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Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« on: September 12, 2006, 08:08:09 PM »
 Can you share your experience with these.   I am planning on buying one.  Looks like one is far cheaper that the other. Can you recommend a brand or name of a pond vac. Did you buy one and wish you had bought the other??  How easy or diffcult is yours to use.  My pond is 2200 gal and is really two ponds in one.  That is the two has a dam between the two with one waterfall at the top of the first pond and a smaller waterfall on the side of the smaller pond.  I would  post a pic as I have been taking lots of pics now that I have the hang of my camera. But I have not figured out how to post pics yet.

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Re: Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2006, 09:38:19 PM »
I bought a pool vac from Lowes...it's black with a mesh bag that stays under water and it's awesome.  The muck vac that I bought last year didn't suck at all (but it was supposed to).   I ended up throwing it away and tried this pool vac and I like it.
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Re: Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2006, 07:09:15 AM »
Oh, GREAT,  thanks .... I never even thought of a pool vac ... I have friends of mine who ask me why didn't I have a pool put in iinstead of a pond ... I had to tell them that would have been boring...   @O@

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Re: Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2006, 06:57:51 PM »
I have not been happy with the Shop Vac QPV or something similar, that has the pump in it to pump the water out so you don't have to dump it. It does not pump out nearly as fast as it sucks in and it over heats in a few minutes and shuts itself off.  It was not worth the $100 it cost.
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Re: Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2006, 07:10:56 PM »
Go with the pool vac, but use knee high stockings as the gunk trap instead of the mesh bag. You will be glad that you did.

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Re: Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2006, 08:14:34 PM »
Well, I have plenty of knee highs.... I have to shoot out to the store this week end and check out the pool vacs... thanks again.


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Re: Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2006, 09:50:15 PM »
Quote from: eagleeye on September 13, 2006, 07:10:56 PM
Go with the pool vac, but use knee high stockings as the gunk trap instead of the mesh bag. You will be glad that you did.

Steve

really?  how come?  and what brand do you wear, big fella?
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Re: Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2006, 06:08:10 AM »
I don't know what brand he wears but I know the knee highs will catch more of the debris. 
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Re: Pond Vac or Shop Vac ???
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2006, 06:51:31 AM »
I just about bought sandlefoot, cause I like that color, till my sister told me that they were called sandlefoot because they had the toes cut out. @O@ @O@
Dollar store brand, 6 pair for $1 O0 ;D @O@ @O@
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