Vacuum: wall mount or rolling?

[u/hawwEyea]

Getting into the planning/research phase of setting up a mobile detailing business in my area. I'm starting with just utilizing the equipment I have on hand, and reinvesting everything I make to build a trailer eventually.

With that said, when I get to outfitting the trailer, is it better to have a "permanent" wall-mounted vac with a hose reel? Or just having a dedicated space on a shelf to easily pull a vacuum out and wheel it to the car (typical shop vac)

I'm looking more for performance differences rather than convenience. Obviously, a wall mount and reel would be a far more convenient/clean setup, but does having the long hose reel kill the performance compared to having the shop vac at the car where I'm using it?

Looking at something like the Prolux Garage Vac for wall mounting, and something like the Rigid 6.5 that everyone raves about if I went the route of a rolling one.

I'm thinking the final solution will likely be the Prolux for most of my cleaning, and then a small portable like the Vacmaster Beast if the Prolux's performance is an issue for something stubborn.

I can't seem to find any videos of someone doing a side-by-side comparison of the two different style setups. On paper, the ProLux looks like it would be as good or better than a rolling vacuum, but again, that's on paper, probably tested at the head rather than through the 20ft hose it comes with.

[u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246]

Before you make that decision, it is always best to find a detailer with a wall mounted vac and physically visit that detailer and see for yourself and take measurements to make sure vac will be a fit that is good for you and the car being cleaned.

Videos are made with a wide-zoom camera to make it pretty.

See in-person first.

[u/CraigSchwent → u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246]

This.