Wet Dry Vacuum Reviews

Wet dry vacuum cleaners are your best alternative to the conventional vacuum cleaner when you need to clean both indoors or ourdoors.

The very first vacuum cleaners came before the start of the 20th century. These were large and to move them about, you had to have a horse and a carriage.

The hoses were all around the doors and the windows. Any dirt that was inside the house was then sucked by the cleaner unit which was located outside the home. It was powered by gas. The kind of vacuum cleaner that we are familiar with came in 1902.Wet Dry Vacuums

One problem that came with conventional vacuum cleaners though were liquid spills. This was because the bags inside the units were usually made of paper or of cloth. The liquid would just go through and there was a huge risk that the machine powering the unit would be damaged because of the liquid.

Wet dry vacuums became the answer. This type of vacuum cleaner has been designed so much so that the electric parts of the unit and the motor were protected well against any liquids so you can just go about cleaning your home.

Wet dry vacuums available include:

  • Shop-Vac 585-12-00 Quiet Plus 12-Gallon, 5-HP
  • Armor All AA256 2.5-Gallon, 2-HP
  • Vacmaster VJ507 5-Gallon 3 HP
  • Bissell 18P0 Garage Pro
  • Milwaukee 0780-20 28-Volt Cordless
  • Dustless Technologies 16003 16 Gallon Dustless with 12-Foot-by-1-1/2-Inch Hose
  • Craftsman 16-gal 6.5-peak hp with Blower

Wet Dry Vacuum Reviews Online

Below you’ll find the posts at VacuumCritic.com from the Wet Dry Vacuum category. I highly recommend you read each of them if you’re serious about finding the best wet dry vacuum for your needs.

You can also search for wet-dry vacuums by brand. These are listed in the sidebar.

If you’re just starting out looking for vacuums for your home, I’d recommend reading the 'Ultimate Vacuum Buyers Guide' where we detail the most important features and specifications as well as the common pitfalls and mistakes you can make when buying a vacuum cleaner.

You can also find a ton of the best vacuum cleaners at these recommended online retailers...

iRobot - Remanufactured iRobot Roomba Starting at $199      Steam Cleaning Products At GoVacuum     

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Shop Vac Ultra Plus 3HP 6Gal Wet Dry Vac Review

There are messes in your house that you probably wouldn’t want to suck up with your vacuum cleaner, because you know that it wouldn’t be able to handle it. Would you really want to use your $500 vacuum cleaner to clean up a really big mess like oil spilled on a bunch of saw dust? [...]

Shop Vac Ultra Pro 16-Gallon Wet Dry Vacuum Review

What do you do if you want to suck up that puddle of rain water that is falling through the leaky garage roof? If you don’t have a wet/dry vacuum, you probably end up spending a lot of time using a broom to spread the water around, making the entire floor wet. A wet/dry vac [...]