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Miele Canada’s website is now showing the new Guard series. The only model that interests me is the blue small S1 which still has all the old tools plus the better bag dock. Go to Miele.ca to see the full new lineup. Question: will the new 30% tariffs on imports to the USA affect prices on...

My Miele C3 and Hoover Lightweight Bagged Platinum upright take up no more floor space than one power nozzle canister. Maybe 2 square feet with the Miele wand and carpet nozzle hooked onto the canister. But to each his own. I like having one of each type.

sorry - *resident researcher....

Hi Keith, Thank you for sharing these beautiful Eurekas with us! If I remember correctly, the Wide-Trak's attachment sets came in a special caddy because the pan converter and floor brush were extra wide. It could even be that I remember seeing some retro cardboard tool caddy for these extra...

In Canada, you can get a nice little Miele C1 basic canister vac - with the tool holder on the hose end - for $399. A very good deal for a very good all around cleaner. Just make sure you reseat the bag collar into place every time you open the bag door cover.

Sebo offers a nice Wessel Werk Parquet Twister bare floor brush that has no wheels. The Kombi tool can also be used on bare floors - you just push the slider switch over to push down a row of bristles that sweeps the floor. The stainless steel plate does not touch the floor when used with this...

One thing is for sure: The Kombi tool on the Sebo is a more robust carpet and floor nozzle. It has two large wheels where the user pressure at the bottom end of the wand is most pronounced, and it still has a stainless steel shoe which helps reduce friction on carpeted surfaces. Miele has now...

And this was just a few years before Matsushita Panasonic of Japan bought the Whirlpool vacuum factory in Danville. So by 1992, lots of Japanese companies were major players in the North American vacuum market.

Just FYI….the Japanese Ryobi company bought Singer in 1988. Which meant they took over the Singer vacuum factory at that time as well.

That Baycrest "Selectomatic" Hoover is "merveilleux"! So unique! They even squeezed in the name "Baycrest" into the spot where the round Hoover logo disc would have sat!

Thanks Paul!!! To add another dimension to the celebration, pictures of vacs rebranded for our venerable Eaton’s and The Bay department stores would be most welcome. We saw plenty of Canadian Eurekas and Hoovers and Reginas rebranded as Eaton Viking, Baycrest and Beaumark over the decades...

Love these early Eureka Power teams! This one has the more comfortable and safer hose handle, too.

Hi Paul!!! I actually think the motor exhaust moved to the rear earlier than that. The 1965 Empress already had a rear facing exhaust grill. And a unique inverted motor made by General Electric if I remember correctly. The fan faced the bottom and the suction was drawn in from the top over...

Actually, now that I think about it more…it was the daily broadcast of The Price is Right and Match Game on CBS.

I loved that TV commercial! I was able to record the audio of it on an early 1970’s Sanyo audiocassette recorder. I kind of knew which daytime tv show (probably a game show like The Newlywed Game) it would air on and I set a timer to turn on the machine for an hour at a certain time of day...