Best Cordless Vacuum for Boat Carpet?

Hi All,

Not the manliest boat maintenance questions I realize but:

Does anyone use a cordless vacuum for the interior of their boat? I did a quick vacuum of the interior of my boat after washing and waxing it on the trailer. Even on the trailer and near an outlet, it wound being a hassle with a plug in canister Vac. With the boat tied the pier, it will be next to impossible with a plug in.

I was thinking a cordless one, something like this, would be better:
Cordless Dewalt
but I'm wondering if it would wind up having enough ooomph as in VHP (vacuum horsepower ;)

A cordless one with some kid of beater brush would be even better, Hoover makes them, but they're a little pricey. Does anyone have a cordless vac for this purpose that they're especially happy with?

I have the dewalt, but no boat to go with it, so, I don't speak from personal experience.... the nice part about the Dewalt is the interchangeable batts, especially if you have other tools with the system.... they do suck ok, but are LOUD!!! I would stick with the corded vac for the big stuff, Ridgid makes a nice wet dry, and you can get extra long hose if you go with the larger vacuums.   The little vac might do fine for touch up and around the seats while you're out and about, but won't likely do the boat in the manner that I would want.   If your boat is on a lift at the dock, you could probably run power out to the dock for a couple hundred bucks, and be way ahead IMO...

i have a BD that will also such liquids....I use it on the car, and around the house with good results..battery runs for around 20 minutes of intense use...
in the boat never used it..I pay a service in the marina..they clean it once a week and charge me $30 monthly ......

I have my doubts that any cordless will be worth bothering with. We've tried a few different smaller corded vacs and they just dont have enough suction power to clean thick carpet quickly. I picked up a Rigid shop vac with a small footprint that easily fits between the motorbox and gunnels and really like it- it gets a lot more use (especially in our boats) than our huge craftsman.

Actually, the one I have is a 5hp, 4 gal unit that looks like this. That portable one you linked to looks like it has very similar specs, just in a slightly different package- I like it.

I use my Dyson V6 cordless. With and without the carpet attachment. It's like vacuuming the living room. Gets much more dirt out of the carpet than just a shop vac.

Ridgid.   Have several of them for the business and several for home. Used the one like Benj linked for the garage for many years. Then my son confiscated it so I bought THIS one to replace it just a few weeks ago. Works as well or better than its predecessor

gt40KS wrote: I bought THIS one

The link works for me. Joe, did you happen to notice the title? It says "cordless" Ridgid does have a lifetime warranty on all their products. I did have a large 6 gal. go out and they did replace it but with sort of a minor hassle. I had to take about 6 pictures and email them to Ridgid. I think the one they really wanted to see was with the filter removed showing the vacuum volute to see if I had run without the filter. BTW, the HD has plenty of the Ridgids!   

Ken, try this one

I previewed to check it and it's good.

Ken, you're of on you computer skills this morning!

75 Tique wrote: restarted by an obvious troll or robot saying to a 10 year old post,

Larry,
The robot is probably the same one that keeps calling my phone wanting me to buy another Medicare supplement!

75 Tique wrote: Harmless enough I guess, but it cracks me up that this 10 year old conversation on the right cordless vac got restarted by an obvious troll or robot saying to a 10 year old post, "yup, that's a nice vac"

Check the link Larry, the postings section

I figured she was a real person, maybe she bought a boat and I didn't wanna piss off her doberman

She seems like a vacuum cleaner troll that likes Dyson stuff

link

It's funny, actually since I originally started this thread, cordless vacuum technology has evolved a lot.

I wound up getting one of those Ridgid Pro-pack plug in ones, and just running a 100 foot extension cord down to the pier every time. A hassle, but at least do-able.

In the meantime, I got one of those Dyson V6 Absolute vacuum's for my home. It was expensive, but my wife and I ended up with a huge wad of money in Bed Bath & Beyond gift certificates after our wedding, and it was either that or a lifetime supply of towels.

That Dyson is awesome around the house. I notice now, that that model is under $200 new on eBay. I'm sure the new ones are even better.

I didn't want to risk getting an expensive one wet, but now that they are under $200, I'll probably give it a shot on the boat as long as the carpet is dry.

I bought the Dyson for my wife as a present Kinda like buying the frying pan for the wife,but since I do most of the vacuuming around the house I thought it wouldn't be used as a weapon.
I never realized that a cordless could be so effective. Don't even have to fire up the big vac in the house anymore. I do agree only to use it when your carpet is dry though.