Don’t buy this Ryobi 18v ONE+ shop vac special edition until you see this. It may change your mind.

[@johnmanning5117]

Kudos for admitting your mistake with the filter. I would take the video down until you do a reshoot.

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Hi John, I appreciate that. I’ve thought about it, but I decided to leave it up for now for a couple reasons. First, I don’t want people to think I’m trying to hide my mistakes. I’m trying to be open and show the true me, and hopefully people like it. Second, I’m trying to meet KZbin’s requirements for subscribers and watch time to get monetized and start making money from doing this. If I take it down, they won’t count anything I gained from that video toward those goals. So, I think I’ll just leave it up for now. Maybe I should add a comment or something to the description so people know about it before they watch. I may take it down in the future, but I think I need to leave it up for now at least until I get into the KZbin partner program. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment.

[@king69777]

I think his video was a great representation of how this is a crap shoot vacuum It takes a lot to do these videos Give him credit Thanks KingQ.

[@madpogue]

Try testing it again after reading the instructions.

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

lol, yeah, I felt like that was a pretty dumb mistake, but I thought I thought that I should own up to it as you saw near the end of the video. I know some channels will cut that stuff out of scrap the video altogether, but It was best to just be honest and show everything, mistakes and all. Like I said, I might retest it, but I’m not really how interested everyone will be since it’s kind of an old product at this point.

[@bread-gz3rl]

Definitely since you didn't use a filter

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

A lol, probably. Thing is, I’ve seen those foam filters on other wet dry vacs before, so you would think it would have occurred to me to check the box again.

[@thecanadiangrill1715]

Filter plus vacuum filter bag does the job! Unless you're sucking up pure water, then just the wet filter.

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Good call. Seems like I saw a video about that once. Do you know what bags will fit this vac? I don’t see one listed as compatible.

[@thecanadiangrill1715]

@@rob-toolsandtech2521 VF3503 dust bags from Rigid fit perfectly. Also bought from Home Depot

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Thanks! I’ll buy some. I appreciate it.

[@bromarvids5186]

Nice I have to turn up and down the volume depending on what decibel you decided to use ha ha

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

lol, sorry about that. I try to get it equalized/ normalized, but I think I miss some clips sometimes. I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. I appreciate the feedback. I’ll be going back to a wireless lav mic, and that makes a big difference. I think I’ll do a video on it.

[@tony5006]

Don't know about using the grey foam filter, what you should have done is read the instruction manual before using the machine and giving it bad publicity because you didn't know what you were doing? It is after all an 18V machine.

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Yeah, I probably should have figured out a better way to edit the video to be clear that it was my mistake. I did know about about those wet filters, but I forgot all about it, and I didn’t want to take it out and hide my mistakes. I should make an update. It’s a pretty useful machine. The battery life is too short for some things, and the narrow hose does get clogged easier than some of the other battery operated ones, but it’s really handy if you just need to suck a smaller amount of dry or liquid up, and don’t want to string a cord to wherever you need to use it. It’s just stuff like that damp saw dust that seemed to keep clogging the hose. I used it for blowing dust out of a furnace and vacuuming out heat registers. It’s nice to go room to room without dealing with a cord. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.

[@tony5006]

@@rob-toolsandtech2521 Thank you Rob for being big enough to say that. I appreciate your honesty, which will make me want to continue watching your channel. I bought one of these machines and I'm very happy with it. And as you say quite fairly it could do to last longer on a 5ah battery and personally I haven't had a blockage in the hose though I know it will come at some point as my old machine did with wood shaving in a same sized hose. Good luck with your channel, I'll be watching. Tony.

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

@@tony5006 you’re welcome. I plan to start making videos regularly again soon now that I got through the life storm I was in. I do have one I’m going to publish today or tomorrow, but it’s not really much of a video. It’s just an update to let people know what’s been going on with me. I should have planned it better, because it was kind of a spur of the moment thing, and I said a lot of “um” and “uh” I tried taking a few of them out in editing so hopefully it’ll be a little better. I still left some in there though. Hopefully I can easily shake the dust off my video making skills and start publishing regularly again soon. Thanks again for the feedback. Talk to you later.

[@josemarroquin5955]

I want to see this vaccum against the dewalt 20 volts,,,, this one seems to have more suction

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Hi Jose, I could definitely test that sometime if I can get my hands on one of the DeWalt ones. Whatcha one are you thinking of? I think DeWalt makes a few if I remember right.

[@joymagnah4854]

I bought one and am very disappointed in it too. The first time I used it I had a 2 amp battery and it was doing a great job but the battery only lasted 10- 15 min. I put a 4 amp battery in and it really started acting up. It wouldn't suction only blow. I checked everything several times and it suddenly started sucking. With the 4 amp battery it was extremely loud. I mean ear blasting loud. Stated to suck and suddenly just blew. The noise was unreal. I haven't touched it since. Was looking for info thinking I had done something wrong. So far haven't found any.

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

It sounds like it could be defective. Mine doesn’t last too long either. I don’t have that issue with the 4ah batteries though, so I’m thinking yours may be defective unfortunately.

[@DeWaltjunkie]

Why doesn’t any take a min and read manual for dry cleanup use big filter for wet use black filter and if you don’t use filter a bunch of debris went into motor so probably have to take apart and clean it out

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Yeah, I admitted it in the video later, I wanted to leave it on, because I didn’t want to make it look like I’m hiding my mistakes. To be fair to Ryobi, I should probably do a follow up video. I hope there was still some info in there that helped someone.

[@DeWaltjunkie]

@@rob-toolsandtech2521 i just reread my message and it reads meaner then I meant it to sorry for that and i give you credit for not hiding mistakes no one is perfect all the time

[@kevinohara8671]

I would never use a battery Hoover like that and why are you sitting on a chair and holding the Hoover like that it looks completely stupid

[@davidlayhue228]

how drunk are you? you cant keep your eyes open

[@michaeltechreviews5390]

Nice review

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Thanks, Michael, I appreciate it.

[@devilefan]

@@rob-toolsandtech2521 .... I have this unit but thankfully I did not buy it for myself.... it was a Christmas gift....And as much as I hate to say it ..being I like Ryobi ...it was horrible.... The vacuum sucks and not in a good way.... it really doesn't have much power.... The hose is very stiff and not very flexible.... and like you it is not something I would recommend.... truthfully it's one of Ryobi's worst products.... in fact if I had purchased this myself it would have been returned by now.... thanks Rob great review and keep them coming 👍🏻

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Thanks Rich, I appreciate it. Yeah, I agree. If I had tried it out before the return date was up I probably would have returned it too. It sounds like you’re in the same boat.

[@devilefan]

@@rob-toolsandtech2521 .... Yeah I can't really return it because I never got a gift receipt....So I'm stuck with it but it probably goes without saying that I don't use it

[@THELIFEDREAMER.1329]

Actually it's not the vacuum fault. It's your fault! How in your mind are you going to use the vaccum without any kind of filter!? Of course it's not working well because you already f... Up the thing! About the battery, well is a powerful running motor. Where do you think it takes power from? A Ridgid vaccum similar to that, ( one that is actually not any more in the market by the way!) With two 4 amp / hour battery last around 25 minutes. Do you know how much you can vac in 25 minutes? If you need more just bring more batteries or use a corded one! And you are complaining about the 15 minutes with a 4 amp battery? Your lack of knowledge make this video bring Total disinformation!

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Misinformation was definitely not my intention. I left it in and posted the video, because I wanted to be honest and not hide the mistake from viewers, and I thought there was still some valuable information in there. For instance, the size of the hose. It gets clogged quicker than a larger one. Hopefully I can get better at clarifying these things in the future. Thanks for the feedback l.

[@cameranmanner4701]

9amp battery fits

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

Cool, thanks for the info. I’ll probably get some 9’s eventually. Maybe they’ll have some on sale over the next few months. Thanks again, I appreciate you letting me know.

[@ProxyFinal]

@@rob-toolsandtech2521 probably the most you are going to get out of 9 amps is like 30 mins and that's a big maybe. I know this because I checked on my watch for runtime.

[@bread-gz3rl]

I get 1h and 15mins on my 9AH

[@king69777]

This helps! Thanks. But how long ds it last. I await your answer.

[@cameranmanner4701]

@@king69777 bread.says 1hr15m I haven't really tested it continuously. I used it to shampoo a carpet. I used for 45m and there was still juice in the battery.

[@Pro1er]

Wow, just wow.🙄

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

lol, is that because how bad the vac is or how much of a doofus I am? 😂

[@Pro1er]

@@rob-toolsandtech2521 I have all of the Ryobi One+ vacuums. I bought that vacuum the day it came out last year. It's a great vacuum when used properly and within its limitations.

[@rob-toolsandtech2521]

lol, like you saw, I called myself out for forgetting the filter. I should do a follow up video. It’s been pretty good. I agree with Clint from the Tool Review Zone that the hose could be better, but otherwise it’s been a pretty good vac. I appreciate you taking the time to comment and share your experience.