Durable record vacuum cleaner recommendation?

I will do a write up on my new setup, which includes both an MW-1 Cyclone and a HumminGuru after eye surgery tomorrow (assuming all goes well).  I have figured out how to take the record from the ultrasonic machine back to the vacuum machine for final drying and the full platter on the VPI is not a hindrance with my method.  Too blind for a detailed write up tonight.

Good luck with the surgery @billstevenson. I've had a few of them. The very idea is  almost worse than the actual procedure. 

I flip mats on the Monks if I want to wash/rinse on it, pop it into the ultrasonic and dry with the Monks, just to get that last iota. 

 It is inevitable that the cork mat on the VPI HW17 will get a bit wet, but it's not a big deal, just incidental. You clean and vacuum one side at a time, so when you flip the LP to clean the other side, the side now facing the platter is dry.  You would not want to support the LP only by the label when dispensing cleaning solution or when vacuuming. I usually keep some Kimwipes handy to dry the edges of clean LPs where the vacuum may leave some drips.

I have used a VPI HW-17 for many years. Yes it’s quite noisy, but it works splendidly. If you are looking for a vacuum machine only to remove any cleaning (or rinsing) fluid from your LPs, the Pro-Ject line of vacuum machines may be a better choice. That is because they have a support platform only as big as the paper center label on the LP, not the entire LP. That platform does not provide support to the entire LP as one scrubs the LP using a cleaning brush.

I see @lewm has advised against supporting only the center label area of the LP whilst (a British term I love ) cleaning or drying, and I agree with him about supporting the entire LP during cleaning. However, for vacuuming the LP dry I don’t see why an LP can’t be supported only in the area of the center label. That’s how the Pro-Ject vacuum machines operate 

If you want a vacuum machine that supports the entire LP---both the VPI HW-16.5 and HW-17 do, you can buy a cork mat from VPI or any number of other companies and use it thusly:

Place the second mat (no pun intended ) on the HW-16.5 or HW-17, then clean & vacuum dry the first side of the LP. Remove the LP and second mat (that mat may now be considered dirty) and place the cleaned side of the LP directly onto the HW-16.5/17’s stock cork mat. Scrub and dry the second side, and Eureka!, you have a clean LP!

The HW-17 features two capabilities not found on the HW-16.5:

- The 17 provides both clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the platter, the 16.5 spinning only clockwise. Some people like to clean and/or dry the LP in both directions, not one.

- The 17 features a nice brush which swings out over the platter, dispensing onto the LP any fluid you have poured into it’s internal reservoir, the 16.5 does not. You can fill the 17’s reservoir with distilled water if you so choose, using the brush only to dispense rinsing water and spread it around the LP. You can do so after having used a separate handheld brush to apply any cleaning fluid you wish. Cleaning fluids may be dispensed from a bottle, the HW-17’s reservoir reserved for distilled water.