God. This is the beast of shop vacuums, love it in all its glory! A stainless steel bucket is best because, unlike plastic buckets, it's easy to clean. I used it as a leaf blower on my patio, I used it to clear sawdust off the sidewalk. That's great. Good performance, a bit noisy but not louder than any other as far as I can tell. The only downside in my opinion is the hose. It seems a bit cheap to me. When I pull on it while blowing/sucking, it sometimes falls apart. The fasteners don't "lock" and I'm a bit weak so they might not push hard enough. I might go ahead and buy a higher quality hose that is available to avoid this problem in the future.