Best hose for Ridgid WD4070! Keep your larger attachments! 

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO COULD FIGURE OUT ALL THE STUPID PARTS! Great work!!

I love these hoses. I have one in the work van, two connected together in the shop and one of the smaller 1-1/4" as well. Love them!

Totally agree. I went down the vacuum hose rabbit hole a while back. For the price and performance, they are the best. I have three.

Good hose is expensive so I get why the manufacturers go with the cheaper alternative as most for some reason would rather throw away and buy again for some strange reason. It’s nice that rigid made the better product available!

Brush Thing! LOL THANK YOU FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS & SMILE!

I've been having the same vacuum for the last 10 years, it is so Awesome

Late to the party, but wanted to add that if you do want to get one of those adapters out of the hose end you just need to run hot water over it for a few minutes and it will soften up and allow you to pull the adapter.

Thank you,! .. you kept me from going completely mental , I use wd40 on everything I put together, but those friction fits were really hard to get on, (having arthritic hands did not help) ,, thankfully i also have OCD and finally got the thing together.

The 1 7/8 cuff threads on to the end of the hose you unscrew the larger cuff that is left hand threads the screw on the 1 7/8 cuff 👌

Yea that’s the one I use. Way better hose. Home Depot on line has 6 hp 14 gal that comes with the orange hose for $99 . Just ordered it for my daughter yesterday.

Sir , THANK YOU ! This is exactly the info I needed.

The 1 7/8" swivel tip also screws onto the Hose just like the 2 1/2" one does, you don't have to friction fit that one

Really clear. Very well done

RIDGID, why don’t you make a 2 1/2 inch premium 10 foot hose, just like 1 7/8” You know they would fly off the shelf so fast because that is what everybody wants, anyone that owns one of the higher end RIDGID vacuum like one of the better models with the higher CFM you know they would have to have that hose because it would be so amazing. A 2 1/2 inch premium hose. Holy shit sign me up please. I’ll pay $200 if you would sell me one right now because I need that shit. Every time I use the 1 7/8” hose I am taking a huge hit to my CFM and for all of the owners of the higher end vacs that really sucks because we pay extra and haul a bigger vac to have that extra power. And than you don’t allow us to use it. I mean there are just some jobs that I can’t use the 7’ stiff plastic hose on. It’s just not efficient. But then I am losing a large amount CFM and not gaining anything at all except mobility and ease of access. If you would just allow us to purchase a 10’ 2 1/2” premium hose we could have the power and the mobility. And that’s basically what you would think we would have gotten when we bought your first “premium hose” only to find out it’s not big enough for the vac to take advantage of so we lose suction power and gain nothing in return.

GREAT vid. THANKS FOR THIS!!

I have those hoses too they work well. I too do not subject my Festool extractors to dirt. 😂

The hose is actually the same hose as the car adapter kit. They are both 1 7/8” it’s just the car kit comes with that hose and the brushes and claw, better value. You can buy the 1 7/8 adapter to 2 1/2” so it’ll work with those accessories. Also you needed to screw that adapter on. It’s not press fit. So you actually get more with the car kit you get the 1 7/8” hose plus all the brushes. And again to be clear it is not friction fit. It screws on.

This is shaving off years of life trying to figure out this. I even tried 3d printing attachments nothing really works

Thanks, having the exact same problem

yes! I was wondering if that condensed end with car kit would be able to change out but with is what I would want!! perfect, thanks!!

starting to consider getting both the 1-1/4 and 1-7/8 kits

i have the same vac and same hose hooked up to a dust deputy. i also run the smaller hose from rockler and connect to my track saw and almost zero dust comes out. that vac is very powerful

I'm considering this hose over the detail kit. I have the car nozzle, dusting brush, and soon crevice tool. How's it working as far as suction?

@ 3:57, that 1 7/8 adapter actually goes threaded onto the orange hose. Not inserted as shown in the video

I just don't understand why Ridgid doesn't make a 2 1/2" one. The one that come with the vacuum has so little flex.

The lack of a quality hose is what deterred me from buying the Ridgid. I decided to buy the VacMaster Beast 5 gallon, 5.5 hp shop vac for only $87.79. Suction power, kink resistant hose and cord length are all pluses. Nice review on the Ridgid though.

is it much more flexible than the stock hose (which is literally 'rigid')?

Where did you get that 1 7/8 crevice tool?

I like the setup from the video. What about an adapter to go from 1 7/8 to 2 1/2 so I can use my 2 1/2 attachments

Thank you, I have the save shop vac. I hate the hard plastic OEM hose! Does this hose bend around better? Does it feel a bit softer? Like I mean the black plastic hose, literally rough scuffs my skin when I accidentally drag it across, got some striated scabs because of the hose. Also, my black hose has a kind of built it curve, and curves upward. When using like the crevice tool, I have to add a bit of force to bend the hose downward. Thank you, greatly appreciate your video!

Anyone know a way to get the press to fit end off of you change vacs? Once on I can’t see a way to remove

Can you attach two of those hoses together?

I was wondering, do you know if this comes with a warranty? I'm debating on buying this tomorrow maybe.

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I hate nasty hose too!

The filter is to small on that vac

Lol nobody wants nasty hose

Wtf is wrong with this product. I can not figure out how this works. I think Rigid is the worst brand in the world.

You unscrew the end and put the 1 ⅞ end on

Thanks for the video..... I´'m jumping on the Ridgid train and I've already decided a few months ago to get the model you have there with the casters. But thanks to you I found that that there is another diameter hose. But a question to all in regards to the 1-1/4 vs 1-7/8, and it's around the 1:08 mark. Brian talks about not wanting to reduce suction, but from what I've been reading, it SEEMS that due to the smaller diameter of the 1-1/4 hose, theoretically it should have more suction power than the 1-7/8. Aside from this, the 1-7/8 should be able to grab bigger debris. Would like to know the community and Brian's thought on this.

kinda funny, i bought the detailing kit because it's for my car. i just got the 6.5hp one on labor day for $100 (the one that you can detach and use as a leafblower too) and I have 2 orange ones hooked up to it because i hate rolling the vacuum around. so i just slide the hose under the car to the other side when I vacuum lol. Wish they just made a long 20 ft orange one but no problem it works and havent seen a loss in suction. good to know there is another like this

Thanks for the video, you did well because I have the same vacuum but I did purchase the smaller 1 1/4 detailing kit and I guess that because of the smaller hose size it makes a high pitch sound like a freaking whistle sound using the car detailing kit.

Does a good Festool hose connect to the Ridgid WD4070? I saw a video with a good Festool hose connected directly to that Ridgid vac - or the WD 4050 (same vac without front wheels). Considering this vac with a Festool hose to connect to my track saw.

Is it possible to use it on a VacMaster? Like a 12 gallon VACMASTER Beast