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For most of my life a vacuum was just this noisemaker you had to push around to clean your home. No love for them. I was into my 50s when I developed an actual interest in them. When my parents passed I inherited their two old Kenmore canister vacuums, a 1969 Sears Best and another from 1982...

My wife is video calling family in China almost daily.

I once stumbled on lawsuits filed against Whirlpool for old Kenmore electric hoses that caught fire. My recollection is that there were three such lawsuits. Might explain why Whirlpool decided to get out of the vacuum biz in the late 1980s and pass the baton to Panasonic ( who immediately made...

A lot of Hoover uprights had Power Drive. Is this a modern Windtunnel ?

Most household vacuum hoses are 28-35 mm inside diameter. In the US only Kenmore and Titan sell vacuums with that hose diameter ( literally the same hose from the same manufacturer ). In Japan some household vacuum hoses can be as large as 46-48 mm inside diameter.

Holy crap. I have gotten a handful of 120 a couple of times and while emphatically not pleasant it didn't kill me.

I bought it from MD Central Vacuum. Their Bakersfield distribution center and factory are just over the hill from us, hour and three quarters drive. I like quality products but do not appreciate being over charged for them simply because they have a German brand name.

I'm thinking the switch in the neck that turns the power nozzle off and on is loose or otherwise malfunctioning causing the power nozzle to be intermittent. I will bet more than a good German beer that switch is still available too but have a look at how it is mounted to make sure it is not...

I made a mistake. That gray floor brush lists for $15.81, not $19.95.

The Kenmore 600 Series canister might be the best canister vacuum you can buy in the US. No really. Kenmore really put some thought into making it as convenient as possible to use. The attachments are all excellent and the materials and workmanship are the nicest I have seen from any Kenmore...

A baby blue Breathe Easy with Power Drive !!! Oh my. Looks like it's based on the Windtunnel Power Drive?

I just bought this for an old Patriot for $19.95. These are my favorite hard floor brush. I buy them for all my vacuums, even making adapters for some oddball wands like modern Kenmore's or old Hoovers. I can sneak these into gaps other floor brush won't fit into. They work so well I cannot...

Sometimes I think Aerus worst enemy are their own dealers. I was trying to support this dealer so instead of buying filters and bags for the G-P from the Aerus on line store I decided to buy them from the dealer. Aerus on line store prices are pretty reasonable. This dealer charged me...

Do you use a cell phone? No toll charges that way if your carrier has overseas calling. E-mail is free.

I have spoken to this company once. They are the manufacturer of the Fairfax. They apparently will still make you a new Fairfax vacuum but they are all built to order now. I would have to think this would be the best source of information and parts for your Fairfax. Btw, give your sweet...

I'm kind of weird for that generation of Swedish Electrolux canisters. And naturally they are quite rare in the US.

The vacuum is a Lux D770 but the hoses and Ze3 power brush were from older Lux models and are the right colors to go with my Viking V720, which is an Electrolux D720 in 120 volt form for the North American market. In the US they were sold with a cheap silver vinyl Eureka style hose and one of...

This dealer four physical locations in Southern California from Fresno south. They have been around for a long time. There is only one other Aerus dealer in So Cal and that one is a small mom and pop joint in Canyon Lake out in the boon toolies east of Lake Elsinore. I bought the 12 foot...

Perhaps it was a model designed and initially sold during the joint venture but carried over for years due to sales success? I know the V in MC-V means the vacuum was a product of that joint venture.

No. The Titan upright is made by Tacony in Vietnam. The Cirrus uprights all come from Taiwan. Both are similar copies of the Panasonic Jet Flo, as are a lot of Carpet Pro, CleanMax, and many legacy Riccar and Simplicity uprights. Titan is the house brand of Steel City Vacuums, a big...