I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of Ridgid's
quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the store. It
shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that means.

Does anyone have any experience with these vacuums? Do they actually catch
dust or throw it about like a shop vac does? How loud are they?

Puckdropper

On 01 Oct 2011 04:11:16 GMT, Puckdropper
puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:

I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of Ridgid's
quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the store. It
shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that means.

They look/sound like nice vacs from the reviews.

Oh, Hayseuss Crisco. Ridgid still uses "peak horsepower"? sigh


Does anyone have any experience with these vacuums?

Newp.


Do they actually catch
dust or throw it about like a shop vac does? How loud are they?

Ridgid makes a noise reduction muffler, so my guess is that they're
not extremely quiet. Reviewers think they are, though. And the vacs
have pleated filters, so they probably keep the dirt in the cannister
pretty well. A bit of water in the bottom always helps that, though,
in any WOD vac.

http://goo.gl/WPDGp $99 at HD. Or look into a pricy Festool CT26E
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=25454 @ $550.

--
In the depth of winter, I finally learned
that within me there lay an invincible summer.
-- Albert Camus

In article om,
Puckdropper says...

I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of Ridgid's
quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the store. It
shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that means.

Does anyone have any experience with these vacuums? Do they actually catch
dust or throw it about like a shop vac does? How loud are they?

You might want to go over to amazon and read the user comments.

On 01 Oct 2011 04:11:16 GMT, Puckdropper
I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of Ridgid's
quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the store. It
shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that means.

Well, to paraphrase Leon, consider a Festool vacuum. Thinking that you
must have spent a sizeable amount on the Fein, the sticker shock of a
Festool vaccum shouldn't be too painful.

I've got a CT22 which was replaced by a CT26 not too long ago. It's
great for dust collection and does excellent double duty for regular
housecleaning. No thrown dust, not too loud and variable speed as
needed. I highly recommend one.

Dave wrote in
:

On 01 Oct 2011 04:11:16 GMT, Puckdropper
I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of
Ridgid's quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the
store. It shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that
means.

Well, to paraphrase Leon, consider a Festool vacuum. Thinking that you
must have spent a sizeable amount on the Fein, the sticker shock of a
Festool vaccum shouldn't be too painful.

I've got a CT22 which was replaced by a CT26 not too long ago. It's
great for dust collection and does excellent double duty for regular
housecleaning. No thrown dust, not too loud and variable speed as
needed. I highly recommend one.

The problem with the Festool is that it's expensive as well. Should the
Festool die a premature death, I'm out another $500.

The Fein would have been worth it if it actually worked as advertised...
and didn't require $100 worth of extra parts to actually be useful. (2
1/2" hose, cartridge filter and mounting kit, bags.)

Puckdropper

Larry Jaques wrote in
:

On 01 Oct 2011 04:11:16 GMT, Puckdropper
puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:

I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of
Ridgid's quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the
store. It shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that
means.

They look/sound like nice vacs from the reviews.

Oh, Hayseuss Crisco. Ridgid still uses "peak horsepower"? sigh

I'm rather disappointed by their pathetic ratings as well. I'm sure
there's easy standard measurements for what's really important (inches of
water column, dB at 3', Amperes at 120V (or 220V if applicable), hose
diameter, container size etc.)

Does anyone have any experience with these vacuums?

Newp.


Do they actually catch
dust or throw it about like a shop vac does? How loud are they?

Ridgid makes a noise reduction muffler, so my guess is that they're
not extremely quiet. Reviewers think they are, though. And the vacs
have pleated filters, so they probably keep the dirt in the cannister
pretty well. A bit of water in the bottom always helps that, though,
in any WOD vac.

http://goo.gl/WPDGp $99 at HD. Or look into a pricy Festool CT26E
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=25454 @ $550.


Apparently the noise reduction muffler is to disperse the air jet stream
coming out. It's designed to be both a blower and a vacuum so marketing
has one more bullet point. I seriously doubt I'll ever use the blower as
the air compressor and leaf blower are easy enough to find.

Puckdropper

On 01 Oct 2011 12:08:45 GMT, Puckdropper
puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:

Dave wrote in
:

On 01 Oct 2011 04:11:16 GMT, Puckdropper
I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of
Ridgid's quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the
store. It shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that
means.

Well, to paraphrase Leon, consider a Festool vacuum. Thinking that you
must have spent a sizeable amount on the Fein, the sticker shock of a
Festool vaccum shouldn't be too painful.

I've got a CT22 which was replaced by a CT26 not too long ago. It's
great for dust collection and does excellent double duty for regular
housecleaning. No thrown dust, not too loud and variable speed as
needed. I highly recommend one.

The problem with the Festool is that it's expensive as well. Should the
Festool die a premature death, I'm out another $500.

The Fein would have been worth it if it actually worked as advertised...
and didn't require $100 worth of extra parts to actually be useful. (2
1/2" hose, cartridge filter and mounting kit, bags.)

So, nowadays, would you buy a (hah!) $299 Fein Multimaster
http://goo.gl/Ov2cc
or
a $30-on-sale Harbor Freight Multifunction tool? http://goo.gl/SlSJE I
adore mine. (http://goo.gl/bmOWf $50-on-sale variable speed)

--
In the depth of winter, I finally learned
that within me there lay an invincible summer.
-- Albert Camus

On 01 Oct 2011 12:08:45 GMT, Puckdropper
The problem with the Festool is that it's expensive as well. Should the
Festool die a premature death, I'm out another $500.

Yes, they are expensive admittedly. But, you get what you pay for. It
has a guaranteed try out period during which you can return it for any
reason and the warranty is a full three years. All I can say is to try
one out. There's four sizes of dust collectors that can fulfill almost
any need.

On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:03:38 -0700, Larry Jaques
So, nowadays, would you buy a (hah!) $299 Fein Multimaster
http://goo.gl/Ov2cc
or
a $30-on-sale Harbor Freight Multifunction tool? http://goo.gl/SlSJE I
adore mine. (http://goo.gl/bmOWf $50-on-sale variable speed)

I have to wonder what the noise difference there is between the two,
not to mention dust collection ability?

On Oct 1, 12:11*am, Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:
I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of Ridgid's
quieter vacuums. *Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the store. *It
shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that means.

Does anyone have any experience with these vacuums? *Do they actually catch
dust or throw it about like a shop vac does? *How loud are they?

Puckdropper

Yup, got one. Not all THAT quiet, but ton's of suck. I like it.

On Oct 1, 12:40*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On 01 Oct 2011 04:11:16 GMT, Puckdropper

puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:
I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of Ridgid's
quieter vacuums. *Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the store. *It
shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that means.

They look/sound like nice vacs from the reviews.

Oh, Hayseuss Crisco. Ridgid still uses "peak horsepower"? *sigh

Does anyone have any experience with these vacuums? *

Newp.

Do they actually catch
dust or throw it about like a shop vac does? *How loud are they?

Ridgid makes a noise reduction muffler, so my guess is that they're
not extremely quiet. Reviewers think they are, though. And the vacs
have pleated filters, so they probably keep the dirt in the cannister
pretty well. A bit of water in the bottom always helps that, though,
in any WOD vac.

http://goo.gl/WPDGp*$99 at HD. *Or look into a pricy Festool CT26Ehttp://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=25454@ $550.

--
In the depth of winter, I finally learned
that within me there lay an invincible summer.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- Albert Camus

Fein TurboII is truly quiet. Just too damned much money. The Ridgid
1450 is a LOT of bang for the buck.

Larry Jaques wrote in
:


So, nowadays, would you buy a (hah!) $299 Fein Multimaster
http://goo.gl/Ov2cc
or
a $30-on-sale Harbor Freight Multifunction tool? http://goo.gl/SlSJE I
adore mine. (http://goo.gl/bmOWf $50-on-sale variable speed)

I've go the HF Multifunction tool. It's a good tool for occasional use but
for heavy use I'd want something quieter and smoother.

Puckdropper

Robatoy wrote in
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Yup, got one. Not all THAT quiet, but ton's of suck. I like it.

Have you tried it with one of the Festool sanders? Something like a RO125
or RO150?

Puckdropper

Puckdropper wrote:
Larry wrote in
:


So, nowadays, would you buy a (hah!) $299 Fein Multimaster
http://goo.gl/Ov2cc
or
a $30-on-sale Harbor Freight Multifunction tool? http://goo.gl/SlSJE I
adore mine. (http://goo.gl/bmOWf $50-on-sale variable speed)

I've go the HF Multifunction tool. It's a good tool for occasional use but
for heavy use I'd want something quieter and smoother.

Puckdropper

I picked up Performax "Shockwave" 2.5Amp, variable speed oscillating
tool on sale at Menards (online and in the store) for $35.50 last
week--including a two-year warrantee. "Regular price" was $59.99.
Harbor Freight's only comes with a 90 day warranty, I believe. Since I
can think of two ways I might use it, I thought I'd give it a try. For
$299, I wouldn't even be thinking about giving it a try.

If one is interested and has a store near them, they could check and see
if they still have them on sale or whether they still might offer the
sale price. IMO, The warranty "feature" alone is a significant
difference compared to the Harbor Freight product.

Bill

On 10/1/2011 7:08 AM, Puckdropper wrote:
wrote in
:

On 01 Oct 2011 04:11:16 GMT, Puckdropper
I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of
Ridgid's quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the
store. It shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that
means.

Well, to paraphrase Leon, consider a Festool vacuum. Thinking that you
must have spent a sizeable amount on the Fein, the sticker shock of a
Festool vaccum shouldn't be too painful.

I've got a CT22 which was replaced by a CT26 not too long ago. It's
great for dust collection and does excellent double duty for regular
housecleaning. No thrown dust, not too loud and variable speed as
needed. I highly recommend one.

The problem with the Festool is that it's expensive as well. Should the
Festool die a premature death, I'm out another $500.

Yes, but IIRC they are repairable, mine came with an exploded parts
drawing. If you use the vac with any regularity I suspect you will be
disappointed with anything other than a Fein or Festool. And they do
come with a 3 year warranty.

Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:
: I'm thinking about replacing a failing Fein Turbo II with one of Ridgid's
: quieter vacuums. Model WD1450 is the one I looked at in the store. It
: shows a "4 of 10" in terms of loudness, whatever that means.

: Does anyone have any experience with these vacuums? Do they actually catch
: dust or throw it about like a shop vac does? How loud are they?

I own that exact model, and it's great. A LOT quieter than previous
Rigid, Sears, and Shopvac units, and has great suction.

I recently was doing some house renovation in an area with a narrow
doorway in the back of the house, and got tired of moving the 1450
around, so I got the new Rigid portable vac, which I also like a lot.
Really easy to move, and works very well.

-- Andy Barss