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4.5
So this has a good vacuum hose size, while the unit is small and maneuverable. The bin for the vacuum is on the smaller size, but that's works fine for me. I use the DeWalt cyclone filter and find that it is more convenient to open/close compared to my old homemade cyclone filter, and it makes up easily for the small volume or the main bin.The only downside for some applications is that this does *not* have the bidirectional or normal exhaust/intake features to comparable shop vacuums.The exhaust has a muffler, and the overall design of the vacuum leaves it vastly quieter than my previous shop vacuums. Ok, it's not silent or anything, but it makes the vacuum process much more comfortable.It is possible that my experience with the vacuum is particularly positive because I have the cyclone filter in line, a paper bag filter, then the hepa-like filter for the main filter. I *suspect* this vacuum would lose power faster than a comparable not-quiet shop vac, if it's filters clogged up. The filters I have in line mean the vacuum has been working great with minimal maintenance!Having many parts to the system makes this a bulky shop vac setup. But it's not difficult to move the cyclone filter, vacuum, and tubes to another location in a workshop and connect to a tool or to vacuum a mess because the parts are individually smaller than a single big shop vacuum would be.So back to the headline. One day I started spontaneously telling my neighbor about this shop vacuum I love, *without* being prompted. Yeah, he was using power tools, but he definitively didn't ask me to talk about shop vacuums. that's when I realized I should write a review online
