Recent content by kirbylux77

One brand I have grown to dislike is Envirocare. Their Miele FJM and GN generic bags are absolute garbage! Poor quality HEPA Cloth material that clogs easily, and the rubber seal breaks off the collar too. Their other bags are definitely sourced, you can tell from looking at them. And they are...

Finnflo - Miele did use the smaller Dupro powerhead years ago, on the 1980's models. Does Miele still stock a belt for it? Even if they don't, surely a Miele dealer out there somewhere would know what belt to substitute for the genuine belt and be able to sell you that.

Cheesewonton, the Tecnica brushroll is still available through Hibbert International here in Canada. https://www.hibbert.ca/buy/product/xtc003-tecnica/11850?ID=/Agitator-Rollers-Inserts/Rollers/dept-2BM Also, for the Samsung powerhead, if it's the first one with the metal bottom plate that...

:Performance Reviews did modify a Filter Queen Optima to take Numatic Henry bags by attaching a Henry bag tube. I think he likely left the Filter Queen side on the front though to still use the Filter Queen hose and attachments. If you had a Filter Queen Optima that originally took the paper...

Yup, and that clogging pleated HEPA Filter before the motor? No thanks! Why would I pay a hefty price for that when I can just buy a Chinese clone on Amazon that has that same style filter before the motor?!

Absolute Rainbow - For me, the reason I chose Samsung is because, unlike Dyson, their cyclone is washable! For me, that is a HUGE ISSUE! I knew someone who asked me to take apart and clean their Dyson V6 cyclone....it was really dirty and musty smelling. That was easy to take apart and do. But...

Ya, I noticed the pic of the day was gone this morning too! One other thing that has gone missing is the Archives....Alan said he would be bringing it back and was working on it, but so far it's still missing :(

Good luck with the sale :)

That's a attachment for Filter Queen canisters. You use it with moth crystals and the hose to fumigate closets back in the old days.

Cheesewonton - the Riccar 1700 is indeed a Daewoo machine that Tacony eventually produced at the St James, Missouri plant. Go onto Partswarehouse.com and look at their diagrams and repair parts, it's obvious. And I agree with you - I have a Simplicity Gusto.6, and it's a great vacuum, cleans...

I will believe that when I see it! Tacony Corporation was VERY FOOLISH to end production of the Riccar Prima/Simplicity Wonder. They put all that development cost only to get a few short years out of it? And now all we get from Tacony is that rebadged Simplicity Scout canister that's a rebadge...

Reggie - I must totally agree with you on this! Anyone that would dare to use dish soap to clean a rug has to have FOOL plastered on their forehead! Even if dish soap did get a stain out of carpeting, the amount of residue left behind would be even worse than if you used a old fashioned carpet...

Yes, that's part of it. Plus like you said it was imported from France for only about 1.5 to 2 years I think. It was replaced immediately by the Dimension 1000. The UK members here, if you look in the archives, quite liked this canister. And therefore it probably had a good following by the...

WOW!!!!! You do realize you have one of the RAREST canister vacuums in North America, let alone what Hoover offered and made right? I would strongly suggest you NOT sell that vacuum to Cheesewonton! Take it off here, and put it up on Ebay IMMEDIATELY! And make sure you ask AT LEAST a $2,000...

Ok....first of all, I can't say I have specific experience with Great Pyrenees hair. But, what I CAN tell you, is one of the keys to this is rather simple - maintenance! Yep, if you want a powerhead that will last a long time and not have to replace brushrolls all the time, you MUST get in there...