Bazyle,
I to have a "wet and dry" cleaner, this time by VAX. The "wet" part refers to the ability by swopping some parts for the cleaner to be used for jobs such as shampooing a carpet, sucking water out of a drain, sucking up spills. The "dry" part refers to its main ability as a dry(ish) dirt remover. I say "dry(ish)" because within reason it will suck up damp stuff such as swarf wet from whatever cutting lubricant I have been used. Now ok, in this mode it does cause a stain on the cotton dust collector bag.
As such, it does work remarkably well in both "wet" and "dry" modes. Hence certainly in my case, this not a marketing dream.
Usual disclaimer as a very satisfied user of a Vax Power 4000 cleaner bought around 20 years ago, and which has been used mainly in the workshop, but to clean carpets, to suck up water during & after a flood, to empty an external stop cock hole of water, and to suck the water of some new concrete foundations prior to building on them.
As regards the comment about the p[ipe getting blocked, in my case this is entirely due to me using a pattern part rather than an original after I broke the original. Prior to that, I never had a blockage.
Regards,
Peter G. Shaw
Edited By Peter G. Shaw on 27/06/2013 15:24:42