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.

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In article ,
(Malcolm Hoar) 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.

What does the instruction manual say about siphoning gasoline with that
puppy?

Malcolm Hoar 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.

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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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:30:36 GMT, (Malcolm Hoar)
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.

The HD link on DealNews (dealnews.com) shows this vac. They also have
a Dewalt Drill/Driver 18v for $97.00, a Dewalt 42 piece drill/driver
set for $10.00. A Porter Cable Compressor combo Kit for $199.00.

Dealnews has coupon codes, etc. Something for everybody....

"Malcolm Hoar" wrote in message
...
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.


That model has some annoyances built into it, but not surprising for such a
cheap vac.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


That model has some annoyances built into it, but not surprising for such a
cheap vac.


What annoyances?

--Steve

Steve wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


That model has some annoyances built into it, but not surprising for
such a cheap vac.

What annoyances?

--Steve

BTW, I picked one up - $29 as the OP said, and it seems to work fine.
Not any noisier than the Sears 16-gallon unit that I have, and maybe
more powerful. It really sucks! :-)

--Steve

In article , Steve wrote:

BTW, I picked one up - $29 as the OP said, and it seems to work fine.
Not any noisier than the Sears 16-gallon unit that I have, and maybe
more powerful. It really sucks! :-)

It blows pretty good too!

Seriously, it blew a bunch of leaves, sawdust and other crud
out of my garage in record time ;-)

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| Gary Player. |
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"Steve" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


That model has some annoyances built into it, but not surprising for such
a cheap vac.

What annoyances?

--Steve

- Hose loses flexibility at temps that most of us don't consider to be that
chilly. Never had this problem with my Sears vac.

- Hose only has a rotating collar where it plugs into the vac, as opposed to
my Sears unit, which had them at both ends.