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Long drive from California. Hope it finds an appreciative owner / caretaker.

The Olympia and Silverado were the high point of Electrolux canister vacuums. Their very best.

Ok, I'll be the Philistine and offer a strong preference for hard floors with area rugs. I live in the desert with two dogs and two cats, and one of each sheds mountains of hair. Hard floors are much easier to keep clean. The only carpet we have is in our master suite and that is going to be...

It is not the complexity but most users do not realized the clutch is supposed to be operated when the vacuum is turned off. I didn't understand this until seeing a video showing the overhaul of a Riccar brush roll with the clutch. Now I get it. With the old two belt Panasonic design you...

Absolutely ! The C3.1, especially the later models with the more powerful motor, are still the nicest Sebo canisters to use. On mine I replaced the original hose with their new 8 foot long C/K hose that has an off-on switch for the power nozzle and the wand connection integrated into the hose...

I'd like one myself but not one with Powerdrive.

A major consideration for me when turning a unit around after a vacancy is time. I am losing rental income every day that unit sits empty so whatever method I use to clean the carpets has to be something that can be accomplished in less than a day. I cannot count on my tenant to use carpet...

They are not self propelled but the Commercial Hushtone series is a worthy successor. I am neither a Hoover enthusiast nor a big fan of upright ( I call them upwrong ) vacuums but I have a true admiration for the CH54113 I bought on a lark after seeing a glowing review of it on Vacuum Wars.

Keep an eye peeled on ebay. Parts for these turn up regularly. You will, in the fullness of time, find a good used Powerdrive unit but you have too look every other day or so and be ready to buy as soon as one turns up because parts for these don't linger unsold.

No dude, you don't get it. Across the board Dyson users experience clogged cyclones. This is not an isolated problem but widespread and universal to every vacuum Dyson ever made. What most of us consider to be normal use in a normal household you dismiss as abuse. If the vacuum clogs from...

Your link to a study you claim proves the effectiveness of microsponges only tested against other dry chemical carpet cleaners and not against wet extraction. The claimed reductions for Der p1 and Der f1 were still below those for wet extraction and required weeks of application to reach those...

Here is the unconvincing abstract from the 1988 study you link to "Effectiveness of vacuum cleaning and wet cleaning in reducing house-dust mites, fungi and mite allergen in a cotton carpet: A case study" Published: February 1988 "Abstract In order to evaluate the effect of continuous, thorough...

So a direct quote from your link to the JACI study on the effectiveness of hot water extraction. "Post-hot water extraction cleaning, surface levels of Derp1/Derf1, Feld1 and Canf1 were reduced by 83%, 96% and 90% on soft furnishings (p=0.04) and 91%, 95% and 97% on carpets (p=0.01)...

So when you have a clutch style brush roll shut off you need to disengage and engage the clutch with the motor off to prevent clutch wear. That means you turn the vacuum on with the brush roll engaged to use it to clean carpets. If you turn it on then engage the brush roll you quickly ruin the...

The transportation industry is populated by more dicks than a nudist colony. And not just the transportation companies but the places we delivered also had a bunch of hard nosed jerks. I used to joke about every place having what I called the "duty A-hole". Every place had that one guy who...

You have to get white vinegar and alcohol on the parts to kill the bacteria and smells.

Soft start bs. Never saw the need for it. For over a hundred years vacuums managed just fine without it. Just a lot of electronics to kludge up the machine and cause problems. On my Lindhaus Aria the soft start is so slow it is aggravating waiting for the vacuum motor to spin up. A Patriot...

I can buy hundreds of feet of extension cords for $400.

I rent homes, a duplex and some townhouses. That is one of my businesses. Nothing short of a deep steam cleaning cleans carpets adequately for the turnover after a tenant leaves. Microsponges might be ok for little messes but if you are sanitizing a place for a new tenant nothing short of a...

Good advice.