I went to get a electric blower and I came back with a Wet/Dry Vac

[stealthsrt8]

It all started in this thread:

How many times a week do you wash your 300

I casually mentioned that I use a gas blower to dry off my car and the great people on this forum reminded me of the problems with gas blowers. I had always been careful in the past to watch for gas/oil drippings and never had any....as far as I could tell. Why take a chance? After sleeping on that thought for several days, I woke up this morning and decided I'd go buy an electric blower.

I hopped into our SUV, wife in tow, and off to the big orange home improvement warehouse. We marched over to the lawn equipment and I started searching for an electric leaf blower. I had done no prior research except to determine I wanted something with airspeed of 200+ mph, and I wanted to pay less than $60.

This may sound silly, but nothing "jumped out" at me and said "buy me, buy me". I turned to my lovely wife and said, "I just don't see anything I like".

On the way out I remembered that some Wet/Dry vacs have a detachable blower. Someone in a previous thread mentioned it too. I had always wanted a Wet/Dry...so off to that aisle we went.

Low and behold, there, before my eyes, was the RIGID WD1665 Wet/Dry Vac with Detachable Blower. This bad boy is capable of 265mph airspeed. With my budget set at $60, all I had to do was upsell the wife $40 more to buy the unit. As I prepared to speak, the wife yells out, "You need to buy that Wet/Dry vac, it's got a blower too". Keeping my cool, I say, "Well, if you think so" as I'm picking up the box and placing it in our cart.

Life is good! Thank you fellow 3CF members for the honest input you provide.

[pipsdad]

Originally Posted by stealthsrt8

It all started in this thread:

How many times a week do you wash your 300

I casually mentioned that I use a gas blower to dry off my car and the great people on this forum reminded me of the problems with gas blowers. I had always been careful in the past to watch for gas/oil drippings and never had any....as far as I could tell. Why take a chance? After sleeping on that thought for several days, I woke up this morning and decided I'd go buy an electric blower.

I hopped into our SUV, wife in tow, and off to the big orange home improvement warehouse. We marched over to the lawn equipment and I started searching for an electric leaf blower. I had done no prior research except to determine I wanted something with airspeed of 200+ mph, and I wanted to pay less than $60.

This may sound silly, but nothing "jumped out" at me and said "buy me, buy me". I turned to my lovely wife and said, "I just don't see anything I like".

On the way out I remembered that some Wet/Dry vacs have a detachable blower. Someone in a previous thread mentioned it too. I had always wanted a Wet/Dry...so off to that aisle we went.

Low and behold, there, before my eyes, was the RIGID WD1665 Wet/Dry Vac with Detachable Blower. This bad boy is capable of 265mph airspeed. With my budget set at $60, all I had to do was upsell the wife $40 more to buy the unit. As I prepared to speak, the wife yells out, "You need to buy that Wet/Dry vac, it's got a blower too". Keeping my cool, I say, "Well, if you think so" as I'm picking up the box and placing it in our cart.

Life is good! Thank you fellow 3CF members for the honest input you provide.

I have two of them, a big old rigid and a craftsman. Gotta love the wet/dry vac. Those things are great, and powerful, mine could suck the chrome off a bumper hitch!

[USMCSGT]

I love my dry/wet vac. I even used it as a blower to blow off my driveway after mowing the lawn before I got my gas blower. It's a great vacuum for the cars, I may start using it to dry off the car after a wash.

[stealthsrt8]

Originally Posted by USMCSGT

I may start using it to dry off the car after a wash.

i don't think you'll be disappointed. you'll still have to do some spot drying with microfiber towels, but, you'll cut down on water spotting.

[mjr5150]

Dude....that sucks........I mean that blows..........I mean it both sucks and blows.....all at the same time ........... .


I put the wet car in my shaded garage and use the electric leaf blower and get it almost entirely dry . I do not worry about spotting because I spray the car with a light mist from my zymol quick field dressing/detailing spray and then have at it w/ the microfiber towels . ... .

[stealthsrt8]

Originally Posted by mjr5150

...zymol quick field dressing/detailing spray and then have at it w/ the microfiber towels . ... .

nice tip.

[billiardbrawler]

Originally Posted by stealthsrt8

nice tip.

Man, you guys have me spending money like crazy. I too read that thread...I got my upper body workout as some mentioned with my hand held stihl.....I work for a Large equipment dealer and we are one of Ohio's largest Stihl dealers....so I snapped off a Stihl backpack blower ... boy this thing is absolutely awesome...throttle on the handle....makes short work of drying...plus your not dragging any debry that you may have missed across your paint from drying with a shammy............I love toys.....

[BlkLikeMe]

hmmmm.....I gave away my last wet/dry vac, gas blower not trusted on the car....dare not say I will be shopping this weekend!

[goherd90]

Originally Posted by stealthsrt8

It all started in this thread:

How many times a week do you wash your 300

I casually mentioned that I use a gas blower to dry off my car and the great people on this forum reminded me of the problems with gas blowers. I had always been careful in the past to watch for gas/oil drippings and never had any....as far as I could tell. Why take a chance? After sleeping on that thought for several days, I woke up this morning and decided I'd go buy an electric blower.

I hopped into our SUV, wife in tow, and off to the big orange home improvement warehouse. We marched over to the lawn equipment and I started searching for an electric leaf blower. I had done no prior research except to determine I wanted something with airspeed of 200+ mph, and I wanted to pay less than $60.

This may sound silly, but nothing "jumped out" at me and said "buy me, buy me". I turned to my lovely wife and said, "I just don't see anything I like".

On the way out I remembered that some Wet/Dry vacs have a detachable blower. Someone in a previous thread mentioned it too. I had always wanted a Wet/Dry...so off to that aisle we went.

Low and behold, there, before my eyes, was the RIGID WD1665 Wet/Dry Vac with Detachable Blower. This bad boy is capable of 265mph airspeed. With my budget set at $60, all I had to do was upsell the wife $40 more to buy the unit. As I prepared to speak, the wife yells out, "You need to buy that Wet/Dry vac, it's got a blower too". Keeping my cool, I say, "Well, if you think so" as I'm picking up the box and placing it in our cart.

Life is good! Thank you fellow 3CF members for the honest input you provide.

Damn..great idea. This weekend I pulled out the gas blower and although it did work...it was a bit cumbersome trying to lift overhead to get near the roof.

Enter wet/dry vac...I had also purchased one some time ago when I put down laminate flooring and had all kinds of nails, sawdust going on. I didn't even think of using the blower option. I can't wait to try it out this weekend. Gotta love this forum!

For those considering purchasing one they really are a must for any household. My wife uses to clean out all the junk food, wrapper, coins etc my two lil kids leave in the mini van. You really don't have to worry about it jammin up your vacuum.

This is the approach I would take with the misses if any are giving you slack...say hey look what I bought for you??? LOL.