Can this be used as a wet vacuum as well as a blower? I'm thinking I could use this to drain the pool perhaps?
941086
My husband said no, it shouldn't be used as a wet vac. We use it only to blow out the lines to close the pool.
941087
I would say no way. Water will ruin the motor. I live on a hill and used a garden hose to drain the pool.
941088
Rob,Wet vac? Drain the entire pool? I don't know how good it would do those jobs. I DO know it works fantastic for blowing out the pool lines (including a solar heater and lines running up to my roof) and main drain in my 20X40 built in pool.John
941089
I doubt it has the power and I'm pretty sure it shouldn't get wet. It definitely is NOT submersible. You just need a small water pump to drain the pool. I have a Little Giant submersible pump. Drains my 18000 gal. pool in a few hours.
663096
probably, but not advisable. Better to use a pump or you can use a shop vac with the setting on 'blow'.
1842715
I don't use this anymore exceptwhen I have a handyman around. Now I use the auto vacuum cleaner like the Hayward TigerShark. Drop it in the pool and let it work. I brought it from the internet.
342828
Like many shop vacs, the hose can be attached to the suction side for vacuum or the exhaust side for blowing. Will blow the debris out of my garage but certainly does not have the power of a leaf blower.
1306863
I haven't had to try that yet--thank heaven. They (Shop-Vac) says it can, and I put more faith in them than some other brands. The one negative I've found with this machine is that the filter bag is an annoying waste of money. One of those great ideas that fail in the execution. Bits of debris can't get past the opening of the bag and back up into the hose. Then you have to disconnect everything and run a long rod through the hose to shove out the dirt plug if reversing it to blower mode doesn't clear it. I've given up trying to use the bags. Other than that, I'm satisfied with it.
990843
This is only a duster. They (the same company) make a vacuum that can blow air as well, but it is not a powerful.
877918
yes, it works great for small areas. You would not use it to vacuum the entire bottom of a pool.
1024879
You would be far better off using a sump pump designed to do that task. There is no drain port, sump pumps can be rented cheaply, and if you did try to make your own drain and use this to empty large volumes of water you would burn out the motor quickly.
688179
I have never used it for that but my son used this to blow up a rather large kids swimming pool and he said it worked very well. Hope this helps!
1054014
No, we would not recommend using this unit to suction water as it would damage the vacuum. Check out one of our carpet deep cleaners for use with water extraction like the BISSELL DeepClean Essential Full Sized Carpet Cleaner, 8852
661577
I don't see any reason why you couldn't. You can also use it with or without a bag. I have been using mine with a bag since I've been using it mainly in my house. I haven't found any faults with it so far, I love it. I might buy another one for outside so I can keep this one in my house separate. Notice that amazon will show you which bags to buy for it at the bottom of the page when you order the vacuum.
402104
It will work fine, but because it uses a water hose to create the vacuum effect, you might have to remove some water from your pond after you vacuum.
930064
you could use it all the time but you would want to have a separate vaccumme hole in your pool because if you connect it to the skimmer, you will not get any of the top leaves etc off. also, it does pick up leaves and such, but i would recommend the leaf attachment which is sold separately.
985224
Absolutely No! While they do make skimmers that would work in such manner, this is NOT one of those type. This skimmer only can bee hooked up to the ports where the water comes back into the pool. It attaches to one of the ports where the water is returning from the pump back into the pool. You simply screw off one of these caps and attach the skimmer instead. It's not a vacuum, but a skimmer. Vacuums suck (literally), while this creates a whirlpool type effect drawing debris from across the surface of your pool into the skimmer.
31401
No it is just a blower, would be great if it would also vacuum, then it would be worth the cost. Unless you are doing the sidewalk or padio you are just blowing dirt around.
288520
There is an outlet for blowing as there is for vacuuming. As reported by others, if you need a lot of suction "or blowing" this isn't your vacuum cleaner but it works well for sawdust, bugs, car dirt, etc. I use it on my boat because it is so portable. CBEAT
877921
Yes, but only if it is in water. The unit is made for vacuuming under water, not a normal vacuum for the home.