Comments on: Finds: Shop-Vac’s Hang-Up Mini http://toolmonger.com/2006/09/30/finds-shop-vacs-hang-up-mini/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/09/30/finds-shop-vacs-hang-up-mini/#comment-1534 Myself Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:10:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/09/30/finds-shop-vacs-hang-up-mini/#comment-1534 I'd take the DeWalt DC500 any day. It's got similar capabilities and accessories (though no mention of motor power), it'll hang on your wall if you're so inclined, and oh yeah: If you're not near an outlet, it'll run from a cordless battery pack too. Isn't that what portability is all about? Trouble is, DeWalt looks like the only big name making decent cordless vacuums. Everyone else's offerings are little Dustbuster-style junk. Haven't we all used enough of those to know better? I’d take the DeWalt DC500 any day. It’s got similar capabilities and accessories (though no mention of motor power), it’ll hang on your wall if you’re so inclined, and oh yeah: If you’re not near an outlet, it’ll run from a cordless battery pack too.

Isn’t that what portability is all about?

Trouble is, DeWalt looks like the only big name making decent cordless vacuums. Everyone else’s offerings are little Dustbuster-style junk. Haven’t we all used enough of those to know better?

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