BEST 6.5 HP Wet / Dry Shop Vac Competition! - Craftsman vs Ridgid vs Vacmaster Vs Workshop
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00:00 BEST 6.5 HP Wet / Dry Shop Vac Competition! - Craftsman vs Ridgid vs Vacmaster Vs Workshop
00:17 Overview
00:50 Horsepower
01:14 Power
01:34 Water
02:03 Debris
02:41 Car Detailing
03:04 Design
03:44 Noise
03:55 Filtration
04:09 Picks
Music: Autumn Waves by Rex Banner
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"They all have a few things in common..."
Like lying about being 6.5HP LOL
Ive had the same ridgid shop vac since i was a teenager. Still works great. The only things I've had to replace is the hose that wore out from dragging it around and filters. We've all probably forgot one time or another to pull the filter out before vacuuming water and trashed them.
Ive had my Rigid 6.5hp shop vac for around 6 years and its still running strong. It has been used to clean up 2 houses while they were getting built, and its used multiple times a week to detail cars. Absolutely no issues with it and I would definitely buy one again.
Lol. Sure.
@@KMS5280 it’s still is working fine as of today.
@@KMS5280 go be a sad mf somewhere else
Thank you for running these kinds of test. Empirical numbers on airflow (suction), decibels, and filtration are exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you!
I recently got a 16 gallon 6.5 HP Craftsman to run my small dust collection system in my shop. I use a cyclone dust separator and it was a massive improvement over my shop vac brand that was rated at 4hp. I only replaced it because it was old and finally died but if I had known how much better it was going to perform I would've just bought it when I made the system. Unbelievable results and turned my $150 dust collection set up (not including shop vac) into something that I would've gladly paid $1,000 for in terms of performance.
When I wanted a vacuum to use a gutter cleaner kit, I opted for a 38 l 6 hp ridgid model. It has the 5 cm diameter hose and it's is not as bulky as a 6,5 hp. These things take a lot of space to store.
You need to include the Bauer shop vacs from Harbor Freight. They are very competitive for the price. I bought one for my mother because she was helping me on a large project and we needed two vacuums. Lets just say, if I didn't already own a Ridgid shop vac, I would be buying a Bauer.
Absolutely great review, straight to the point and informative. Thank you.
Great comparison! Would love to see a "cordless wet/dry shop vac" comparison next :)
project farm
There is one out there by project farm. However, cordless stick vacs like makita, ryobi, milwaukee, remain and are quite inexpensive provided you can borrow the batteries somewhere.
He did one actually I think
Im so glad you did this, I hope you do this again but with more brands. Would have loved to see ShopVac and Bauer for example. Another suggestion would be to do this with mid size wet/dry vacs.
Great suggestion - thanks.
i understand that vacuums to regular people are simple utility, but your videos always make it super entertaining to watch! not in the market for a wet dry vac but still excellent video 👍
Awesome! Thank you!
The Craftsman and the Rigid has the same supplier. Both by the Emerson Tool Company, which is why the numbers are so similar. The craftsman being slightly better also is similar to project farms review too.
Thank you for that information.
It helped!😀
Wonder if going with a red and black ridgid make a difference
I think the workshop brand is too.
I have a 20yo large craftsman, Except for the $10 power switch replacement it works great, the blower is almost as powerful as a top of the line EGO! That is no joke! Also 2.5". I use it with 20' of extensions to vacuum a second story gutter. Works great.
O I've been begging for vacuum wars to do more shop vac s and I guess I got answered 😌
Cool!
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@@VacuumWars can you do a review on the shark ai self empty when it releases? Seems to be lidar with a few options on the selfempty, The app says that when you add a new robot
I'd love an honest conversation at some point about how misleading and goofy these horsepower ratings are. Primarily, how it is actually physically impossible to do 6.5 horsepower (4.78kW) of any form of work (sucking, spinning, blowing, cutting, etc) with the power available (1.8kW, or 2.41 horsepower) from a residential 15A, 120V outlet. If you read the fine print, they define "Peak HP" as "The output of the motor, including the motor's inertial contribution, achieved in laboratory testing." The test they are referring to is: Remove and isolate the vacuum motor from it's housing and impeller, connect it to some sort of brake dynamometer, apply a massive load that QUICKLY brings the shaft to a stop, and evaluate "peak HP" as the instantaneous peak shaft power measured as the motor is stalled and brought to a near-instant stop.
I can't explain how absurd this is without an analogy. If Shop Vac were advertising a car (let's say a shop-vac branded Toyota Corolla which outputs about 150 real shaft horsepower), they would not advertise a 150 horsepower car. Rather they would accelerate the car to highway speed, and then smash both the accelerator and brake pedals to the floor, and measure how quickly the car stopped. We know this to be ~150 feet from 60mph with a stuck accelerator. Shop vac engineers would then assess the peak acceleration experienced during braking (let's say -0.9G), and use the highest vehicle speed during which that acceleration occurred (let's say 50mph) along with vehicle weight (~3,000lb) to arrive at a "peak HP" for their Shop Vac Corolla of nearly 250 Horsepower, approximately double what the engine actually produces.
In fact this analogy may be too reasonable. Since Shop Vac is defining power almost arbitrarily as involving "inertial contribution in laboratory testing", they could very well send their shop vac corolla into a concrete wall at 60mph and list "peak HP" based on maximum acceleration during the "test", which could be greater than 50G, and would indicate a rate of work of over 14,000 horsepower.
Shop Vacmobile, coming to a dealership near you with best-in-class 14,000 peak-HP*
Love seeing you step outside of the “normal” vacs you usually compare. This was some good content. That being said, professionals know that when it’s time to buy a shop vac, Ridgid is the one to go to. It may not be absolute class leading performance, but nothing is more reliable, consistent, and the profession support is second to none. Keep up the great work!
Cool! thanks!
The ending of this video is a great example of why it's important to watch a video to the end. Based on the colors of the pedestles at the beginning, I immediately assumed that vac master was #1 and ridgid was #3. Definitely not the case!
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second! 🥈
Their horsepower rating is meaningless. So, thank you for posting the water lift (suction) and CFM numbers. I use a shop type vacuum every day for what I do occupationally. I am self employed, so I have owned almost every one of these at one time or another. Personal,y, I don’t find that any of these box store brand vacuums are worth the frustration, unless you use one of these literally “once in awhile”. If durability, reliability, an actual well designed unit with a quality hose and quality attachments you have to spend considerably more money than what these go for. I’m talking about wet/ dry vacuums with HEPA filtration and a motor with a much longer life expectancy. If you’re vacuuming up a lot of water or you aren’t being careful about trying to keep your vac motor protected from the things that will invariably shorten it’s life you’ll be lucky if it lasts as long as it’s warranty. It’s easy fir those cheap hoses to get punctured and before you know it you’ve lost a great amount of suction. Ridged sells a very nice set of attachments with a quality hose and it’s about as expensive as the vacuum itself. That alone tells you how many corners these manufacturers are cutting to remain in a certain price point that these Chinese manufactured vacs are at. If you’re looking for a true quality, well built, well thought out designed, HEPA filtered wet dry vac you’ve got to look at brands like Karcher Windsor or Powr-flite. My Karcher 6 gallon HEPA is smaller than all of these has a metal wand, quality hose and tools and will last me four years or longer with daily heavy usage. The filters are not cheap, but it beats throwing those disposable shop vacs from the big box stores away every six months and starting over. Good video, though as always I enjoy them! I agree with the guy who said you should do a video on the smaller size ones, as well.
Yes, HP ratings are a joke, and actually physically impossible. They all run on 12 amps so they can be used on a 15 amp circuit, so 115 volts at 12 amps is 1380 watts, which is 1.85 hp. You physically cannot get any more power than that.
@@jocodashcam295 The rating used by all consumer wet/dry vacs is absurd, but consistent between manufacturers. They're including the maximum power of the motor as well as a contribution from the momentum of the fan, i.e. if you suddenly applied a brake to the fan while it was running, the largest instantaneous power that brake would dissipate. It's a standardized test, it's just one that gives no real information about the real world performance of the vacuum, except for a relative comparison to other vacuums using the same test.
Note that ALL consumer wet/dry vacs (and essentially all corded consumer vacuums of any kind) use brushed universal motors, with efficiencies of no more than 60%. So the maximum real continuous power available at 120 V and 12 A is around 1.2 HP.
What's the minimum amount of money for a well built and long lasting dry/wet vac? And are there any heated extractors that can be used as dry wet vac as well? Cause I'm looking for something multipurpose since most of the job they do is the same. Thanks
Well said. As joco pointed out above the power supply limits their power load. But even if they could get that hp, it doesn’t mean better performance. That’s like saying a car that gets less mpg will go faster.
How is the DEWALT DXV16PA 16 gallon Poly Wet/Dry Vac have you used it is it reliable and durable?
I feel like detailers more commonly use the crevice tool, they get more suction due to the smaller opening.
lotta innuendoes going on there 😂
You're right. The air is more concentrated trying to get through that smaller space.
or get 2 or 3 craftsmen and put them in series. Auto detailing vacuums value suction over CFM.
@@mikegrok I use a powerful craftsman instead of a carpet extractor. You just spray down the surface with a spray bottle and vacuum. THen you can use a manual or drill brush too. No extractor matches that performance.
Insanely helpful video!! Thank you for taking the time to compare!!
Thank you!
wow! i dont believe my lying eyes! he actually did a wet/dry shop vac comparison and not just any but the 6.5hp class.
i seriously thought this video would never be made.
Thanks for taking the time to compare these! My girlfriend just bought us the craftsman one and I was trying to get her to buy a rigid. She wanted a Stanley one half the size so we compromised where I paid half and she then picked the craftsman in 6.5 hp. I was skeptical thinking it wasn’t anywhere near as good as a rigid which is what all my work places have used throughout the years. So after watching this it looks like we made a great choice and bought one that’s almost as good as a rigid! Can’t wait to go vacuum my garage and vehicles tomorrow!
Hp is meaningless. First your power supply only puts out 1.8 hp so you can’t have a load higher than that. Second more power does not equal better. That’s like saying a car that’s uses more gas will be faster.
Why do you say the Craftsman was "almost as good as the Ridgid" when it had the most power, and won almost every comparison for less money than the Ridgid?
The Craftsman and the rigid are made by the same company. I'm a big Craftsman fan so the results don't surprise me Chloe
OMG FIRST AGAIN!
🏆🏆 I'm running out of trophies! 😀
@@VacuumWars haha I know, right?
Im in no way shape or form shopping for a shopvac. But here I am. Watching every min. Lol
weird how the vacmaster here is the worst but the 5.5hp version in the old video was the best
proof that judging a product by the brand name is a bad idea
Much needed, much appreciated.
Great to hear that! Thanks!
I’ve been waiting for this one.
I watched this to get help with choosing an upgrade to my 10 yr old craftsman 6.5. I have similar testers and my vac gets almost the same readings you did. I'll just stay with the old girl thats been good to me so far. Great job with this vid.
Cool! Thanks!
Have you thought about doing a Dust Extractor competition? Would most likely be the most expensive test you've done so far.
My father has my late grandfather’s old Shop Vac since 2006.
Years later back in March of this year, he went and bought a Porter Cable.
squeegee pro tip: Spread apart sides to free up clips and pull out the middle rubbery piece. Now you have very wide and fast vacuum attachment that won't get clogged by bigger debris
Cool, thanks!
For those who want to know what the true possibly hp is, they are likely 1/2 to 3/4. With most of these being 8-10 amps, you would think that you could just multiply 10 times 120v to get the watts, then divide by the hp constant of 746 watts. But, because this motor has inductive reactance in this AC power, the 1200 number you will get is the VA, and not the watts. So, accounting for that with power factor, the true hp, the energy used to make the shaft spin would be less when worked out. Then, there is efficiency, which I will use Jeremy's Fielding figure of 51% efficiency. So in total:
120v X 10a = 1200VA
1200VA X .92(pf) X .51 = 563.04 Watts of true power being used
Divide by the HP constant: 563.04/746 = .75hp
But keep in mind, that if you have voltage drop, that will make this HP number smaller*
Really great and thorough review and really nicely filmed.
I would like to get one specifically for sucking up some water off of tile floors so I'm assuming rigid or craftsman?
I never heard of the car attachment tool…none of the shop vac I have bought ever had that attachment.
I’d love to see a review of the tool branded stick vacuums like the Ryobi. A comparison to home branded stick vacuums (Dyson) would be awesome.
That Ryobi is dismal...finicky, underpowered and the beater bar stops constantly for nothing and require several steps to reset...
Dope. thank so much.
You bet!
Durning all the Vacuums Wars, the wet/dry vacuums are the only ones who stayed truly neutral. Wished they would have helped our men on the battlefield, but at least they stayed out. So many good men lost durning those wars.
Surprising to see low results from Vacmaster. I have a few smaller ones and they are awesome. Glad I didn’t assume their larger ones are as good.
Awesome, thanks!
You bet!
I wish you would’ve reviewed one of the Stanley shop vacs in this lineup
Project Farm did a video on Shop Vacs too, and he had a Stanley in the lineup if I remember correctly. There was also a few other brands too. The Craftsman was in the video as well and if I recall correctly, it came out on top in his test too.
Thank you so much for your unsponsored reviews - they are actually meaningful
I appreciate that. Thanks.
Very nice comparison with objective data. I like that. I'm rather puzzled however why Shop Vac wasn't included in the tests and brands I've never heard of before (Vacmaster & Workshop) were.
Thank you very much
You are welcome!
please do more shop vac tests. I'd like to know how the 6.5hp dewalt stealthsonic compares to the craftsman
Well presented review. Most other reviewers spend more time selling themselves rather then giving a review. 👍
We appreciate that! Thank you!
wow, you covered everything!!! thank you. have a great day.
That is great to hear! Thank you!
Not sure about the Craftsman but the rigid has the Lifetime warranty so I went with the rigid.
Hope you enjoy it!
@@VacuumWars me to got Tired of replacing shop vacs after shop vacs not last in but a couple months I run an Animal rescue and the animal hair is hard on Vacuums. So I went with the rigid because of the warranty will see how they hold up.
Love the Review
Thanks!
thank you for helping me to finalize my decision with craftsman!
I see your branching out. Can you please help us find which vac is best for liposuction. Haha
EW! :D
Awesome review! Was exactly what I needed to make a decision!
Glad I could help!
Nice testing. I agreed with your results.
As for suction, you can get a bowling ball to stick on the end of a hose with minimal suction
One thing ive noticed about ALL of these, ive had many different over the years- Is that the hose extensions are too short and im only 173cm tall. Yet i have to bend and work in awkward positions most of the time using these.
wow- impressive comparisons good testing- thank you very much, Kevin
Glad you liked it!
I love my Craftsman, Project Farm pointed me in the same direction several months ago.
Great to hear. Thanks!
Would be nice to see a testing but with the vaccum that have the detachable blower like
Ridigid 6.5 detachable blower/craftsman 6.5 detachable blower and so,also wonder if there's a difference with the detachable blower vs this regular ones
You're doing God's work.... If god were a vacuum reviewer that did a really good job.
Really appreciate it a very quick video
Showed how the vacuums worked
Great video
Much appreciated! Thank you!
I don't buy anything Craftsman since the Sears day. I needed a vac in a pinch and grabbed you got it the Craftsman. Not bad for the price. Enjoyed the video.
Project Farm did this test as well and the Bauer from Harbor Freight did much better than expected.
I didn’t check who posted this and actually thought it was project farms video when I saw the title
The Bauer does great in Project Farm review. He points out that there is only has a 90 day warranty for the Bauer. I like the power, but want a warranty..craftsman or rigid seem about right for me.
you are the reason why I bought the shark vertex!!!
I hope you are enjoying it!
Project Farm should check you out man,.. do great work!
Thanks!
Excellent for cleaning a cats litter box.
Finally
Thank you, for the video, was going to invest in one
Glad I could help!
I'm new to your videos. They are great! Thanks! You talk about suction and CFM. What are the tools you use for those? I've always wanted to quantify the performance of a vac, but didn't know how / didn't have the tools.
I wondered if suction and CFM were directly related (more suction = more cfm?) But this video shows they both vary. Do you feel 1 is more important than the other?
I'm looking through your videos and haven't seen it yet - have you done anything with those turbo gadgets? spackle bucket size that collects things before getting to the shop vac filter, which stays cleaner (at least that's what they say). And how do you know when to clean the filter? With the right tools, I'd use that I guess?
These are strange results, considering how well the VacMaster Beast did in the previous test.
Thanks, helped me make my decision. Thanks for your hard work and objective testing
Glad I could help!
@@VacuumWars this was a significant purchase for me. So seeing your video gave me a lot of confidence. Thanks again. I hope you have a fun nye :). You def have all the tools to clean up confetti!
Hello. Wondering about how these large shop vacs would compare to a central vac system, or specifically a vacumaid gv50 pro for garage use?
how are you going to have a shop vac competition without the name brand Shop Vac!
great
Howdy, Chris
Can you compare the shop vac best picks here versus the portable with regards to best car cleaning as the primary focus?
I'm looking to buy a garage vacuum, primarily for my car but also perhaps for hooking up to power tools, as needed (not a permanent vacuum system for the power tools, just one at a time).
Should I get this Craftsman or the vacmaster you suggested for car vacuum or the Bissell spot cleaner (as a whole car carpet cleaner)?
Thanks
Great video. What about the plastic feet for the casters? I find some vacs have really horrible attachment design and tend to break or crack.
Let's do one on made in USA shopvacs
I assume suction and air flow are both important in gauging how much vac picks up. But are they equally important? I assume it would be safe to say that the craftsman “picks up the most.”
Do more shop vac videos I like these ones
Hi, can you clarify the difference between power and suction please? which one its more relevant for peaking up heavy things?
Thank you for this amazing video!, Will it be possible for you please to test the CFM and the section power for these vacuums after removing the filter?, If you can please do the tests with the filters being removed this will give different perspective, thank you so much again for the video
Poster: 1. Thank you bigly! 2. Do you prefer Craftsman CMXEVBE17595
or Craftsman CMXEVBE17607? 3. Why would one buy HEPA filters instead of regular filters for these?
Thanks for doing shop vacs. Can you do more with smaller shop vacs?
I can't make any promises right now, but thank you for that suggestion.
Dewalt stealth sonic 16 gallon is supposedly the quietest 6.5 hp vac. love to see a test on it
I have a Ridgid that looks exactly like the Workshop. Orange top, white bucket and a paper label for "Ridgid" instead of being printed onto the bucket. Super powerful but strange that the design changed around like that.
ridgid, workshop, and craftsman are all made from emerson electric. If you compare the sizes the older ones look similar but they all sound the same.
If you were cleaning gutters with extension wands - which one would you choose? (and thanks for making this video - we appreciate it!)
if you do end up getting one of these and use it regularly, get one of the cyclone separators, and wash your filter with water regularly.
very nice comparision of the power to upright vaccums, iam assuming these can be used on a regular carpet? didn't see any specific attachment for this, but guessing the water sucking connector can used for carpet as well, thoughts?
i put the hose in the drum been doing that since ive owned one
Thanks!
I would have liked to see some of the more "pro" brands like Shop-Vac and Dewalt
Ridgid is a "pro" brand, but I am surprised that Shopvac wasn't included in this.
Yeah I wanted to see the delwalt one.
@@alexcooper689 shop vac literally went out of business a few months ago
@@Factoryseconds123 Cool, I don't subscribe to Shop Vac News Daily. But also, I made my comment a couple months ago.
Project Farm did a video with the Craftsman and the Dewalt DXV14P and the Dewalt beat it in every important category
Well done.
Why not an attachment with a powered, spinning brush. I. E. Carpet cleanup!
Project farm ground craftsman best also
The squeegee part comes out for VacMaster if they didn't change their design.
Great video I really want a Craftsman shop vac now.
They work great until their motors catch on fire which used to be a huge issue not long ago. I don't know if they fixed it or not...
We used to have a Craftsman 16 gallon vac with blower years ago but the motor went bad so we replaced it with a Ridgid 4 gallon.
@@AwesomeVacuums buy a numatic charles. Expensive but worth it
I have a Henry
Hi: Love your channel. Was wondering if you have ever tested, or have a suggestion for a good steamer (not like a Shark Steamer, but rather one that can steam grout and do some spot cleaning)? Thanks for any info you may have.
Hey there- thanks so much. I haven't done a review of what you're looking for. It's been the floor steamers here pretty much.
@@VacuumWars Thanks for the quick reply. I think that is a category that no one seems to have tackled. I find that the prices tend to hover in the same range and them make a great leap in cost with no middle ground or range. My only experience is with a unit that worked great until it didn't which unfortunately was about a month after purchase. Have been gun shy since then, but wife is wanting another since we both loved the first unit until we didn't of course. In any event, thanks so much, really look forward to your videos, and love your testing methodology--definitely allows consumers to make truly informed decisions! Looking forward to future reviews....!
Would be cool, if you could revisit this video. I use the rigid shop vac 16 gal 6.5 for my house with the floor brush it comes with and it’s not that good. Would like to see which aftermarket brush/roller would best be paired with this. I appreciate your videos
how do you not include "Shop Vac brand?
They went bankrupt and are shit anyway
One day, you should review dust extractors, like a pulse bac, Bosch, makita, or a metabo
Will you please review the swifter mop + vac? It’s a new product but I’m skeptical about it. Also, I love all of your videos but would love to see more carpet cleaner reviews! Keep up the great work!
I'll check it out! Thanks!
@@VacuumWars it’s called the Swiffer Sweep and Vac, not mop and vac, my mistake. And no, thank you for the awesome content!
The Ridgid and workshop are the same company and craftsman uses the same attachments
Thanks!