If you do any kind of work in your garage, or think you’ll ever need to suck up some spilled liquids in the house, then having a wet/dry vac around is an absolute must. Often when we imagine shop vacs ...

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.

While standard household vacuums excel at most light-duty cleaning, they lack the power and durability to handle liquids or large spills. Shop vacs, also known as wet/dry vacs, use their powerful ...

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 ...

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