Rigid vacs

[Kyle Stapleton]

Anyone out there using Rigid vacs for your vac table?
One of our feins just melted and they do not make them any more.

[knight_toolworks]

not a good idea they are not up to the job though they are much better as a basic shop vac then the fein is. If you can only go 110v I would get two of the fein type motors and make a black box out of them they will be quet and they are about 160.00 each.

[Kyle Stapleton]

That would be nice but I do not have time to make anything.
I see the fein I and II have the same motor, 1100 watt motor that delivers a 151 cfm flow rate and 98.4 inches of water lift.
The specs on the III were

Nominal Power: 1,200 Watts
Air Flow: 126 CFM
Static Water Lift: 99"

I'm thinking of getting a I and letter rip....

[knight_toolworks]

I bought a 1 for house cleanup that was quiet. but it turned out to not have a huge amount of airflow can comes with with a wacky filter. then the power plugin stopped working. the 3 is the same as the older ones it just has variable speed.

[Kyle Stapleton]

Where can you fined a 3?

[knight_toolworks]

looks like the 3 is gone the two is whats the new three I guess. if I went bac to vac I was thinking along these lines
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008600U1K?psc=1
but this is the guy I would get still uses the round filter.
https://www.amazon.com/Fein-9-20-25-...&keywords=fein

[curtiss]

I went to a local vacuum repair shop and they had a used vacuum motor out of a car wash vacuum that worked great, they put new brushes on it...

Mounted right under the table, about 40 dollars.

[jerry_stanek]

What do you need a filter for. When I checked mine there was nothing in it after 8 years.

[dmidkiff]

The ridged will work to get by but will burn out quick. Shop vac may last longer.

[scottp55]

Wish I had the bucks to get that Fein 9-20-25 Steve
They've stopped making it, and the variable speed makes it Perfect for a Desktop, and I've been dreading getting one with a simple on/off switch.
Dang....and a price 100-150 $ less than the last time I saw it
I hope the new motor the Fein repair center stuck in for free(3 months short of the 3 yr warranty) holds out for a long time.
Quietest shopvac I've ever heard, even at power level 5.
scott