But it’s a real champ with cleaning up little projects around the garage, in the house, or in the basement. This is a much smaller vacuum than the Ridgid models, and it doesn’t match their capabilities on larger messes. If you’re looking for something smaller and more portable, we like the DeWalt DCV581H 20V 2-Gallon Cordless/Corded Wet/Dry Vac. Ridgid gives the vac minor upgrades and tweaks every few years, so the models have changed, but the core positives of the vac have always remained constant. The 12-gallon Ridgid is the vac I saw most on job sites and used the most often throughout a 10-year construction career, and it’s the one I’ve owned at home for years. And extra filters, hoses, and nozzles are easy to get in an emergency, as long as you have a Home Depot nearby. This Ridgid vac is regularly sold on the shelves of Home Depot (where it has thousands of mostly five-star online reviews). They all store on the vac and out of the way-a smarter design than that of many competitors’ accessory caddies. The Ridgid 12-Gallon NXT Wet/Dry Vac HD1200 comes with two wand extensions and three nozzles (one for general use, another for wet spills, and a small one for detail work).

And with its four casters, well-positioned handle, and manageable weight, this model isn’t that difficult to drag through a basement or clunk up a flight of stairs. This wet/dry vac (aka “shop vac” 1) has a large capacity and a powerful motor for sucking up debris.

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