ArmorAll Wet/Dry 12V Vacuum Cleaner

Let me first say, I'm a car care fanatic. I had to replace my old Black and Decker 12V Vac that I first received as a gift with my first car 13 years ago.This Armor All Vac is fantastic in every way. High quality construction, nice storage bag, super easy to use and clean, plus it has a cool narrow/long attachment for hard to get areas (between and under seats). To clean, top pops off, you have a filter you can remove, plus an internal catch basin to dump debris. I just finished using it for the first time, it did an excellent job. The catch basin and filter had alot of dirt in them, and the car wasn't all that dirty. As with all 12V vacs, the power is pretty low, so you do have to go over the area a few times, since it doesnt have the power of the huge gas station vacs. However, I would absolutely recommend. Very happy with my purchase. The interior actually looks detailed. You can't beat the convenience of having your own car vac, its a definite buy. TIP: In the instruction manual, it says NOT to run your engine when using the vac. It claims it will decrease the life of the vac, assuming from too much power. Personally Ive vaccumed both ways, with engine on and off. Doesnt really seem to make a difference either way. To use with engine off, just plug it in with the engine off, and turn your key to the accessory ON position. Your car's battery will not be affected by using the vac with engine off for a half hour.

Great little vacuum. Was hesitant on ordering it after reading some of the reviews. But after reading reviews on how great the suction was and reviews on how bad the suction was, I decided I best try it out myself. This vacuum does have very good suction. Now let's put it in perspective. If your trying to pick up months worth of debris, then no, this vacuum is not going to do it. I'm sure no small hand vac would do it. You would need a regular vacuum or a commercial vacuum like at the car washes. But, if your using it to just maintain your cars interior and pick up normal stuff, this vacuum is very much up to the task. The built in crevice tool is fantastic and easy to use. Just flip and push in and your good to go. The brush tool (attached to the underside of the unit) works great too. The LED light is great for seeing debris under the seats. The vacuum is easy to clean, is solidly built and is a great value for the price. Add to it that you can use it to pick up small spills and it's really a great value! Again, as with any tool, you need the right tool depending on the task at hand. You would not use a jewelers screwdriver to work on your car, so you wouldn't use a small hand vac to clean up heavy debris from your cars carpets. If you use this vacuum for what it's intended for - maintaining your cars interior - this vacuum will do it.

After this particularly brutal midwest winter, I bought this vacuum specifically to get the salt stains out of the black carpet in my new car. I was planning on getting my car detailed, but the $150 quote just for the carpet scared me away. I did some research and found a great video on removing those nasty stains. I needed a wet/dry vac, so this was a go.My Prime membership once again did its job and got this to me in 2 days. I took it out of the package and thought it looked great. It came with a nice bag to store it in. I plan on keeping it in the trunk so I can have it handy, so this is great.This started off doing a phenomenal job. I especially love the crevice tool. It was great for getting into corners and tough areas. It sucks up water and dirt just as well as the shop-vacs by the car wash.However, 10 minutes into cleaning, the crevice tool broke off. This wasn't cool. It made the suction power decrease considerably. I then used the brush head (also included) and finished the job. Though not as nice as the crevice tool, this was an adequate alternative. I did notice that the suction power was greater when the engine was on, and not just in accessory mode.Then came emptying the vacuum. This is not simple, and is quite a mess. Plan on emptying the vacuum outside with the car windows up. My genius self emptied the container and half of the dirt blew back into the car. Ugh. But this vacuum managed to clean it up again without a problem.Overall, it was a great cheap alternative to detailing.I am sad that the crevice tool broke off. That is the main reason that I can't give it five stars. It did the job well and sucked up all the crap that was ground into my poor carpet.

It worked well for a couple of uses, then the motor burnt out. Do not waste your money on this very low quality ArmorAll product.During a five week period I used it twice for about 15 minutes each time (at 5 minute intervals, never 15 minutes straight).For the third use after 5 minutes it started smelling like burnt plastic, made a horrible noise, and two seconds after that it stopped working completely.I can't return it because it is over the return period. Why is the return period so short? Shouldn't they trust their product to work for longer than a a month?Wasted money.I opened it and verified the motor is burnt, obviously low quality or otherwise returns would be allowed for longer. Right?