Preview: Ryobi’s One+ 18V Canister Wet/Dry Vac
By Chuck Cage
You’ve gotta love the way Ryobi’s adding everything but the kitchen sink to their 18V One+ line, including this new wet/dry canister vac. What a great idea! We’ve got a humongo-big wet/dry, but it’s a PITA to drag out just to clean up the car or pick up a small spill. This looks great for that kind of thing, and if you’ve already bought into the One+ system via one of Ryobi’s low-price combo kit deals, you’re good to go.
It’s middle-sized with a two-gallon tank, which in my opinion is just right for carrying around. Much larger and you’re pulling your arm out of the socket when it’s full, and much smaller keeps you running to the trash can too often. It’s a true wet/dry complete with a removable plug for draining liquids.
This rocks, BTW, for cleaning up a spill under the car. Troubleshooting on Project Yukon we kept ending up with a little bit of coolant — whatever remained in the upper radiator hose — underneath. This would have handled it fine and would have saved us getting out, plugging in, and putting away the monstervac.
No MSRP yet — but we expect it soon.
November 13th, 2006 at 8:51 pm
YESSssss! I’ve been kvetching for months (or however long it’s been since I learned about the OnePlus system) that their dustbuster was anemic, and that it was the largest reason to avoid the system. It seems that obstacle has now been overcome.
November 13th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
Come to Butthead.
That is freakin’ cool, and it shall be mine.
November 14th, 2006 at 6:19 am
Ryobi is adding some nice useful tools lately. I just picked up the One+ Radio and am loving it. However, I do am a little bit concerned with this vac as my dustbuster isn’t sucking it all. So does that make it suck? I wish it would!
Hopeful they used some other technology to make this one work better. Better try it in those 30 days and return ASAP if not satisfied at all.
November 14th, 2006 at 10:43 am
Oh how cool! I must have one! The dustbuster thing is okay as far as it goes, but this should be much better. Alas, my local HD seems to be far behind the times in getting the newer One+ stuff. They’ve never even got the fan that was previewed on here months ago.
November 22nd, 2006 at 6:23 pm
I no what im getting for XMAS
November 26th, 2006 at 11:57 am
i think its 50 or 60 dollars at home depot.
November 27th, 2006 at 1:00 am
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it in the store. I bought one just over a month ago, and I have used it like crazy. It’s a great thing to carry about when you don’t feel like dragging a huge wet/dry vac out for a little mess or something.