9 Gallon 5.0 PHP STEALTHSONIC QUIET VACUUM DXV09P-QTA

I stopped using regular floor vacs altogether after going through pretty much every every so-called top-rated vacuum (including two disappointingly poorly-built Mieles) over the last 25 years. Now I just use a big 5hp shop vac. Mine is at DeWalt but probably any name brand will last for decades. It is definitely less convenient and I do have a dustbuster for small things, but but more than makes up for it in power and capacity. Being able to suck up liquids is a huge plus, being able to suck up things the size of your thumb is a mixed blessing, but there are plenty of attachments.

I wrote a long response about shop vacs and then saw this. Definitely less convenient than an upright, but they're so simple, powerful and durable. New ones are way quieter than they used to be coming to. I have a Dustbuster brand dustbuster for small stuff. (Actually I have three, one upstairs, one downstairs, and one in the garage. And two shop vacs, one steam cleaner, four pressure washers... I might have a problem.)

If you aren’t buying the Dewalt silent model shop vacs you are just being silly.

The first one is good for cleaning up small jobs, or holding while cutting with a multitool but like others said don’t expect it to do the work of a normal sized unit. Dewalts Steathsonic vacuums are nice, I would recommend them to anyone, just absolutely head the warning and don’t run them without the filter

This. They are insanely quiet you almost forget they’re on. The sound of air sucking through the nozzle is louder than the vacuum itself

I got tired of listening to my Rigid, so when it died, I bought a Dewalt Stealth vacuum, and it is so much nicer not listening to the old one screaming.

I bought a Dewalt Stealth vacuum, and I liked it so much that I went and got another smaller one. They have plenty of power, and they are really quiet.

Dewalt Stealth Sonic. So, so quiet.

Seconded. Very pleased with mine.