In article , George wrote:
Home Depot are selling a Ridgid 12gal/5.5HP shopvac for $29.

The web site says on-line only and sold out. However, I just
returned from my local store where they had a whole stack of
the suckers ready to go. In and out in 5 mins.

Only had the thing a matter of minutes but it looks pretty
decent and the price was right. If you need a shop vac, you
might want to try your local HD.

OSH/Walmart/Lowes/Target et al all seem to have shop-vac
deals but they're all much smaller and less powerful
machines.

Did you turn it on? The HD cheepo units I have heard are louder than a
jet that is taking off.

Yes. Noise levels seem pretty reasonable to me. I expected
something far from silent and this is a little quieter
than anticipated.

It's certainly quieter than a jet or a gas powered leaf
blower. Similar noise to my car engine when running
somewhat above idle (say 1500 rpm). Not sure how else
to characterise it.


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