Rockler’s new Mud Proper store vac is a really stable operator, with a helpful tool-triggered mode. At 73 db, it’s a bit quieter than my Festool CT26 and about the identical as my high-end Bosch, each comparatively quiet store vacs. Together with the opposite vacs in my store, the Mud Proper filters its exhaust to a HEPA normal, conserving probably the most harmful wooden mud out of your airways. However the Rockler vac is half the worth of the others.
The Mud Proper features a filter-cleaning mechanism designed to eject fantastic mud that has packed the folds of the filter. Identical to the filter-cleaning mechanisms I’ve tried on different HEPA vacs, nonetheless, this one doesn’t do very a lot.
Like its opponents, Rockler recommends utilizing proprietary paper luggage as a prefilter, and people do an excellent job capturing mud and conserving the filter clear, which in flip retains the suction highly effective.
The Mud Proper has different good touches, resembling a 12-ft.-long hose and enormous, easy-rolling casters. And it comes with a number of vacuuming attachments, making it a discount at $300.
—Roland Johnson is a contributing editor.
Join eletters in the present day and get the newest strategies and how-to from Positive Woodworking, plus particular gives.
