I tested 14 top shop vacs to see how they fared with wet and dry messes, and evaluated their suction power, portability and ease of use. Three came out as the best.

The best shop vacs are agile in their movement around your garage, excellent at sucking up everything from sawdust on woodworking tables to dropped nails and bolts, and adaptive enough for when nature ...

Handle any serious cleaning job with a shop vac that can handle serious crumbs and dirt. By Amanda Reed Updated Sep 18, 2023 8:22 PM EDT We may earn revenue from the products available on this page ...

While you can tackle run-of-the-mill dust, dirt, and debris with a regular vacuum, serious messes are best left to a shop vac (also called a wet/dry vacuum—more on that below). These vacuums are ...

Wet/dry vacuums–shop vacs, as we like to call them–are made for the messy jobs that regular vacuum cleaners can’t handle. They can suction up large piles of sawdust and get dirt out of your car’s ...