This Portable Shop Vac Is Nearly 20% Off for October Prime Day

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I live in a pretty small house. How small? People routinely ask me where the rest of it is, and when my wife’s relatives from Texas show up, all they can talk about is how they could never live in such a small place. I mean, it’s not that small, but it’s not exactly huge—and it definitely lacks storage.

I feel that lack of storage space most acutely when it comes to tools and home maintenance stuff, which tends to be bulky (and to accumulate over time as you pick up implements for specific needs). For a long time I was borrowing my brothers shop vac, for example, because I just didn’t have space to store one when I wasn’t actively using it. A wet/dry vac comes in mighty handy when you’re working on stuff around the house (or fighting the occasional flooded crawl space), so I was pretty stoked to find this cordless shop vacuum from DeWalt—and it’s currently discounted to $163 (originally $200) for October Prime Day

What I love about this shop vac is that it’s small, so you can tuck it away almost anywhere and it’s light enough to pop onto any shelf that’s available. And the combination of its low weight (just eight pounds) and cordless operations means it’s really easy to bring it literally anywhere—including my crawl space, which can only be accessed by the tiniest, least convenient hole cut literally into a closet floor. If you don’t have a DeWalt charger and battery for this, you have the option of just plugging it into the wall—slightly less convenient, but still very usable.

It’s powerful enough for most basic jobs, and on battery it will run for more than half an hour, which should be plenty of time to clean up the mess you’ve made during your latest adventures in DIY repair. With a two-gallon capacity, it’s perfect for draining a toilet before removal or sucking up wood shavings because you forgot to put down a drop cloth before cutting some planks.

Looking for something else? Retailers like Walmart and Best Buy have Prime Day competition sales that are especially useful if you don’t have Amazon Prime.

• Walmart’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. ET through Oct. 12 and includes deals up to 50% off. It’s an especially good option if you have Walmart+.

• Best Buy’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Sept. 27 through Oct. 12, and has some of the best tech sales online. It’s an especially good option if you’re a My Best Buy “Plus” or “Total” member.

• Target’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Oct. 5 through Oct. 11, and it has deals going up to 50% off. You can become a Circle member for free.

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