ACE Hardware stores across the country are running a fall sale today and tomorrow including a number of items designed to help you prepare for the season. Our favorite: they’re offering Shop-Vac’s Mini Hang Up wet/dry vac for $30 — about $5-$10 less than most brick-and-morter shops (and many online outlets, too).
The Mini Hang Up is a handy little one-gallon one-horsepower vac that comes with a wall bracket mount that keeps it off the floor and out of the way. I’ve been meaning to pick one up, ’cause it looks a lot easier to carry than my honkin’ wet/dry when I don’t need all that umph.
Shop-Vac Mini Hang Up Wet/Dry Vac [ACE Hardware]
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I’ve got three of these at various locations and they work fine for light-duty cleanups. IIRC, I got them at (don’t hate me) Wal-Mart for less than $25.00 each; but I am an old coot whose memory ain’t so good.
I got one at Big Lots. $22.99. It is wonderful, and I’d easily pay 30 bucks for the convenience that this brings. Its really light and even comes with a holder for the attachments. Totally worth getting.
My wife picked one up about a year ago, they’re about $20 at Wal-Mart.
Great for little jobs, especially since the Dyson warranty specifically says “void if any drywall.”
I guess I’m messier than the other users 🙂 We’ve got one and I find it too small to deal with most messes, spend more time disassembling and emptying than vacuuming.
I agree with Ted. I recieved one of these as a gift a while back and ended up giving it away. I spent twice as much time cleaning it out than cleaning my shop. Unless space is a huge issue in your shop, spend $20 more dollars on a legit shop vac.
Ted & Neil: I’d like to disagree a bit. For example, I’ve got one hanging near my drill press which allows me to quickly remove shavings, especially metal ones, before they pile up. Another one near the radial-arm saw lets me remove small amounts of stuff along the fence and in the table’s kerf.
Yes, they are a pain in the tush to empty, but for the way I use them, I don’t need to do that very often. And of course we all need a grownup shop vac for the heavy duty cleaning, but these little guys sure help me out a lot.
Another place that these come in handy is for keeping on the truck for cleanup of smaller jobs (impresses homeowners when you leave the place clean).
Got one, and find that debris such as wood chips and paper scraps will catch right at the point where the hose enters the tank — there is just no enough clearance to the filter, so you end up needing to empty a nearly empty vacuum to clear the clog. Works great for sawdust however.
What is the best 2.5 gallon wet-dry vac to buy?