Right now I don't know if I can justify a specialty detailers vacuum so a wet/dry is might have to do. My P/U stays pretty much clean on the inside as my family knows I will go insane if they track too much crap in. (I'm the same way about my tractor at work and my gun shop workbench.) On the other hand, the wife and kids trash her car out pretty bad and I need something decent with the right tools. I have a big 5 or 6 gallon industrial vac I use for my shop and blast cabinets, but it is a pain in the butt to drag out to the cars. I was thinking about a 2 gal shop vac dedicated for the cars only, but they don't come with many attachments.

1. Would a 2 gal vac work well/be a wise investment?
2. It comes with a crevice tool, but what other attachments would you recommend? I see stuff like duster brushes and 'claws', right down to the micro-detail kits. All of this stuff effectively doubles the price, which is okay if it's worth it.
3. Would $60.00 be better spent for this elsewhere on a dedicated interior machine?

 

If you have a 6 gallon shopvac already, just get a long hose for it so you can leave it parked outside the truck and not have to move it while vacuuming.

I use a 2.5 gallon shopvac, it came with a gulper nozzle and a crevice tool. It only came with a 4 foot hose, so I bought an 8 foot extension hose. I also bought a duster brush tool.

 

Good call on the hose, I didn't even give that a thought.

Moving the 6 gal is really not a good option for me. It's usually hooked up to my bead blasters and I'm sure there are not only metal filings but media dust embedded into the hose and such from being in the gun shop. I end up going to the car wash to use the vacuums and they are normally pieces of crap. I don't want to bring the Dyson outside either, my wife loves that thing and would go insane if I did that.

 

http://thevacuumcenter.com/rainbow-v...-c-54_399.html

this is what i use...no bags just dump water and you're good to go
btw i did not spend any $ on it, my grandma got it a while back

 

Here is exactly what I bought:

Shopvac:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...211&lpage=none

Extension hose:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...211&lpage=none

Coupler for the 2 hoses:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...411&lpage=none

Brush tool:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...511&lpage=none

 

That's the vac and the place I was considering! Coincidence, Karma???? I'm sold on it now.

 

I wish I had been able to get away without that coupler, but the extension hose doesn't come with the right adapter to work with that particular vacuum, it's really a 8 foot "replacement" hose. Considering the vacuum was only 30 bucks I guess I shouldn't complain. A 4 foot hose just won't cut it to vacuum a vehicle. At least it came with both a gulper and a crevice tool. Having 12 feet of hose is very convenient.