wet dry vacs
Got some from Shop Vac, Craftsman, Ridgid and one by Vacmaster. One that I really like is in the Craftsman Evolv series, it's a 5 gallon unit, and for a wet dry vac, it's actually pretty quiet. Also have a Craftsman 16 gallon unit. Interestingly, there are three hose sizes you can get for these kind of vacuums, there's a hose that takes the standard 1.25 attachments, a 1.5 diameter hose similar to backpack hoses, and a 2-1/2 diameter. Those large hoses aretoo difficult to work with, though they allow lots of airflow. I tend to use the smaller diameter hoses for most things.