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Reverting To Old Reliable Merry Christmas 2024 Thought about you folks as I broke out my "Rambunctious Royal" after several years. Been using various Shark machines, due to handy onboard tools, and their amazing pet hair "DuoClean" rollers. Current is a cordless 800 Series "Stratos", which I...

Quick Update Been wanting to give impression after using this toy for a month. Unfortunately, I rarely get to use the silly thing. My wife literally loves it. So much so, that she's been using it all the time. Far more than she ever used our other vacs. When I do get my hands on it, it's a...

Cordless Is The Future Just saw a 7 month review of the Dyson V11 Torque cordless: I thought, "Man, that looks like a winner!" Love the sensor, that changes power, based on what type of flooring you're vacuuming. I thought that might be nice for my dad, or my wife, so I looked up the...

Hey Ben, I was looking forward to your input. Fear not, my 880 will be used by my great grandchildren, if for no other reason, simple nostalgia. I bet it will still outperform anything else on the market... Unless you want to measure HEPA filtration. Isn't it ironic, Japan crushed Detroit's...

Remember the '60s Honda Civics? Remember the 1986 Hyundai Excel? Are you familiar with the Hyundai Genesis series? I don't see anybody laughing at Honda and Hyundai now. To me, it looks like Shark is on the same path...

Sounds Like A Challenge Thanks for that input! Now, I know what to start watching out for. Actually, I'm looking forward to tearing into it, to see what makes it tick. Replacement filters & rollers are cheap enough and available on Amazon and eBay. I worry about the plastic housings and...

Vacuum Engineering The evolution of these recent plastic vacs has been pretty interesting. Not the least of which has been the Dysons. The first time I saw one, my first thoughts were, "Total gimmick." When I finally got my hands on one, I couldn't believe the "engineering" or, should I say...

My poor Royal. Relegated to vacuum races. She is pretty though. Just polished her last week when I replaced a belt and tweaked the height adjuster. I specifically used a model 880 to build on, because of it's pretty color scheme. That powder blue and chrome is my favorite. Yeah, the rest...

Frugality, Indecisiveness and Lack of Concern Good question! Short answer, frugality. Long answer... Graduated HS in '75, married in '78, purchased home in '82. This was after Jimmy Carter and interest rates were at 15% and higher! Buyer's market, but money was tight. House we purchased...

My amazing, unbeatable FrankenRoyal has just been relegated to the museum, instead of being our daily driver. And worse, it's been replaced by a lowly Shark! An 800 series "Duo Clean Powered Lift-away Speed" to be exact. Only $129 on Amazon as a used/ refurbished machine, UV810. Third...

Hoover CH54113 Tried & True Hi Patrick, Just wanted to say thanks again for the Hoover CH54113 suggestion. It has withstood daily use in the front office of our machine shop. It once sucked up too much shredder confetti, and clogged its hose, but that is the ONLY problem in one year. We all...

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