I tested 14 top shop vacs to see how they fared with wet and dry messes, and evaluated their suction power, portability and ease of use. Three came out as the best.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you drag out a traditional vacuum and lug it from room to room to clean up messes and spills on the daily, it's time to upgrade ...

If you're in the trades, you know just how useful a shop vac can be, but for the average homeowner this kind of powerful ...