Shop-Vac QPL40 10-Gallon 4-Horsepower Wet/Dry Vacuum | 
| Brand: Shop-Vac
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $155.95
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 6291
Media: Tools & Hardware
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 22
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MPN: 925/40-10
Model: QPL40
UPC: 026282925404
EAN: 0026282925404
ASIN: B00004RHKG
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| Features:
| • | 10-Gallon 4-Horsepower wet/dry vacuum is durable enough for home or job site | | • | Powerful 4-Horsepower motor provides 55 inches of sealed pressure and 130 CFM | | • | 2-stage filtering system includes high-quality cartridge filter and dust bag | | • | Includes 6-foot locking hose, extension wands, crevice and gulper tools, and 14-inch floor nozzle with squeegee insert | | • | 1-year warranty |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Shop-Vac 10-Gallon 4 HP wet/dry vacuum is durable enough for home or job site. Featuring a powerful 4 HP motor, it provides 55 inches of sealed pressure and 130 CFM. The built-in tool storage bucket includes a 6-foot locking hose, extension wands, crevice and gulper tools, and a 14-inch floor nozzle with squeegee insert. The two-stage filtering system includes a high-quality cartridge filter and a dust bag. The collection tank has side-carrying handles, easy-roll caster system, tank drain, and an 18-foot power cord It comes with a 1-year warranty.
Product Description
Super-quiet operation is just one of the many features of this wet/dry vac. A great vacuum at a great price. Pick up one for yourself and one as a gift. U.S.A. Gallons: 10, HP: 4, Seal Pressure (in.): 61, CFM: 150
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 28
 Fifth Anniversary Endorsement as a 'wet' vac January 25, 2010
A. Dent (Minas Anor, GD)
Bought one back in 2005 and it's still working well, sucking up water quickly off the basement floor - sorry to say but we get a little bit of flooding from time to time, when it rains a lot. And, believe it or not, we also used it to get the sand out of our pool filter a couple of times - several bucketfulls.
The things I liked about this vac are:
- 4 HP, 7.9A motor
- Simple construction - it's basically a bucket with an electric motor on top, a big hose and some accessories.
- Easy to take apart and reassemble. The hose comes off easily and so does the top.
- Nice drain, it would empty the 10-gallon bucket in less than half a minute.
- Easy to move around on 3 little caster wheels.
- Great suction power - it fills up the 10 gallons in a couple of minutes and would remove the water literally to the last drop.
One thing that could be improved is the length of the power cord. I could use more than 18 feet. And it would be nice if the cord could be detached from the vac, making it easier to move it around when the bucket needs emptying.
In spite of the little shortcomings, it still gets its 5 stars (translates into "I love it" on Amazon's stars scale) because not only do I love it but I'd probably buy a replacement if the one we have now stopped working. But, 5 years after we bought it, it did NOT stop working. Therefore the endorsement.
 Never again buy a Shop-Vac December 10, 2009
Michael J. Mcdonald
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Purchased in August 2008. Never really happy with product. Hose very stiff and difficult to carry around. The shut off switch is so sensitive I could not even use the vac on my patio, everytime it went over a bump in the concrete the vac shuts off. Now, 15 months after I bought it, the motor burnt up. I doubt if I used the vac 20 times in the time I had it, certainly not a good investment. I will never buy another Shop-Vac Product!
A great machine! May 31, 2009
Grand Shopper (Corpus Christi, TX)
I bought this vacuum three years; and it's still going strong. It is very quiet and powerful. And it has never failed to do the job.
Junk, garbage, crap... how else could I describe it? March 2, 2009
Joe Darooky (Forest Hill, MD USA)
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
Everything about this vacuum makes me think it's junk. When will these manufacturers learn that consumers are craving a better-made shop vacuum? It is at the point now that I must be careful when I choose to vacuum because this thing just puts me in such a foul mood. It is just such a piece of garbage that I want to drive over it with my truck and then burn what's left.
Like almost every other shop vacuum manufacturer, the friction fit attachments, wand, and hose require Atlas-like strength to stay together. If you dont force them together, they simply come apart at the worst possible moment. Oh, I could count a million times this has happened to me. Recently, my wife was kind enough to clean my shop while I was away. Her first comment was "That shop vac is a real piece of crap. Now I know why it makes you so grumpy!"
Let's not forget the wheels either. Even the wheels are junk. Will these manufacturers ever learn to make a shop vac that can roll over its own power cord? When the wheels hit the cord, the whole unit comes to an abrupt halt; often pulling the hose apart from the wand (see above). Then you have to go back to the vacuum, spin it off the cord, and reassemble any parts that have come off.
The most used but least effective tool on the unit is the floor sweeper. Why oh why do they put the bristle part in front of the vacuum area on this fitting? It just makes the attachment spread the dirt. Honestly now, does this company ever try to use their own product? I doubt it.
The hose on these units are such a joke. Its like pulling a Slinky around the shop. The hoses are cheap and flimsy. Give the hose a slight tug and the shop vac does nothing. Give it a firm tug and it comes racing at you like greased lightning. Look out!
Then there's the filter issue. It clogs too easily. The only time you have real suction is when the filter is first cleaned. Within 5 minutes of use, more than half of the suction power is gone.
And lastly, there is a serious noise issue. A shop vac will make you deaf. The high pitch whine (even with the overpriced "muffler") drives an annoying sound through rooms, up stairs, and into your neighbor's house.
There are no good options for shop vacs. The Ridgid, Craftsman, and Shop Vac units are all the same. Each is junk. Save your money and buy a good quality broom and dust pan. Sweeping is fast, simple, and far less frustrating.
Good product February 4, 2009
Jeanette H. Winje (Lake City, CA United States)
Use this often in the shop and our 1870 B and B. Love it.
As advertised. Will go back to this company.
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