So your sink's filling up, water is sloshing around, and you need to clean out a clog, but you don't have a plunger. Cue the Shop-Vac. That's right, the Shop-Vac -- the powerful, heavy-duty vacuum ...

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If you're in the trades, you know just how useful a shop vac can be, but for the average homeowner this kind of powerful ...

I tested 14 top shop vacs to see how they fared with wet and dry messes, and evaluated their suction power, portability and ease of use. Three came out as the best.