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On eBay Somehow it seems like someone at Hoover thought it would be a good idea to also make this design into a commercial machine. This looks like an almost new example of the commercial version with this weird diagonal filter design. Pretty cool! https://www.ebay.com/itm/297306097998

Oreck is a brand that seems to be unnecessarily divisive in the vacuum community. I think we often forget that as collectors, we look at things through a completely different lens as the end-user. Oreck did a few things really really well. Remember what was out at the time of Oreck's meteoric...

So it's actually the exact opposite. The best demonstration I have to prove the point that the HEPA bags are better for airflow is to take a new HEPA bag and hold it up to your mouth. Inhale and you can actually suck air through the fleece material. If you do the same with a paper bag, you can...

Early VacuMaid Hello, Regarding whether or not this is a VacuMaid valve, I'm 99% certain that it is. These photos are from a late 60s home here in Pittsburgh (Where Ed Lindsay hails from) and had an original P245 unit (uses a Robinson Myers motor. Think Early Hoovers) and 4 of these inlets...

Panasonicvac My experience with Panasonic central vacuums has been very limited, probably because of the short time they were sold and the way they were distributed. The units themselves are basically identical to a Kenmore central vacuum system of the same time period. The one I took out of a...

An odd solution to a nonexistent problem These adapters were included with the canisters equipped with electric wands. Because of the oval shape of the electric wand, necessary to facilitate the electrical wiring on the back, customers would sometimes have a hard time with slotting the electric...

FloMaster F650t The Flomaster F650t is a wonderful unit. Yes it was the replacement to the former model "M85". I've put in dozens of them in new and existing homes. We use the FloMaster F650t for homes up to 10 inlets and for more than 10 inlets, we put in a SilentMaster S900r (Formerly S5)...

So coming from another Tacony retailer, lets take a look at the FACTS. Tacony has never touted that their entire machines are made in the US, one of the reasons for this, as explained to me by one of the executives of Tacony, a lot of products needed to make those machines CANNOT be sourced from...

As I mentioned, if you're going to sell it. Hit me up and we will talk numbers...

I think for US dealers we will begin selling more Active Air Clean filters, with the timestrip then we did before. The Active HEPA before was like a fit all filter for everything, now if someone is concerned with pet odors, we will suggest the active air clean filter. If you're interested in...

In regards to the pricing on the filters, a quick search on amazon will show you the MAP, Minimum Advertised Price for these products. The G/N bags, which includes the pre motor filter, are 19.95 for 4, normally a year supply for most homes and the HEPA filter for the Blue Moon model is 49.95.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. Miele USA has discontinued the old style HEPA Filters with Active Carbon. They have been replaced by the new HEPA Filters with the TimeStrip system. The advantages with the new filter is the time strip, which when activated, causes a chemical reaction over a years worth...

You got a great deal on that machine. That is the largest machine Miele has ever made, even the new S8, with the same size bag and motor, is substantially smaller and probably weigh half as much. That machine retailed with SEB236 (Biggest Nozzle) For around 1200 dollars when it was new, so you...

Here is the story given to vacuum dealers. In the town of their manufacturing facility, they were given massive tax cuts for moving their company there to manufacture. The tax cuts stopped and so did their willingness to stay there. There was absolutely no warning for the employee's or their...

And just when I thought I've seen/heard of every unit sold, I'm still surprised. I've never heard of this brand before, but I know our resident central vacuum expert, Owen Perkins, probably has some information on these units. I have to say, I absolutely love the color of this unit! It...