I'm not here to help your feelings, I'm here to help what you want. To supplement, here is how to make any shopvac brand last 200 years, even if it is a shitbox shopvac:

1. Designate it wet or dry. Heck get two and Sharpie them as such. Reason #1 these go to hell is people swap them from wet to dry willy nilly. This creates SuperAIDS in the guts and 500 mechanical issues. Don't swap back and forth.
2. They all have optional bags, just like your home vacuum. Research these first...buy a bunch of bags....before you buy the unit so you can jump in on day one by using a bag. Train everyone on this as many are ignorant of shopvac bags. This keeps the dirt in bag vice in the hopper, so when you pop the top, everything inside is lickably clean.

Using the above will triple the lifespan of even a shitbox shopvac.