Product Description
Includes 9-Gallon HEPA Turbo II Vacuum - 9-20-25HEPA, 16-ft Hose, 0.3 Micron Filter - TII HEPA, Paper Dust Bag - 913038K01, Turn Screw - TII 3001, Flange - TII 3002
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #16161 in Home Improvement
- Brand: Fein
- Model: 9-20-25 HEPA
- Number of items: 1
Features
- HEPA Filtration Vac
- Durable, Compact, Quiet
- New electronic suction control
- Powerful heavy-duty motor
- Tremendous static water lift
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
39 of 39 people found the following review helpful.
Fein indeed
By G. Gentle
After an extremely long process of elimination, I purchased this vacuum over the Fein Turbo I, the Festool Midi and the Festool CT 26. I am a painting contractor and I frequently have to remove lead paint, so a HEPA vacuum is now a must. If you're in the market for a quality mid-sized shop-vac, especially a HEPA vac, then you will probably be choosing between these two companies. If you want a full-sized shop vac, then I guess the Dustless Technologies would be a consideration as well, but it's far too large for on-site use in my opinion.
I honestly preferred the size of the Turbo I and the Midi, but I also recently purchased a paint shaver pro, which generates a large volume of debris in a hurry, eliminating them from contention.
The Festool has a few advantages over the Fein:
Hose storage
Cord storage
Better/Larger wheels (I have not bothered to install the casters on the Fein)
Braking mechanism (For when you don't want it to roll, see above)
HANDLE (SEE BELOW)
On the other hand, the Fein has several advantages over the Festool:
PRICE (not a small advantage either. Around $200 for equivalent capacity)
Hose (longer and crush proof for when you step on it, and you WILL step on it)
Bags (Accepts most common shop vac bags, much cheaper than Fein or Festool bags)
Capacity
Hose attachment (locks in place instead of press fit)
Accepts common shop vac hoses, so you can use it as a clean-up vac as well as a dust collector (press fit)
Locking clips (metal instead of plastic. The CT line has decent plastic clips, but the Midi/Mini clips are really poor)
Ease of cleaning (The Festool has way too many nooks and crannies. Looks great until it's covered in dust!)
Festool is putting out a bunch of hype about their new bags for the CT line. I can tell you that the Fein using a regular bag will suck strong until it creates a 9-gallon brick!
I would be wary of any more capacity for an on-site vacuum. The Turbo III and Dustless Technologies might be great if you're only rolling them around on a smooth floor, but if you have to carry them, especially carry them UP, whether on a ladder, or on staging you don't want any more than 9 gallons. I would guess that the Turbo II fully loaded with paint chips is in the neighborhood of 80 lbs.
The Turbo II does not have a flat bottom like the Turbo I. It has a depression and petcock for draining when used wet. This makes it much less stable if you intend to use it without wheels (on staging or roofs).
If you do have to carry the Fein, you will discover the one real complaint I have about the Turbo line:
THE HANDLE IS AWFUL!! I honestly don't know what they were thinking! If you set out to design the least comfortable handle possible, you would arrive at the Fein handle. It is actually painful to carry the vacuum. This is not rocket science! You put the smooth, rounded side on the bottom and (if you need one) the sharp, angular side up. It's just... horrible. Just horrible. The gap between the top of the vac and the bottom of the handle is also very small, so padding the handle is difficult if you want to leave any room for your hand.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.Good but could have been better
By Finbar
Great suction and great filtration. Relatively quiet. A little on the heavy side. Auto switch is a big plus, comes in handy when attached to power tools. Mulitple wheels keep unit stabile and upright (unlike many shop vacs that easily tip over, marring finishes and spewing dust). However, this tool could have easily been designed better. The handle is terrible, making the unit very uncomfortable to carry. I read negative comments about the handle on-line and chose to ignore them. But those reviewers were right. This is a strange design defect for a company that is known for quality, professional tools. Also, complete lack of any way to store hose and or attachments is a poor oversight. Overall, it is a very good vacuum but a few inexpensive design improvements would have made it a great vacuum.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
No onboard accessory storage!
By 7 On the Line!
This vacuum has heft, in that quality-built kind of way. It has an eye-pleasing design. It runs quietly, smoothly, and provides a lot of suction. It has an auto-start AC outlet for dust collection use with table saws, planers, and such. It has an awesome, user-settable, electronic suction control that allows me to vacuum directly on red rosin paper, which I use to protect floors, without sucking it up into the hose. It's base is surrounded by a plethora of wheels to prevent it from tipping over, no matter which way you pull it.
The big problem is that the vacuum doesn't have any place to store the hose attachments! I don't remember ever having used a vacuum that doesn't have storage for its own attachments. What am I supposed to do at the job site, walk around with the various vacuum attachments crammed into my tool belt? My pockets? This is just a recipe for losing these so-called "optional", very expensive vacuum attachmentsFein DW1 Wet/Dry Clean-Up Kit. I cannot recommend this vacuum for in-the-field use because of the fact that it doesn't have onboard storage for the attachments. You just know you or your employees are going to misplace and lose them. It would be a very nice vacuum for a home or commercial shop, where the attachments could all be kept in one place.
Well, I bought it for use on a lead paint-positive remodel, and needed to use it on the day it was delivered, so I own it now. I'm thinking of fashioning something from a pocketed canvas work apron that will drape over the vacuum and hold the attachments, of course being careful not to obstruct the vents.
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