Dust Collection Upgrade Needed. Harvey 700 vs 800?
Dust collection has always been a bit of a weak point for me. However, my work has progressed to the point where I am in the shop 90% of the time so the investment is now justified. I'm getting more than a little tired of wearing a respirator to make up for poor quality dust collection.
Current setup:
https://www.rocklerpro.com/rockler-w...ector-1250-cfm
1.5hp 1250 cfm with hepa filter. This has done fine for general dust but I want to get myself set up with something that is far superior. The biggest points on this collector when I bought it were noise, and cost $300 or so.
My shop is tragically small. I'd love to build a new one and consider moving into a rental, but for now I do have to shuffle machines around for access to different tools. As such, I end up moving a hose from one machine to the next and don't expect that to change in the near future.
I'm looking at the Harvey units, but must admit having poor understanding of how different stats work. At first glance, It doesn't look like these units would have a significant increase in flow, but I'm assuming that there is something critical that I don't understand about dust collection and am hoping someone can help me out with that.
I'm leaning towards the Harvey because of how loud/quiet it is. That's a critical consideration in my situation.
Finally, I'm struggling to understand if there is value in the 800 over the 700. There doesn't seem to be a large change in CFM but I'm wondering if a core part of my misunderstanding in dust collection relates to HP and the 3hp will be far better than 2?
Greatly appreciate the input and assistance!