"Puckdropper" puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in message
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I'd love to see a little more consistency in tool loudness ratings. Some
would tell you how loud they were (at 3'), but most others would not.
When your only method to choose is the box and return policy, more
information is a great thing.

A demo in the store would be nice. I did that with all of the compressors I
looked at when I bought my last one.



Before I turn on the shop vac, the first thing I do is put on hearing
protection. I hate hearing that thing run! (A quiet one's in my future,
but considering I just bought a cyclone it'll be a little while.)

There are a few shop type vacs that do not require hearing protection, the
Fein and Festool to name a couple. I have the Festool and it is completrly
drown out by the sound of my sanders, Domino, or hand drill when they are be
used at the same time. The big problem with both of those vacs is that they
both pretty much cost the same amount as a decent DC.