Any good 12V Wet & Dry vacuum cleaners out there?

[cj! 19]

Are there any good 12V Wet & Dry vacuum cleaners out there for using on a boat? 

[Clipper 375]

No

[wheels 544]

Expanding clippers post lightly, no there are no good ones. Not that I know of anyway. The reason is very simply that any decent Vaccy needs a good suckymota  and to get a good suckymota, you need power and at 12V, the current required to get a good suck is a lot.
So lets say you have a normal wet and dry workshop job with a modest power rating of just 800W. If you want that in 12V, you would be looking at a current draw of 67A.
The only 12V ones I have come across are either the handheld Dustbuster type handhelds that will suck up water as well as dust, or some very nasty cheap units made to plug into a ciggy lighter socket. The most powerful 12V I have ever seen is just 200w, which is not a very suckymota.

[Fish 0]

Not wet.

There are a few of the of the rechargeable cordless ones around. We've got a black and decker from farmers that is handy on the boat. Charge it at home, lasts long enough. I normally take it if I'm taking tools for a DIY / maintenance session. Gets in all those fiddly spots under the floor boards.

[ScottiE 174]

I'm with Clipper.

 

Which the long way to say

 

 

 

No!

[cj! 19]

So, nothing great but anything worth considering for those on moorings?

[ab1974 1]

Waeco make a wet and dry with a reasonable size holding tank. We used to have one and vacuumed the boat and cleaned out the bilge just fine.

 

They were about $150 from memory

[bazzathemammoth 38]

The 18v battery Milwaukee one is pretty good. Damn expensive though, especially if you don't already have the batteries and charger.

[tuffyluffy 76]

The good ones come with a receipt and a 12 month warrantee.

 

You buy it

You use it

You wreck it,

You return it

You get a new free one, and repeat

[Huey 7]

Beautiful  there tuffy    I know others who do that for all their trade tools  

 

 But I love my good ones that just keep going