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I bought a new Rigid 16 gallon shop vac last fall---I have a Rigid of the same size that is over 15 years old which has been used in my remodeling business and outside at home(sucks up sweet gun balls like a boss).
I bought a muffler for the new one---it is now half as loud as the Dyson vacuum cleaner. And I cannot see any difference in suction with the muffler on or off. It is WAY more quiet than the 2hp Griz DC unit.
Only problem would be adapting a smaller lighter hose to attach to my PC ROS, have yet to see a good reason to do that.
A dusty shop is a productive shop.
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(02-01-2018, 08:49 PM)K. L McReynolds Wrote: A dusty shop is a productive shop.
By that measure I have a very productive shop. I decided to just break out the lunchbox vacuum. It is significantly louder than my other Shop Vac. In comparison I could have used the old one without ear protection but didn't, so it's all even since I still wearing ear protection. Both my 6" Rigid and my 5" Bosch ROS's have a dust collection output. The hose coming off the new shop vac and Bosch sander were of equal dimension so I had to get some polyethylene 1" hose and heat it, stretch it to fit over both parts. It worked well, I likely could have gotten away without dust protection while sanding, but didn't.
A carpenter's house is never done.
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I had a Genie wet/dry vac of around 10 gallons capacity, and while it was ok for what it was, with the small diameter hose (which clogged easily, of course), it was so loud I had to wear hearing protection. I added a muffler, which made it far quieter, and it was still so loud I had to wear hearing protection.
When I got a big SS Rigid wet/dry, I put the Genie on the street for someone to steal. I'm surprised it didn't get returned.
Tom
“This place smells like that odd combination of flop sweat, hopelessness, aaaand feet"
