Performance Pro Shop Vac

[andycktm]

Hi,
My comments were not made to offend,and i'm not saying the poster has bought a piece of rubbish,but i stand by my comments/posts and therefore I could not recommend one.But i hope they serve you both well.
Thanks.

 

[Philly]

Andy
No problem-sorry yours did'nt work out for you.
regards
Philly

 

[ByronBlack]

Thanks for sharing your bargain huntin' with us Phill.

I have to say that occasionaly the B&Q Performance pro range do offer some excellent bargains. I got their 12v cordless drill as a present, and that has been great.

Also, this review of the vac has come at the right time, as i'm in the midst of a workshop upgrade, and was thinking of getting a couple of vacs for the router table, jointer and mitre saw. These seems to be a good cheap option.

BB

 

[martyn2]

i went to the warrington branch of b/q no vacs for £20 the guy checked on the computer but found non ,he said if you can get the bar code number he may be able to help so if you see any can you get the bar code please

frank

sorry about the delay here is the information you wanted

pp1250 W&DVAC ith PTO
B&Q code 27165041
B&Q oreder no 6225180
ref 27165041

hope it helps

martyn

 

[frank]

thanks martyn i will see if i can still get one

frank

 

[mudman]

Dust anyone have any idea how fine a dust the dust filter copes with?

 

[Philly]

Mud
Don't have any specs but it works perfectly with MDF dust. Thats my benchmark for "good enough"! :wink:
Cheers
Philly

 

[Anonymous]

Hi,
My comments were not made to offend,and i'm not saying the poster has bought a piece of rubbish,but i stand by my comments/posts and therefore I could not recommend one.But i hope they serve you both well.
Thanks.

Andy, I wasn't critising you at all mate, I was concerned and tried to 'fold' mine in on itself when new just in case it was a design fault - I wanted to return it straight the way if it was. Sorry that yours didn't work out

 

[andycktm]

Yeah thanks Tony.

Even though i got my money back, in a way i was disappointed.Its such a high spec vac and its a shame they had to save money on the container part.
Thanks.

 

[DaveL]

Well I got one in the Ipswich B&Q warehouse, but most of the staff had no idea that there were any in stock or which isle they should be in. I almost came away without one having spent 20 minutes looking around and asking for help. :evil:

It works well, I have been laying loft flooring for my son and his wife in their new house. I had it hooked up with my circular saw and the only comment is it could do with starting a bit quicker.

I think it has a soft start so it does not blow the 13 amp fuse if you have a full 1800watts of power tool running on the power outlet.

Has anyone tried to get a spare filter for it? I would like to have one in the vac and one out, so I can use the vac to clean the clogged one. 8)

 

[Philly]

Dave
Yeah, seems to take forever when starting. As you say, probably saves the fuse.
Filter-no, haven't tried. Mind you, I have two other extractors
Cheers
Philly

 

[DaveL]

Filter-no, haven't tried. Mind you, I have two other extractors

Well yes I have two other vacuums and the cyclone, but the idea of getting this new one was to replace the other vacuums, not add to them. Shop space is not unlimited. [-(

 

[Phil7979]

Dear Anyone,

I purchased one of these extractors from B&Q in Nov 2005 and found it extremely reliable and easy to use. Unfortunately, one month out of the 36 month warranty the take-off portion of the on/off switch has failed. Has anyone any ideas where I can buy one from, please?
Phil

 

[DaveL]

Hi Phil,

Welcome to the forum.

Sorry to hear of your problem, have your tried ringing the help line for the machine? I had a problem with brushes on a PP router that was out of warranty and they found me a spare set.

 

[Phil7979]

Dear Dave, Thanks for the welcome. Yes, I've tried ringing the helpline but they're closed until next week. I was looking to try getting one off the Internet in the meantime so I could get the vac working fully meantime.
Regards.
Phil

 

[eggflan]

Im very interested in this so thanks philly for showing , i was going to get one of these http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.j ... earch=true before xmas but thought it would break after five mins , so has anyone got one and if so is it any good ....

 

[eggflan]

Well the small vax one aint available within 50miles ,, going to nip up later as i cant find the Pro Power vac anywhere on the b&q site but im sure ive seen them in the local store ..

 

[busy builder]

I need a vacuum for site as well as workshop so looked a a henry and also these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0290553011

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0311422903

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0330913239

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0306267253

no PP vacs in my Inverness branch of B & Q though or on thier web site

 

[DaveL]

no PP vacs in my Inverness branch of B & Q though or on thier web site

They now are using the name MacAllister for a lot of their own brand stuff. I had a quick search of their web site and cannot see anything that is like what the thread was about. The last ones they had were a metal drum, with power take off but not soft start, in blue and yellow boxes.

 

[eggflan]

Come to think of it , it was a metal drum type i saw in our b&q are they the same design apart from the soft start :?