One month review of Milwaukee's M18 Backpack vacuum 

*Although a bit louder than its predecessor, this unit does the job. 🌼 **allabout.wiki/Backpack** I like the fact that it runs longer when using a 20V Lithium Ion battery. What used to take 2 full charges with the old batteries is now done on one charge.*

Mike, every time i watch one of your videos it cost me $500 Jon J

Have used it for several seasons

I liked it and kept it. Only down side battery gets drained fast

Mike I have been on the fence with the Milwaukee backpack canister vacuum. It seems to me I may have changed my mind I think you have sold me on it. You would make a good salesman for Milwaukee. Thanks a lot for that video. Peace brother

This vacuum does suck! I’m glad I bought it at Home Depot, made it easy to return within 2 days of using it. Just cleaning up wood dust around the shop the filter clogs rather quickly and will lose most of its suction. To correctly clean the filter you have to keep tapping it on a flat surface to get the debris out which causes quite a bit dust in the air.

Looks like something that Bill Murray would have strapped to his back in Ghost Busters. “Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.”

Can you get an extension hose for this thing that doubles the reach length? Great video!

Hey Mike can any festool vacuum things fit that. Thanks

is the hose long enough to use your left hand comfortably?

Hi. What is the runtime per battery pack?

Do you recommend for a vacuum carpets?

I got mine today and it works better than expected. It feels very sturdy and I believe it to be good quality

Great video mike . Do you ever make it back to ny?

FYI - I use a paint pen from Walmart or Amazon on the drill bits for visual of how far down the bit is. You could make your increments at 1/2" or whatever. Works best on seasoned bits...as you could imagine. Keep up the good videos and helpful info I appreciate it.

Mike.....just want you to know that I ordered this vac mainly on the basis of your review here. It arrived yesterday and I'm extremely impressed with it. Much more powerful than I expected, tremendous versatility and the ergonomics and construction are top notch. One of the major complaints on this unit (as well as all the other Milwaukee vacs) is that they don't come with a brush (my favorite attachment on vacs). But I solved it. While waiting for the unit to arrive, I searched my basement for old vac parts and lo and behold, the brush that came with our old Oreck portable fit the Milwaukee stretch hose (due to a rubber collar on it). And then......I found the old two piece plastic wand (very light) and made an adaptor out of PVC (1 inch). Heat gunned one end to fit in the wand and ground down the other end to fit in the 6 ft hose. Perfect. Putting the brush at the end of that wand makes it easy to vac things above your head or blinds etc. Or you can remove it and put it directly on the hose. And.....it fits in the loop on the hip belt. So, for alot of reasons, I'm very pleased with my purchase. Thanks!

Does anyone else get shocked when they combine their Milwaukee backpack vacuum with their Milwaukee rear handle circular saw?? Is mine defective??

I found an even better solution this morning. The Craftsman 1/7/8 inch brush fits this vac perfectly!

I have a very small shop and I would love to be able to connect it to a wall with a cord in my shop. Maybe there's a hack you can do to make it work. Thank you so much for sharing this with us :)

Does anyone know if it will attach to milwaukee tool dust extractions, such as a sander?

uhhhhh if you held the drill attachment up cant you insert the 1/2 in through the attachment into the drill???

wow brother i appreciate it i own a commercial cleaning company i tried the makita. god it was horrible the suction it didn't have none. but this Milwaukee looks like it does especially for carpets

I think you sold me on "cyclone" only. But I still gotta be able to switch arms. That would be my one ocd

... very good review, definitely I will buy one. The wand it's the stick and that elastic stuff it's a house

Word on the street is Dewalt is coming out with a backpack vacuum wet and dry

I use that older box m18 "dry" vac as a wet one too taking out the filter. Idk if it was made for that but it's been working great!

Is this a Dyson with a famous name?

Did he say the floor tool is not removable?

Sorry NICE VIDEO.

I'm in the HVAC and Plumbing trade and I am still building my Milwaukee set up I have purchased a ton of DeWalt tools I recently gave all of them to my father because DeWalt doesn't offer plumbing tools so I am slowly investing as I need them and this would probably be my third tool purchased after the new surge m18 set I buy. Thank you for the honest review. Good to see someone not sponsored by the company and just be honest. 👍

thanks for doing this, very informative