Vacmaster, VQ607SFD, 6 Gallon 3 Peak HP Stainless Steel Wet/Dry Shop Vacuum

Now I've got the best looking shop vacuum in the neighborhood, and I have a degree of flexibility which I never had before. One of the nice features of this shop vacuum is the variety of filters available. I bought (and reviewed) the HEPA filter for some indoor tile sawing which I needed to do, and I purchased a sawdust filter for working in my garage. My old shop vacuum would spew out great clouds of dust whenever I had to vacuum up something fine, like ashes. Not this one; slap in the HEPA filter and all is well. It can also be equipped with bags, something which I haven't tried out yet. My last shop vacuum sounded like a 747 at takeoff. The Vacmaster, while not exactly soothing, is a lot less likely to wake the dead. Suction is fine as well, once again trouncing my old unit. Some reviewers had issues with the cord length. I thought the cord was about right. For quick jobs in a smallish area, the cord is plenty long for me to just find an outlet and plug it in. For larger problems I break out my impressive collection of extension cords. The hose is OK, but a bit stiff feeling to me. I wish the hose was a little larger in diameter as well. So far the Vacmaster does not have a tendency to tip over. One final consideration for me was the electrical current draw on this unit. It's tempting to go out and buy the biggest, most powerful shop vacuum on the planet, but there is a significant drawback to that approach as well. One of the many needs the Vacumaster will fill is that it will be hooked up to the dust port which can be found on many of my power tools. Our garage is also a workshop, storage room, and laundry center. For reasons which escape me, my wife doesn't like her clean clothes covered with saw dust. A large, industrial shop vacuum cleaner may have more suction, but I have limited power available in my garage. If I try to run a 6 HP shop vacuum, overhead lights, and my table saw, I will soon be making the long trek over to the circuit breakers, located outside (bad idea) and at the opposite extreme of the house. So I was looking for a shop vacuum which was easy on the power consumption. For the money, I thought this turned out to be a very good purchase, and as an added bonus, it looks good in my garage / storage room / work shop / laundry room.

What a great looking vacuum. I haven't tested it out fully, but I thoroughly inspected everything upon assembly and dry vac testing, and everything is perfect (no dents, or missing parts, or anything). I bought this because I needed a vacuum for my apartment, and also because the basement gets water coming up during heavy rainstorms, and I thought a wet vac could help a ton. I haven't yet tested the wet vac, that I have to wait for rain before I can. But I have absolutely no complaints. My little R2D2 has great suction power, all the accessories I need, it's just perfect and I don't regret not buying a slightly more powerful one that doesn't look as handsome as this one. Edit: It rained! And I just had to add a bit to my review because I got to test this baby out in a wet vac situation. And holy cow, did it perform admirably. For the wet vac use alone, this product met and exceeded all expectations! I put it to the test as best I could, sucking up gallons and gallons of water that kept coming in to my basement, and boy does this thing make cleaning floods SO much easier than ever before. It is FAST, much faster than I expected. It handles liquids just as well as it handles solid debris (and both simultaneously). After all was said and done, my floor is dry & clean, and my vac took it like a champ. Filter just needed to be brushed off and dried (I'll clean it if it gets real dirty, but it looks almost new still). Cleaning and drying the inside tank of the vac was simple and quick too, I just wiped it down with a rag and it's as clean as when I first opened the box. I would ABSOLUTELY recommend this vacuum for just about any application. And if I ever need to buy a replacement, I'm sure I'll buy another one of these.

I purchased this on a whim, planning to use it for the sole purpose of emptying the ashes from my pellet stove, which I also just purchased and needed a quick solution. Ash vacs are out there but I figured why not try this and abuse the h-e-double hockeysticks out of it and see what happens? For the money, it was worth a shot. It arrived quickly and packed well in it's original retail box. Clearly a Chinese-made piece, the quality actually isn't that bad. The fit and finish is nice and quality of the parts and pieces did not disappoint me at all. Having read reviews about poor suction, I wasn't expecting much when I first turned it on. To my surprise, it actually does quite well for it's size. Suction is good, it has never left me wishing I had sprung for a more powerful motor. There might be more powerful vacs out there but this is one is pretty much on par with any other shop vac I have ever used. The hose may be smaller in diameter than what you're used to (it's 1 1/4") but given the smaller size of the vac itself, the hose size is appropriately sized. For light duty home applications like vacuuming out the cars and trucks, garage/basement floor clean up, household spills and leaks (and cleaning out pellet stoves) this vac is a superb choice. It's big enough to hold quite a bit of slop, but small and easily portable - and it doesn't take up much space in the garage when not in use. The power cord is nice and long and the hose is seven feet or so, plenty for most uses. It comes with a filter for dry vacuuming and a foam filter for wet vacuuming, as well as a (one) bag. The filter quality is acceptable, what you'd expect at this price point. Perfectly usable. If you're a contractor, have a foot of water in your basement on a regular basis or otherwise plan to use this for big heavy messes on a daily basis, maybe buy something larger and more robust. But for 90% of homeowners, this is a perfect fit and great addition to your garage. By the way, with the dry filter and vacuum bag installed, this makes a good ash vac - not a single bit of ash has blown out of the exhaust or otherwise leaked on me yet. THIS IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE USED AS AN ASH VAC, and using it as such may void the warranty or shorten it's life. Just relating that for me, it works great for that purpose in addition to the stuff it was actually engineered to do. For the money, absolutely worth a shot. Give it a try.

I would give this 3 stars if there was a better vacuum for the price. As a vacuum, this is actually a very good vacuum. It has incredibly good suction. In fact, I once sucked up a large cat toy that obstructed over 75% of the hose, and it was still somewhat effective. The vacuum is easy to assemble and clean. The filter is easily changed and cleaned. The hose is easily removed and replaced. The hose extensions and other accessories fit very well. The vacuum rolls easily and the switch works well. It's reasonably light weight and easy to transport. It works somewhat well as blower as well. I do however, have some negative feedback: the end of the hose is bent at a dog leg angle that makes it hard to remove any obstructions and is rather uncomfortable to hold. The end of the hose you grip during use has a slider that opens up a hole in the hose. I suspect this is supposed to reduce the suction in the hose if you suck up something you didn't mean to, like a sock. However, the vacuum is so powerful that it retains a large amount of suction whether this is open or not. If this slider were simply a useless addition, it wouldn't even be worth mentioning, but it's in a place such that it is constantly being opened and is hard to seal fully. This is probably the worst feature of this vacuum. The vacuum has 8 places to put attachments, 4 on the lid, and 4 more on the base over the wheels. The ones on the kid work fine, but their placement outs them in the way, especially for the floor attachment. The ones of the base are too small so none of the attachments will stay attached. The second biggest problem with this vacuum is the condition of the bristles on the brush attachments. Each of the bristles is rather rough on the sides, as opposed to be very smooth like glass. Because the bristles are so rough, debris gets stuck very easily in the brush and can be difficult to remove.

We needed a new vac and it was a hard decision because so many seem in the same price range and reviews were a mixed bag on most of them. This one I picked partly based on the reviews and also based on how it looked. Been using it for a few days now and the suction is great. Picks up everything from dust to sand to cheerios, and it's not loud like other shop type vacs we have had. No issue with moving it around and all the attachments fit snugly and are easy to use. It arrived quickly and no damages or issues. I am so pleased I chose this vac. My hubby also loves it. He said he would recommend this to anyone over the ones most people know. I agree. It's really a good vac and I can see this lasting a number of years. I was worried the 3 HP motor wouldn't be as good as the 6 HP one in our old vac but I don't even notice a difference. The hose is very well made also, which is a pet peeve I have with vac hoses. Lots are made so flimsy you just know you will get a ding or hole in it and need some duct tape before you even had it a couple months. I don't feel this hose will have that issue under normal use. Again, I really am pleased with this purchase and if you are like me, reading all the reviews trying to decide, get this one. It looks nice, works great.

It's funny, I was ordering vacuum bags and a new filter for my Vacmaster this afternoon, and just wanted to take a moment to share how I feel about this product. I have had this vacuum for two years as of tomorrow 02/09/16. I use it just about everyday. Sometimes multiple times a day. This vacuum has been a godsend since I've had it. It's powerful and I have only noticed it losing suction when the bag inside is so full that the dirt (specifically, dirt, dog hair, wood ash, straw, sticks, bits of tree bark, mud, gravel or whatever else gets tracked into the house) starts plugging up where the bag and hose attach to the vacuum. That would be almost to the point that the bag is ready to bust. So when I notice that the vacuum is losing suction, that's my final indication that if I don't change the bag there is going to be a revolt. Now for the bags. They hold a lot, and I mean A LOT! We have a farm, and unfortunately the farm house sits almost at the lowest part of the property (My father-in-law goofed on that one. He built the place back in the early 70's. So go figure. It was a hazy decade. Anyone who lived through the 70's knows what I'm talking about.) So with that said, we get a lot of dirt and stuff tracked into the house by the four of us, the 3 dogs, the pig (eh-hem, the house pig), and occasionally a chicken will sneak in (those chickens play dumb and put on a great poker face, but they pick up on things quickly.) We also heat with a wood stove so there's wood ash to contend with, and our farm is surrounded by other farms and open fields that grow commercially. So there is a tremendous amount of dust that is generated from us and the other farms. It's challenging to keep a clean house here, and I have gone through a lot of vacuums over the years. I once had a very expensive Dyson, which was an awesome vacuum until I moved out of a well manicured sub-division to the backside of hell's half acre. That was 10 years ago, and the Dyson gave up the ghost about a year later. Then I had about 3 other run-of-the-mill cheap vacuums, which didn't last at all, and finally an Electrolux that cost a small fortune. It was great for a while, but this place was too much for it. It sits in a corner now in the utility room and isn't good for much except holding up the wall. So two years ago, I bought the Vacmaster as a last ditch effort and it has saved my sanity. I couldn't recommend this vacuum more. It really gets put through the paces here. It's used, definitely abused and (knock on wood) I haven't had one day of trouble out of it. I sweep, vacuum and dust mop the floors constantly. If it wasn't for this vacuum, I would never even begin to keep up with things around here. Rest assured, this vacuum in my honest and humble opinion is worth its weight in dirt and gold.

I've had this for 3.5 years now. I had a very large (got an even better deal on a bigger one about 15 years ago) Shop-Vac. It was way too big for our needs. I'm not good at fixing things and our garage is unattached so I don't keep it as clean as I might for an attached garage. We use our shop-vac mostly in our house for doing the stairs, for vacuuming cement basement floor, and for cleaning up dirtier jobs. We also use it for our vehicles. This thing came and it is quite small and very light. I was skeptical. The wand or the hose that isn't flexible is still quite flexible or flimsy feeling. I was skeptical that it would work well. However, it has really been great. I love that my 9 year old son can use it to vacuum 2 flights of stairs by himself without any help. The attachments don't always stay on the vacuum as well as they should but that's not a deal breaker. The cord for plugging it in is not very long, but I always used my extension cord with my shop-vac so that hasn't changed. I have the filter and the dust bag and am very pleased. It does a great job on all the household messes we've tried to clean up. It doesn't take up a ton of space and is very lightweight. I don't love the slider on the wand - it covers a hole - I think it's there to release suction so it's easier to remove the hose while it's on... Don't know why it's there (I don't care enough to look it up). That hole easily gets opened - so I just covered it with duct tape a few years ago and it's great. I have used it to pick up water - and it worked just fine. I use it every week and have not had one problem. I feel like I clean the filter less often that in my old one. I can't say enough good things about it - I think that every time I use it.

Quite nice. Strong and keeps going when you need it. Through basement flooding and woodworking projects it's worked just fine through it all. The biggest complaint I have is the foam filter for water use ripped after one use. I don't bother replacing and it has worked although I don't recommend doing what I do. Great value. Would buy again if it ever died.

Sorprendido por la potencia de succión, los materiales excelentes, la he utilizado dos semanas en diversas circunstancias sin problema.

Tiene buena potencia y accesorios, buena capacidad pero tiene tres "problemas". El primero es que el contenedor es muy delgado; funciona bien pero hay que cuidarlo mucho, un golpe fuerte o un aplastamiento accidental lo podrían deformar (por eso las de uso rudo son de plástico). El segundo, las llantas y el gancho inferior para enredar el cable son frágiles. Tercero, no tiene ningún sistema para organizar la propia manguera, tiene soportes muy buenos para los accesorios pero es muy desordenada con la manguera. Hubiera querido la Beast de la misma marca, casi mismo precio pero no estaba disponible.

Es buen producto, ligero y con buena potencia. muy recomendable. en cuanto a la contrición creo que puede mejorar mas.