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That's a very cool Sanitaire, it does remind me of some old Miele's.

When I mean by copy, they share designs that are the same like where the height adjuster knobs are located at or how the brushstrips are changed out. And it's not the only SEBO that got copied. Hoover, Sanitaire, Rubbermaid, etc made uprights based on the X and G series for example. I'm well...

Yes I'm aware that Oreck sold some Big Foot models quite a while ago. They also had a black model as well which I believe came out before the orange one. Definitely interesting designs, reminds me of some Lindhaus uprights like the Linda Hepa Eco 7 for example. I'd still take the XL Pro 14T or...

From my understanding those were made by someone else for Oreck. I read from a collector that the Big Foot was actually a Bissell. Speaking of which, Oreck used to have a commercial line that was run by a small company in Massachusetts. When Oreck got bought out by TTI, they got Bissell to lease...

Out of curiosity, may I ask why resurrecting an old thread from over 10 years ago and replying to someone who hasn't been active since 2016? I doubt that user is ever gonna read your comment. Anyways that being said, I sorta had a love/hate relationship with Oreck. I liked them at first, then...

That's interesting, it now makes me wonder of who actually made these machines. I doubt it was from Oreck, I'm sure they leased theirs' from somebody. Speaking of which, that same company who videoed the Smart Space also did a video of the Oreck XL Pro 14T. That's another vacuum I'd take over...

That was a Kenmore canister I would've easily bought back in the day, even I'd take it over a Miele in a heart beat. I could've had it for vacuuming underneath beds, stairs, and barefloors while I'd use a Heavy Duty upright for everywhere else since I prefer uprights over canisters. This is the...

Thanks for sharing the ad! That same person from the video also has the hand vac that came with the upright (shown below). And I have one of those hand vacs as well. Interesting that they swapped the logos between mine and his (mine is the direct match in the ad). I've used one before that...

I might have a terrible memory but was there any other Eurekas that had the anniversary logo on it? I know this Bravo model had one on (I actually was the one who requested this video). Eureka has been or was my second favorite brand (I'd say Lindhaus now has that honor of being my second...

I love Dial-A-Matics, I regretted passing up on one of the orange models from my local thrift store.

I agree, the older ones were better made. And yours Tom is one of my all time favorite models, that'd be cool if you put your Filter Queen on top of your Speed Queen set and take a picture of them together, when I first discovered SQ I was thinking they were were related to FQ. Anyways, it...

Yup it was made on the 52nd day of 2003.

Being the 40th Anniversary model, the company started back in 1963 so that means this would've been made in 2003. I can confirm it if I see the info sticker up close.

Third quarter of 2002. 2 represents the year it was made in the 2000's and C represents the quarter of the year it was made at. That would be one of the very first 7850 models ever sold.

Honestly, performance wise both motors are pretty similar as I can't tell the difference. I also can't say which one actually lasted longer than the other. Normally the older the more reliable. But for the sound, I much prefer the older style motors. Has a much more pleasant tone in my opinion...