Small wet/dry (cordless?) vacuum cleaners - DeWalt DC515?

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Hi allI'm looking for a small wet/dry vacuum cleaner and wondered if anyonehas experience of these?The most pressing requirement is to clear up baby vomit from carpetsand rugs, so being powerful/efficient enough to pick up goo, and quickto deploy anywhere in the house are the most important features.I've used a Black & Decker dusbuster type thing in the past, and it'sclose to useless.  Looking around the web I can see that DeWalt do acouple wet/dry units - the DC515K looks like the answer, but is itreally powerful enough?  Perhaps a corded unit is necessary...?Thanks in advance for your thoughts/experiencesCalum (dad to 11mth old)

damduck-egg · Accepted Answer

Get a small dog and it'll do it automatically.G.Harman

Dave Liquorice · Answer

Scraper, plastic bowl and kitchen roll. Easy to use and far, far easier to clean than a wet 'n dry vacuum. Works with larger quanties of vomit when they are few years older but don't make it to the bathroom...

By scraper I mean something like:

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than a decorating striping knife or scraper.

Calum · Answer

Thanks Dave - yes, these tools have their merits, but some of my rugsare bumpy, so scrapers leave things behind.  But will a handheldvacuum have enough suck? That's the question...

Dave Plowman (News) · Answer

In article,   Calum  wrote:My wet or dry unit has a 1200 watt motor and works very well. That'sprobably OTT for cordless. But it takes longer to clean it out afterwardsthan to do the task, so I only ever use it in wet mode for things wherethere are no option, like clearing a gulley. I'd not bother with it if youcan get at the spill or whatever easily.

David P · Answer

Pressure washer

NT · Answer

Battery power just doesnt give the required power. Maybe technical advances have made it possible recently, but I've never seen a battery vac thats been much good. Sweepers do work, but you dont want to sweep vomit.

Just use a scraper and kitchen towel. It works on bumpy rugs, just takes several goes. And get washable rugs.

NT

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