VacmasterBlue Line 12-Gallon* 5 Peak HP† Wet/Dry Vacuum with Detachable Blower VBV1210

I have this vacuum for a few years now and it still works like new. The suction pulls everything. I can’t help but to give it a 5 star rating. It’s the best vacuum I’ve ever purchased.

Hi Friends,The short version: I recommend this vac, easy assembly, great suckage, nice big visible power button.The long version: I recently purchased a cabin/weekender to escape to once in a while. So, I recently ordered a bunch of stuff to 'stock' the place, and had added a canister vac to my initial list. When I placed the order - that vac was no longer available, Bummer. I noticed this Vacmaster VBV1210 on the 'customers also viewed' list and on a sheer whim added it to my order with little if any research - and bonus (as you will soon find out) it is a wet-dry vac.The order arrived, and last weekend my mom's cousin and I made a trek to the cabin to kick the tires, turn on the water/well since the freeze season was over. By chance I decided to put the boxed Vacmaster into the car, heck it had to go up anyway why wait for the movers at the end of May?Several hours later we arrived, moved stuff from the car inside, and eventually ventured into the dark and eery crawl space to turn on the well/pump, water heater, and so on. We met Hammy, my non-rent paying chipmunk who was rather shocked to see us in his chip-cave.We turned everything on, and all seemed to be ok. As we helped each other hoist our middle-age bodies out of Hammy's domain, we heard a somewhat unsettling rush of water. "Hmm," I said, "sounds like the shower was left on when they drained the pipes." Close, but no banana.We entered the lovely vintage 1983 blue-everything-including-the-toilet bathroom to realize that there is a pipe in the wall that was disconnected as part of the drain process, which the sellers had not felt the compunction to mention. It was a mini-Niagra with a gusher emanating from the blue formica closet - not unlike old faithful. Water water everywhere and not a mop in sight.I dove back to the crawlspace, again causing Hammy not insignificant terror. He was like, WTF!? I shut the pump off, and went back up to find several inches of water in the blue-beauty bath - which was now flowing with verve out the door. Like the wondertwins, my cousin and I activated and both immediately said "THE VAC!" Mind you, there were no towels, no mops, nothing at all in the all-but-empty cabin. Luckily, the wet-dry vac was mere feet away.We ripped open the box and began assembly, literally tossing the instructions to the side. There is no time to do things properly when in panic mode! Fortunately, assembly was easy-peasy, the hardest part being locating the attachments and hose (they are stored in the central canister for easy shipping). Still, we had the thing together and plugged in within 60 seconds. Without our glasses.I turned it on, and within moments sucked up the gallons of water that had baptized my fabulous formica and pooled on the floor. The vac has great suction and made short work of the mini-flood. I later used in to suck up some debris from a bit of wall-demo, which the vacmaster also sucked up with ease.So, I sure am glad that quite by chance, I ended up with this unit and it ended up in the car on our first trip. It sort of got us out of a pickle. Mind you, this review is based only on a few uses one afternoon - it is not a long term review. And, I ended up saving about $45 vs. the one I had originally planned on getting.Pros: simple simple assembly, it has great suction, and has a blower detachable (I have not yet tried).Cons: the only slight thing that could be improved is the cord length, seemed a bit short 4-6 more feet would be great (when I used it later in the day, it kept coming unplugged as I tugged the unit around because the cord is maybe only 4-5 feet long - just a guess).Anyway, I would recommend this unit at least based on my initial use. I promise on my next visit up there to read the assembly instructions :)

I really like the separate blower that is amazing and I cannot wait. I’m going to charge it as I just got it today and then I’m gonna take that apart so that I can go out and blow the cobwebs out of my garage along with the neighbors lint from their dryer And clean my garage easily this time thank you. What I mean by that is last year I had to use a broom to do it all and it took a lot longer. I’m sure this will make it easy and quicker. I’m grateful for that.

Works great but the lid didn't stay set. Would pop off when trying to carry it around.

I really like how its 3 things in 1 and for a great price...

After two years of letting various annoyances build up in my garage, I decided it was time clean house. I considered several options I settled on this shop vac over a traditional vacuum cleaner, even though I had no need for the ability to vacuum up puddles. This things SUCKS and BLOWS in a big way.The first thing I vacuumed was a pile of leaves that had infiltrated the garage, one pile of which a cat had peed on. It handled the leaves expertly with few exceptions that could easly be fixed with a little tap on concreate. It even pulled up a few wood chips from my fire wood pile, though understandbly a few caused problems, that it could even handle any was amazing.Next was a small piles of discarded ethernet terminals and keystones, which it gobbled up with no problems.It also pulled up stripped wire insulation, tiny section of ethernet cables (less than an inch) tiny nuts, bolts screws and small bits of 12 to 23 gauge wire.Then I turned it on the disgusting mess of cob webs, dead insdects and spiders in every corner, crevice and intersection of floor and wall. Dead salamander? no problem. Dead mouse? gone.At one point it did choke on a dust ball mixed with twigs and stuff. But unlike traditional vacuums, the hose can be taken apart and the clog flushed out of a short section with a garden hose. Since it can handle water, there was no need to wait for it to dry.The utility bathroom was the worst. Spiders had nested in the bath tub. Not anymore.Then there is the small space one of the cats had been secretly pooping in. It sucked it all up with a minimal number breaks to clear the hose line. But that did get old, so I turned on the blower, made a small pile in the corner and blew most of it into a dust pan. The rest of the remaining debris was easy to vacuum.Despite being a heavy duty sucking and blowing machine, it remains light weight. Even the hose and power cord are minimal in bulk. It is just enough to meet your needs while still being able to get the job. This was great for me with my chronic pain condition as bulky vacuums just make everything hard and harder means more pain.The power cord is short, but that is great, because there is less tripping over a pointlessly long cable. If you really need a longer run, thats what an extension cord is for. I only needed an extension for about 10% of the job, and was so glad not to have to deal with several feet of needless cords.This shop vac comes highly recommended!

Works great so far, after a month of light use. Well made, great price too.