Editorial Product Review:Amazon.com Product Review:A wet/dry shop vacuum is great, but they can be unwieldy, cumbersome and hard to haul around. DEWALT's combined the cleanup power of a wet/dry with the convenience of a cordless vac and come up with this innovative machine.
It's powered by the same heavy-duty 18-volt battery that runs your drills and other cordless tools, so you know it's got oomph, but it's light and super-portable, making it easy to clean up just about anywhere you're short on space or electricity. We like the flexibility to use either the utility nozzle for floor spills and messes, but the 5-foot rubber hose comes in really handy for cabinet installers, who can set the unit on the countertop and clean out all the shavings and sawdust from new cabinets, even on the top shelves, using the hose.
It picks up extremely well on both wet and dry material, though the tank is just half a gallon and so fills up fairly fast. But to that end, the tank removes and empties so easily that it wasn't an issue for us. The filter is a breeze to rinse clean, too.
A downside? It's loud. But what shop vacuum isn't? We're pretty impressed with this little unit for its convenience and big power.
--Kris Jensen-Van Heste What's in the Box: Vacuum, battery, charger, filter and manual
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Buyer Reviews
Average Buyer Rating:
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MAJOR Disappointment
I bought this vac to use outside when I don't want to drag out the big Shop-Vac. I especially wanted a cordless wet-vac I could use when I'm cleaning out my little fountain. I was hoping I could also use it to suck small wet leaves and stuff out of patio corners.
When it works, it does a good job on the fountain. But it's tempramental. The filter gets clogged easily, and (as others have said) it doesn't hold much liquid---so the fountain has to be almost TOTALLY empty before I even start. I could live with that, but it doesn't always work properly when I replace the tank after I've emptied it. Then I have to fool with it.
As for using it on leaves (even tiny ones and "crumbs"), forget it. The diameter of the hose is so small that practically EVERYTHING gets stuck in it, especially damp leaves. I like the feature of being able to remove the hose from the nozzle----and frankly that nozzle is such an awkward shape & size that I almost never use it anyway.
I expected better from DeWalt.
Customer Rating: 
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High Quality Hand-Held Vac
I purchased the DeWalt vac to replace an older Dustbuster. The power of the DeWalt is considerably better. The hose function works well and is great for corners and tight areas. Many reviews raise concern about noise. Here is a comparison measured at 36 inches:
DeWalt cordless vac 87-90 dB
Black and Decker Dustbuster 80-82 dB
Porter Cable wet/dry shop vac 87 dB
Dirt Devil 84 dB
Simplicity home floor vacuum 80 dB
Hearing damage occurs at 90dB over time. Ear muffs for hearing protections store nicely on the handle of the DeWalt and, I believe, should be used. I do not find this to be particularly inconvenient. I own other DeWalt tools and have found them to be consistently high quality. This one is no exception.
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Good, but not exceptional
Because it was a DeWalt, and rather pricey, I bought this unit expecting it to basically be a hand-held Shop-Vac, which is not quite the case. I suspect that my expectations were too high. It will easily lift all kinds of wood and metal chips, even fairly heavy ones, off a smooth surface, but if you're trying to get a winter's worth of grit out of your car carpets, a plug-in shop-vac still does a better job....
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great little vac
It's the best little vac I've used.
I sorta get people's issue with the high pitch noise, but to me , it isn't loud...my bigger shop vacs are FAR louder.
But your 3 x the distance from them, so I guess it just seems louder to others.. I don't find a problem with the noise.
PROS....
Easy to get the trash tray off and dump it.
Uses a REAL filter... the type that works best and more efficiently on full size shop vacs.
Picks up all sorts of stuff easily.
I have other 18v dewalt tools, so a no brainer addition for me.
But my wife loves it for spot clean ups in the kitchen and bathrooms.
CONS:
I wish the charger had provisions for wall mounting as well as some sort of wall mount for the vac.. that would make it soo much easier for general use around the house.