Craftsman Clean N Carry 4 gal. Wet-Dry Vac, 5.0 Peak hp —
I was primarily looking for a compact sized shop vac to lug around for detailing cars. My choices here locally were this one, a shop vac from lowes, and a ridgid shop vac from home depot. All were similar in size and power. What sold it for me with this one was price, the fact that it has wheels for easy moving while using, and the 1 1/4" tubing. I was able to buy a cheap set of 1 1/4" accessories for auto detailing and slap them right on. Neither the lowes or home depot vac had this advantage because of the varying sizes of their vacuum hoses.
This thing has tons of power, if you're pondering between a few different models I believe this is the best in it's class.