Hand held vacuum

[23vc]

Any recommendations, for occasional lightweight building cleanup but mainly just domestic stuff?

 

[Ryler]

I have a cordless dyson.

 

[opps]

I wouldn't want to use a Dyson for hoovering up stuff like brick dust.

There are a number of battery powered handheld vacuums at the likes of Screwfix.

eg https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-gas12vlin-12v-li-ion-cordless-mini-vacuum-cleaner-bare/6390j

With any of the bagless models, I think you will be better off brushing up as much as possible first.

 

[23vc]

Thanks. Yeah I guess I need to decide whether to go the screwfix route or spend much more on a dyson which is presumably better in every way, but not to be used for building mess.

 

[^woody^]

Get something from D&B.

I use this model

 

[Deleted member 174758]

I wouldn't want to use a Dyson for hoovering up stuff like brick dust

With any of the bagless models, I think you will be better off brushing up as much as possible first.

I concur. Whilst I have access to Hilti and Makita industrial vacs at work, plus my own Metabo industrial vac when needs be, at home I make do with a pensioned-off Dyson DC02. It has sufficient suck, but the capacity is low and the filter clogs depressingly quickly when vacuuming fine stuff like plaster dust, MDF, sanding dust, etc. The way to make it work for me has been to build a plywood drop box and mount one of those cheap plastic cyclone "pre-extractors" between the tool and the vacuum. Whilst a great improvement I still don't think it's as good as a class-L industrial vac. In the past i found that attempting to use a domestic vacuum (even a so-called "shop vac" - in my case a Goblin) to vacuum-up sanding dust from plasterwork simply resulted in the fine dust going into the vacuum at one end and being blown straight back out the back of the vacuum into the room having passed straight through the cloth bag and filter. I feel that this is because many domestic vacuums don't have sufficiently good filtration that they can catch the fine stuff, although maybe the newer ones with HEPA filters will be better

 

[23vc]

Get something from D&B.

I use this model

Already got the pale blue equivalent. I’ll research the difference in performance.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Just remember to use "water knock down" to reduce airborne dust on hard floors! (won't quite work on carpets, however)