Thanks for all the expertise presented in this thread. I learned quite a bit in advance of my home and shop construction and being a history nut dig the subject matter.
I had the compact and really liked it for small jobs. Took it camping to sweep out the tent. My BIL saw it and used it on his RV porch carpet and had to have one. I used the attachments for inflating stuff and used it as a blower to clean the garage floor without dislodging stuff from...
I got the 72' and can tell that I am going to run out of room. I see they now have an upper 72' that I might wind up getting. The 72' has impressive casters.
Epic post! I saw the Can Am car and knew it was the Chaparral 2C. The other two are obvious but epic all time race cars.
I have a dremel kit and when you need it, you need it. If buying new I would go M12 as I am a fanboy. I recognize that some M12 tools will fail early but have never had...