Black and Decker VPX Cordless Hand Vacuum with Cyclonic Action
- Convenient hand vacuum
- AccuReach extension nozzle, crevice tool and upholstery brush for hard-to-reach places
- Cyclonic action keeps filter clean and suction strong
- On-board accessory storage
- Powered by 2 rechargeable VPX 7-volt lithium-ion batteries, sold separately
Product Description
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Black and Decker VPX Cordless Hand Vacuum with Cyclonic Action
IMHO, VPX is a revolution in tool design. I was so excited when I saw these tools. This system has what I consider to be the best industrial design you can find in the consumer tool market. I started with the inflator and since then I’ve bought and tested all the different components except for the USB/Inverter.
I find the tools to have plenty of power and its very useful to have a common battery as well as one thats ready to go when you need it! They also take a lot less space than my old tool system which my wife always thought took a lot of space. My VPX setup takes half the space and does more! This one is a keeper!
I’ve had a number of black and decker products, usually very competent tools etc. Years ago they had versapak. You can still buy the batteries for that system but they no longer sell the vacuums (they had a handvac and a light duty floor vac) that came out briefly. I still have one of the handvacs that works wonderfully but the versapak being only 3 volts each (and nicad or later nimh batteries) does not have the runtime the vpx will have. The vpx are also lithium tech batteries that offer more stable output till the battery goes dry (i.e. not like nicads that drop output till they’re dead these put out steady till they die). I’ve got all the vpx items except the saw and the mid power screwdriver that’s between the light duty one and the drill (why would anyone buy the mid power screwdriver, just buy the stupid drill for only a little more and get more functionality, I can see the light screwdriver because it’s a lot smaller and lighter than the drill). I saw these at christmas when the local home depot was clearing them out. I guess for the professional these really can’t compete with the ryobi etc. but for us home fix up folks the vpx are fine and in the case of the drill offer a competing amount of power for less money (at least as good as a 14 volt drill in the case of the drill and the lithium packs should mean more run time with better output over the charge). I bought the vacuum because I was afraid it would go south like the versapak vacuum did. It seems to work very well and I like the built in edge tool and the two other tools that come with it and fit in the back. For the price they could have included a wall hanger. I like the way the nozzle has been redesigned on this unit on my older versapak vacuum you could get stuff in it that clogged the intake up, this would seem to do a better job of preventing that. For the price they also could have included an extra filter like the older versapak that you got two with. If they wanted to make this perfect they could make it wet/dry which is often what’s needed in a shop vac. Ryobi has a cute wet/dry that uses their 18 volt packs but since I don’t have any other ryobi it would cost me like 100 bucks to have that vac and this I already have bateries for. I found the inverter marked down cheap at a local home depot so now I have two, that is also a great product it has a usb port or a two prong ac port to charge cell phones, ipod, any device that can charge over usb and any ac device up to 8W (low draw). This is a great system, I was happy to see the local walmart carrying the batteries and devices so hopefully this one will see a longer product run than the versapak had. This is a useful item if you’ve already got other items in the system, the chargers are intelligently designed so they can be daisy chained together for only one plug but you only get batteries and chargers with the drill or the screw drivers, otherwise they’re all separate batteries and chargers. Batteries charge pretty fast over an hour or two. If you need a home tool set this will do you fine. Check out the local depots now because they have batteries with single chargers marked down cheaper than you can buy separately.
WHAT A MISTAKE THIS PURCHASE WAS! I ORDERED THIS VAC, IT ARRIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER BUT WITH NO BATTERY OR CHARGER, THEN I ORDERED THE BATTERY CHARGER AND BATTERY. IT ARRIVED, THEN I FOUND OUT THAT ONLY ONE BATTERY WAS SHIPPED AND THE VAC NEEDED TWO. SO I ORDERED THE LAST BATTERY WHICH IS NOW CHARGING. PERHAPS IT IS MY OWN STUPIDITY TO THINK THIS WOULD COME FULLY EQIPPPED BUT I WILL HESITATE BEFORE I EVER ORDER ANYTHING FROM AMAZON THAT MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPONENT. AMAZON SHOULD HAVE MADE THIS MORE CLEAR IN THEIR AD FOR THIS ITEM
The VPX Hand Vac is quite powerful and does a good job when the collection chamber is empty. However, with a dog that sheds alot, the chamber quickly fills and needs to be emptied frequently. This isn’t that big of a deal because emptying is easy to do. Battery life is not that great and one can barely clean two couches and one set of stairs before the battery dies. Also, if one of the two batteries die the unit shuts off. Which means if you don’t have more than two batteries you can’t use your drill for a while and then hope to clean up the entire mess without recharging a battery. All in all I am glad I own this as I have a small place and between this unit and my Roomba I can effectivly clean up any mess, but I would not recommend this product to others.
Great product for those hard to reach messes or cleaning out the vehicle or even sweeping up the floor after baby has eaten. Get it!