mityvac or craftsman??
 

I've recently become interested in owning a vacuum pump, and wondered which one should i buy, a mityvac, or the brass craftsman one?? what one is better?

I have used my Mity Vac a lot, it has been very usefull. I bought the one from Harbor Freight. I haven't used the Craftsman one, but the one I have has all the adapters and connectors a person could ever want.

Mity Vac from Harbor Freight

Warranty on a Craftsman is 1 year...how about the Mity Vac?

I'm not so sure that a warranty is that critical. These things are pretty simple devices. I don't have any experience with the Craftsman device, but I own the metal Mity-Vac (vs. the plastic one). You can get rebuild kits for it at Northern Tool, but I've never needed one and I've used mine for over ten years.

Wes

Mine says 1 Year.

i too have never used the caftsman but i do have the metal mity vac and it works really nice.

I have used the MityVac lots of times and find it to be an exceptional vacuum pump. It is far superior to the Liquivac. Don't know anything about the Craftsman but I don't think you can wrong with the Mityvac.

I had a Mightyvac for about ten years. It stopped working one weekend and I bought the Craftsman one, I needed a quick replacement. It is just as good as the Mightyvac. I've had the Craftsman for about three years now and use it quite often.

Tom
82 SD
86 SDL

Here is the same one, priced lower. Do check shipping though. :cool:

When it comes to online purchases, I am really cheap. :P

http://www.thetoolwarehouse.net/shop/MIT-4000.html

BTW, I have that kit.

:cool:

A while back the one at harbor freight was around $36. I do'nt why the price changed.