wkearney99 wrote:
I have one in our 348. It's made by Dometic. It works pretty well. It has a very nice quality hose too, not the typical cheapie that comes with a wetvac. And the hose is long enough to let me vacuum up in the cockpit too. The only thing it doesn't have is an agitating brush. It comes with a round brush, a 3" wide flat and a 8" wide floor attachment (and a extension pole for using it). Since the hose isn't powered there's no power brush head. Supposedly there are vacuum-powered brushes. But I prefer to just drag the rugs home and use a regular steamvac on them.
It works. That and you don't have to deal with trying to store it somewhere since it's built-in already. Of course you do still have to stow the hose and attachments but those come in a nice mesh bag.
So yeah, as an option I'd certainly recommend considering it.
Bill,
I've got the same vacuum but ours came with a vacuum powered agitating brush. After the first time I used it I spent a little while trying to figure out how the power was being transferred to the head because it worked so well. From the amount of power the brushes had I figured there was no way it was vacuum powered.
I'm probably in the same camp as everyone else about the vacuum. Definitely a nice to have but also not a need to have. On the other hand with the way I seem to obsess about the boat if it didn't have it I would probably feel compelled to add it.
So I got the brush but I didn't get a nice bag to keep my accessories in, they're just in the box they came in. Oh well, you win some you lose some.
Ben