Recent content by partscounterman

Don't feel bad, Veg Those old Kirbys are a B*tch to push. They do clean good, but talk about a workout. There is always the ebay factor though-Someone will want it:)

Just what is it about this new Constellation? The is NO information about it on the Hoover website-like it does not even exist. I have been to every Hoover retailer on this rock and NO ONE has it. Not Smears, not bLowes, not Kame-A-part, not Home Despot, or even Hel-mart. I can find that horrid...

Try cleaning the Cat! Of course regular brushing of the cats fur will trap the loose hair before it flies around the house. I have also heard that since one is allergic to the dander (dried up kitty spit) rather than the actual fur, one should wipe the cat off every now and again with a damp...

I remember some TV ads in the "70's featuring the president of Electrolux- I think his last name was McKee. He talked about how you could expect an Electrolux to last around 20 years

I like how they used a different handle/cord hook/switch cover on these machines. I wish they had kept the less sharply angled handle grip and they shoulda kept the two speeds too. Lovely machine!

The brushroll in this thing is small and rather sparsely populated. When this thing gets moving it does quite a good job however. You can really hear it churning, sweeping and do I dare say it? trying to beat the carpet as best as it can. Its no vibra-groomer, but for a wind powered device, you...

Let me tell you I LOVE this new nozzle! The turbo's I've seen in the past always had such a small opening at the turbine gate. The result was that you were cleaning with very little airflow-more like power carpet sweeping. This nozzle has a quite large opening so there is plenty of air moving...

Now for the rugs... I have never been a big fan of air driven power nozzles. Oh sure the little ones were OK for chairs and stairs, but the full size "turbo-nozzles' for carpets always left me, umm shall we say "limp". While air driven units I've played with in the past were always a lot of...

Here's the brush roll

I really love my old Compact C-6, but it of course is not set up to have a power nozzle. The rug tool that is original with the machine is a bit of a B%^&$h to push around my carpets, so I started shopping for something new. First, I was wandering around our local Wal-mart when I found an air...

What? No Blower Port? How do they expect you to dry your hair or blow dust out of radiators? What if you want to spray paint? Grrr! I'm sticking to my old Compact!

Too much vacuum for me! I only have two small area rugs in my small house, so the Sanitaire would be also neglected here. When I took the machine back to the office, it did a fantastic job on the glued down office carpet. It was very fun to vacuum the office as it had not been done since God...

the business end of things

At my new job, they had these two forlorn looking sweepers sitting in the corner. The other night everyone was gone so I decided to give 'em a whirl. One was a Sanitaire classic upright and the other was a Eureka Whirlwind plasic piece of junk. So of course both machines are broken. The...

Was at Kame-a-part the other day and was sort of tempted to purchase a cheesy Dirt Devil Vision or some darned thing JUST to get the cool looking rug/floor tool with nice little wheels and the matching air-driven power s'nozzle, but Dennis took one look and vetoed the whole thing. He pointed out...