Thread Number: 39939
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Why are a lot of indoor/outdoor vacs ear-piercingly loud? |
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Post# 423959 , Reply# 2   4/22/2020 at 09:12 (1,465 days old) by ralph123 (Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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See linked article for quiet shop vacs. You pay more for quiet. CLICK HERE TO GO TO ralph123's LINK |
Post# 423961 , Reply# 3   4/22/2020 at 09:36 (1,465 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Noticed there all pretty loud. I recently tried a $220. Double HEPA filter sound dampened DeWalt professional vacuum.
It was the most impressive shop vacuum I've seen. The reasons are the double HEPA filters has a built in respirator. It circulated air every ten seconds. It has good suction all the time. It weighed between 30-45lbs. It was as heavy as it was impressive. Numatic Henry or numatic George may be the vacuum you are seeking. Les |
Post# 423969 , Reply# 4   4/22/2020 at 15:03 (1,465 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada )   |   | |
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Post# 424003 , Reply# 6   4/22/2020 at 21:31 (1,465 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Well I was just working on a Fein shop vac that I'd found in the trash (there's a thread for it). The newer version is on that list of quiet shop vacs. I have to say it is clearly engineered to be quiet - LOTS of sound dampening foam. Now that I have it fixed, it is pretty quiet... maybe about like a moderate sound level residential upright vac. Maybe find a used one of those if you want something. It's like $400 new, and the only real difference is a bunch of cheap foam. Granted, it's engineered from the bottom up to be sound insulated though.
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Post# 424010 , Reply# 7   4/22/2020 at 22:16 (1,465 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 424102 , Reply# 9   4/23/2020 at 22:03 (1,464 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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I found my Shop Vac seems to do a better job on the car carpets and crevices than others I use. Not sure if it has more airflow or what, but it just seems to get all of the sand and such out of the carpets with just a nozzle better.
Both of my vacuums of this type (Shop Vac 5 gallon and Kenmore Cleanmore are probably the two loudest vacuums in my collection). |
Post# 424161 , Reply# 11   4/24/2020 at 20:08 (1,463 days old) by Tseg (World Traveller)   |   | |
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@n0oxy: "...There are also interceptors that you can get to allow you to vacuum liquids, I'll include a link if I can find one. Mike CLICK HERE TO GO TO n0oxy's LINK"" ^^^^ That's the ticket! This could resolve my opportunity. Thanks n0oxy! |
Post# 424185 , Reply# 12   4/25/2020 at 04:40 (1,462 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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I have an older release of the 14 gallon dolly model.
www.shopvac.com/product/shop-vac-... If you can fit that motor in a canister vac that would be a feat. Shop Vac says it has 150 CFM max airflow. Now just for something quick comparison - a Shark NV501 has 40.6 CFM, a Miele U1 at 67.3, even a Dyson Ball Animal 2 only has 73.5. A Shop Vac is not just for picking up liquids. I have a HEPA filter and a paper bag in mine just like a normal vacuum. Also pretty much all Shop Vacs made today are made with plastic, so there is very little shock hazard. I've used mine barefoot while ankle deep in water many times to clean up floodwater. Even the metal chassis ones have rubber boots over the on/off buttons and other electrical parts. The only thing a Shop Vac is not good for is cleaning the house due to its bulky and cumbersome nature, but it would be a fun experiment to put one of those battery powered power nozzles on it. lol |
Post# 424210 , Reply# 14   4/25/2020 at 12:12 (1,462 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada )   |   | |
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I sure love my 16 gallon big bertha shopvac .
Sure its lound but its mostly air and motor sound from the 2 1/2 inch blower port so its not bad it did came whita difuser on the back like tristar have so that helped. I use mine for wet pick up dry car basement christmas pine needle cleaning or any big mess .I do put a cartridge filter anda filter bag in mine so dust control is ok .Yes tehre lound as can be but there meant to be a outdoor garage vac as said above .But whit adifuser my big shopvac is good (bigger motor so a lower pitch smaller one are indeed screamers .)
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