Cheap Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaners?

[Toaster Pilot]

Looking to buy a Wet & Dry vac as cheaply as possible for cleaning dirty car seats/carpets - anyone got any recommendations?

Screwfix/B&Q/Wickes/etc all seem to have them for under £40.

[Toaster Pilot]

Probably going to buy this since it's the cheapest and has reasonable reviews unless anyone has recommendations of similar/better/"don't buy that, I had one, it's awful"

http://www.diy.com/nav/rooms/cleaning-laundry/vacu...

[Barchettaman]

I wouldn´t use a W&D, for car interiors I would just go with a vacuum cleaner then a cheap steam cleaner.
Excellent results and a much faster drying time.

http://tinyurl.com/np4fva8 is the one we have, it was about €60 when we got it a few years ago.

[Censorious]

I have one of these.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7...

£59.99 currently and it's German (need I say more)

It's also a blower which is extremely handy!

[Censorious]

Toaster Pilot said:

Probably going to buy this since it's the cheapest and has reasonable reviews unless anyone has recommendations of similar/better/"don't buy that, I had one, it's awful"

http://www.diy.com/nav/rooms/cleaning-laundry/vacu...

I've found the B&Q Performance range to not really live up to that name!

I've had several different tools of the same make and all have packed up after a few months to a year.

[justanotherJC]

I've had one of the Earlex WD1000 vacs for years - it's a very simple piece of kit and has been fantastic. Just make sure you clean/replace the filter regularly.

[Toaster Pilot]

justanotherJC said:

I've had one of the Earlex WD1000 vacs for years - it's a very simple piece of kit and has been fantastic. Just make sure you clean/replace the filter regularly.

Interesting - how much of a PITA is it to switch between wet and dry operation, out of interest?

The Einhell one does look nice (and is German, as you say) but a little out of my budget.

[Toaster Pilot]

Oh, and on the subject of steam cleaners, would a little one like this https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-16t... be of any use?

[22Rgt]

Cheap ones are ok but as ever you get what you pay for and no £60 wet and dry vac is going to be long lasting. For cleaning interiors the only one to have is the commercial grade Karcher Puzzi..not in the cheapo price bracket though..

[Toaster Pilot]

That costs more than some of the cars I'll be cleaning did.

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Have you tried second hand?

Pneumatic are the daddy when it comes to wet vacs, but they do cost a few bob!.
A good professional wet vac job costs £50-£100 so get working and recoup the costs!

Alternatively, I have heard good things about Earlex.

( Changing from wet to dry is usually just a 30 second job of swapping filters btw.)

[Censorious]

Toaster Pilot said:

justanotherJC said:

I've had one of the Earlex WD1000 vacs for years - it's a very simple piece of kit and has been fantastic. Just make sure you clean/replace the filter regularly.

Interesting - how much of a PITA is it to switch between wet and dry operation, out of interest?

The Einhell one does look nice (and is German, as you say) but a little out of my budget.

The Einhell one has been good for me and I've really abused mine (used for plaster dust and rubble and flood water removal). I've even had it hooked up to my floor sander!

It's very powerful; I extended the pole with another to achieve a length of 25 feet and leant out of an upper floor window and used the blower to clear out our conservatory guttering. We live right next to woodland so you can imagine how full our gutters get with wet leaves.

The filters are washable and it has no expensive bags to replace.

I think it's a great bit of kit for around £60.