Anyone with M18 shop vac...specifically water?

[Buckgnarly]

I use my Ridgid shop vac to **** up water off my plow truck when the snow melts, and it works great but the cord *****.
Anyone have any experience sucking water off a floor with the M18? I'd LOVE to go cordless this Winter, but just wondering if it's as good as a real shop vac.

 

[LXCam]

Don’t waste your time unless it’s a tea cups worth. I bought one for the crew, it’s fine for lite clean up but it’s no rigid that’s for damn sure.

 

[N8sToolz]

It works, almost too good. Draws the water in great but the tank is so small it makes it almost useless unless just a small cleanup. I still keep a dedicated rigid vacuum for water cleanup.

I've found the M18 shines in small cleanup jobs like small mess control, air box, bench top, cleaning the seat off etc.

 

[Dagny]

It will **** it up fine but no capacity

 

[purplezr2]

I use mine for sucking coolant out of sleds/atv/utv engines when I work on them, as they typically don't have a draw.

Capacity is the limiting factory. When sucking water I usually just pour it down the floor draw so it is pretty quick and easy.

 

[Buckgnarly]

Damn.....what do guys think the capacity is? I get a few gallons after a good storm, like my Ridgid is 1/3 full.

 

[LXCam]

It's more then just the capacity thing (2gl) its the the 2" wand or just using the hose. Like I said unless its a teacups worth, screw it. I'll agree with it being handy for sucking up fluids out of a small vessel, but spread out on a floor it ain't gonna cut it.

 

[LXCam]

I lied, it’s not 2”, it’s 3”.

Hum, guess I do the same with the wife just in reverse……

But I digress

This will give you some idea of the size buck

 

[PCustoms]

Damn.....what do guys think the capacity is? I get a few gallons after a good storm, like my Ridgid is 1/3 full.

From the cab?

Knock your damn boots off before getting in.

 

[dnschmidt]

Are you guys talking about the little portable M18 vacuums or the full size ones that they introduced about a year ago some of which use two M18 batteries in series (like Makita has done for years). These are the same size as a standard Rigid shop vac so they should have the same capacity.

 

[Buckgnarly]

Are you guys talking about the little portable M18 vacuums or the full size ones that they introduced about a year ago some of which use two M18 batteries in series (like Makita has done for years). These are the same size as a standard Rigid shop vac so they should have the same capacity.

Yeah, after reading I realize some people are thinking the smaller M18. I mean the full size shop vac.
I **** water up off the floor from melted snow, NOT inside the truck or anything.....should have been more clear!

 

[LXCam]

Yup, I was talking about the toy.

 

[PCustoms]

Squeegee?

 

[Buckgnarly]

It's water that melts off these pigs....

 

[Buckgnarly]

I think I talked myself into the dual battery 9 gallon. Now to see if any deals exist.

 

[Buckgnarly]

My only complaint for interwebz reviewers.....STOP sucking up 5 gallon buckets as a test! No one ***** up buckets of water, people **** up spills on flat ground!

 

[RTM]

Your roof must not leak as bad as theirs do.

I did do that once to transfer a leak catcher load outside, before I had a transfer pump, and couldn't slosh a bucket while carrying it.

 

[Buckgnarly]

Just to update, I went with the 9 gallon 2 battery, and initial impression is that it *****. Pun intended.
I will do some real world water sucking testing when I get time, but in all seriousness it's a nice well thought out unit!

 

[pbon]

I ran 9 gallon 2 battery vac recently cleaning dust from wall mounted fans (cages and blades) and the battery life is pretty short. First set was 12ah and second was 8ah. You definite want extra batteries. But it is a decent vacuum, battery life aside. I did not experiment with just running 1 battery and testing whether that suction was adequate. That would be worth doing and I will try it sometime.

 

[signcrafter]

I have the little toy that is great for small jobs and picked up the 6 gallon single battery a while back when home depot had them on sale for 199 plus get a free accessory with it. Got the dust extractor that ***** to the wall, think they 50 plus dollars alone. Used it when our basement sump pump went out and left a nice water mess to clean up. Worked great. Plenty of suction with one 12ah battery.