Bottom line, none has the suction of ShopVac. Sometimes there just is no substitute. Nothing better for cars.
As for regular vacs, never will I buy the overrated nonsense that is “bagless”. It’s all smoke and mirrors - generally more on the smoke.
My sister(RIP) bought some really nice German machine and loved it. Still don’t know what it is, but it was very expensive. I will not buy expensive until we get rid of our cleaning woman, who is too stupid and constantly wrecks everything she touches. She breaks the vacuum then jerry-rigs it together a bit. You should see our Hoover now, which has survived some 3 years of her abuse. I’m shocked the thing still works.
It is probably a Sebo, ours cost about $600 several years ago. It is the quietest vacuum on earth and sucks like a hundred hotties and is flat enough to go under most furniture. German quality at its best, just like a Porsche!
Lol. Yup.
Shop Vacs suck (that's a compliment). I use mine for a lot of household cleaning.