I have an Oneida dust collection system in my shop basement hooked up (through the floor) to all the big machines. For cleaning up from other work, I use a normal Shop Vac roll-around machine that I hate. (Noisy, filter clogs easily, fittings come off, lousy casters, flaky switch, etc.) I'm looking for an alternative for this secondary dust collection. My shop is about 25'x20'. I've got 3 options so far:
1. Rockler dust right system
I actually bought the longest hose and fittings to see how easy it would be to drag the hose around and store it. I took it out of the box and after 5 minutes of experimentation I decided that the hose was too big, too heavy, and a pain to store. (If they made the same system with a smaller diameter hose, that might work better.) I'm returning the hose this weekend.
2. You can get 1 1/2" pool vacuum hoses and reels for storing them. I would hook this up to the shop vac just like the dust right system but the smaller hose and storage system would make it much more manageable. Not sure how easy it would be connect this to the dust collector or get attachments but I'm confident I can figure it out.
3. Upgrade my shop vac. I originally decided to just get Makita's pricey 4710 HEPA vacuum but decided that using my central dust collector was a better solution. I'm now
wondering if this is actually a better and more flexible solution. This was the top reviewed vacuum in a recent fine homebuilding.
Any advice/insight would be appreciated.