
The Wickes wet and dry's are amazing; for wet use only. It's more of a smoke screen device, in my experience, for dry use.

I use a Miele at home; I know they're good quality and available for £100. Will they survive on site? I have my reservations.

I couldn't find another vacuum thread easily. Hopefully I'm not double posting


All input valued :icon14:

 

[Adam W]

The numatic 'Henry' seems to be near enough an industry standard. They do an industrial one as well; both seem to be around 100 quid.

 

[J&M Electrical]

The numatic 'Henry' seems to be near enough an industry standard. They do an industrial one as well; both seem to be around 100 quid.

We have had a henry for about 4 years now and it hasnt missed a beat, works well with or without bags. Just need to give the filter a good old bang on the wall to clean it out every now and then. Dont know how well it would work with a wall chaser though.

 

[poppypiesdad]

I use a Bosch GAS 25 dust extractor when Im doing cores through walls , good strong powerful suction, wet and dry , the only con is the price of the dust bags , but can usually be found on evilbay going cheap

JAmie

 

[Mark_Burgess]

I use a Bosch GAS 25 dust extractor when Im doing cores through walls , good strong powerful suction, wet and dry , the only con is the price of the dust bags , but can usually be found on evilbay going cheap

JAmie

I second that 100%

 

[imago]

I use a Karcher wet & dry, and it works a treat with a chaser. I get it from tesco oddly enough as they were the cheapest at the time.

 

[JD6400]

We eventually settled on hilt after trying most of the others and killing the lot of them !
It's the one that seems to self clean , I can not remember the model number and I will not be back to our yard in Bucks until Wednesday so no help there !
It just keeps sucking , it will even suck up bits of rubble that look slightly larger than its flexible hose .
And it is the only one I have ever seen that actually does get as near 100% of the dust as possible when on a chaser or grinder .

 

[Dcf]

Bosch gas50 great performance but gets heavy when it's full of dust.bit big for general hoovering tho.i have a wee nilfisk that I have in the van for general tidy up work which is good for the money

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Bosch GAS25 or Henry for me depending on the size of the job. My colleges swear by the Earlex wet/dry vacuum extractor or the annual offering from Aldi.

 

[PB1]

I've just bought a Einhell BT-VC 1500sa Wet and Dry Vacuum from argos for £80. It had good reviews. I've used it at a house we are renovating for dry work only and for a job recently, but not with a wall chaser. it performs pretty well and when the filter gets clogged a good bash against the side of the bin soon empties it.

 

[Guest123]

Hilti vac, excellent bit of kit.

 

[Cammy]

Hilti vac, excellent bit of kit.

Which one? And how much is my bank account going to dislike it? :38:

 

[poppypiesdad]

Which one? And how much is my bank account going to dislike it? :38:

If you have to ask you cant afford it

 

[pennywise]

Nilfisk alto make hilti vacs at a fraction of the cost :38:

 

[Cammy]

If you have to ask you cant afford it

If it's the right tool for every job though . . A perfect product is worth quite a lot of mular instead of hair pulling :wink_smile:

 

[pennywise]

Hilti you won't get much change out of £600 if you get the one with the integral 16amp 110v socket outlet.

 

[JD6400]

Hilti you won't get much change out of £600 if you get the one with the integral 16amp 110v socket outlet.

But i would say worth every penny and would be quite happy to splash the cash again if needed .

 

[pennywise]

Oh don't worry I splashed the cash on the red monster, love it but could have bought the nilfisk alto one at half the price for an identical machine :-(

 

[JD6400]

But at least the red ones faster !
Sorry , just could not resist a quick reference to the great " Kevin Bloody Wilson !"

Just in case any fans are reading this I think this years " Cop-u-later " tour is going to be his last UK one !
So best get it booked if you ever want to see the little bloke live , which i can honestly say is bloody well worth the effort !

 

[Cammy]

I found a reasonably small Nilfisk that looked perfect for a bit of house bashing and with auto startstop socket too!
Good value for £140 from Screwfix; so I thought I'd buy it when my Tesco credit card came through (points mean prizes!). I normally check their daily deals if I go on their site and there it is Nilfisk Alto Aero 25-21 £50 off!:greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy:
http://tinyurl.com/67mkjvo (wouldn't let me use their address?!)

Ends at midnight tonight if anyone else is looking!