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My choice would probably have to be the Amway ClearTrak. From an engineering standpoint, there's nothing about it that makes it better than a Dyson. The filtration is worse, the hose is far smaller, and it has had most of the patented Dyson parts removed. However, I've never seen a plastic...

Bag Adapter You want to get the F Style bag adapter (picture 1) or the Twist Style bag adapter (picture 2) These both work with the bags in picture 3. There are some older bags that only work with Twist Style or F style adapters, so I would recommend going with the newer bags. If you want to...

Bag conversion The assembly in the picture will work on your Omega. If you want to buy a single assembly to get most of the pieces you need, you can buy a Kirby Heritage II or Legend II bag with the plastic Mini Em-Tor attached to it. You will need to swap the top of the Omega bag onto the...

Air-Way I believe the twin motor Air-Way Chief was released in 1935. That model used a horizontal motor to drive the brushroll and a vertical motor for the fan. The DirtMaster, released in 1937 or so, used a single horizontal motor with two belts on each side. One belt drove two fans in a case...

Sideways Motor The Air-Way DirtMaster also used a sideways motor. However, due to the way the vacuum was engineered, its head was far larger than the Singer.

Hi, Does anyone know how to remove the plastic motor housing on a Bison? Thanks.

Fan The fan setup on this vacuum is quite similar to the Air-Way DirtMaster, with a belt-driven fan being contained in the handle hinge.

For the wheels, you can put Heritage Wheels onto a Sanitronic if you replace the axle with one from a Heritage. Turn the Kirby upside down and there should be two clips that hold the axle in. Remove the clips by unscrewing them, and you can replace the axle. For the headlight trim, I heard that...

I haven't tried 3D printing an entire vacuum, but I have repaired several vacuums using 3D printed parts. I have successfully printed out wheels, clips, and brackets for various vacuums, but 3D printed plastic isn't quite strong enough to support parts with large amounts of tension on them, such...

Scott and Fetzer Scott and Fetzer also had a book publishing division at one point. I have a children's book from them that has a picture of a Kirby Tradition in it.

I don't understand why the salesman would get mad if you're trying to get the woman to buy something more expensive. Wouldn't that give him a larger commission?

What do you do when you have a Kirby Tradition with a broken safety switch and a Kirby D80 nozzle with blue trim? You make a 13" Kirby Tradition of course!

Royal Royal was sold off to TTI, who discontinued the brand. However, I heard that even before the merger, Royal changed their design to use a louder motor that doesn't require oiling. Personally, if you are in the market for a Royal, I would recommend getting a machine from the 1990s that has...

Numatic Royal Do you know where I can find pictures of the Numatic Royal clone?

Tradition Would it be possible to ship the Tradition to California?

I recently came into possession of a legendary Air-Way DirtMaster, along with an original disposable bag for the machine. The vacuum itself says that it is a Model 38, but the bag states that it is for a Model 37 "DirtMaster". The DirtMaster Air-WayCharlie showed in thread 26097 was also a...

I don't know of any toy Rainbows, but there was a miniature Rexair made as a salesman's sample.

Some of the later blue Windtunnels did not have the clear door in front of the turbo brush holder.

National That National vacuum appears briefly in the end of the most insane vacuum commercial ever made.

The Vita-Vac is a rebadged Air-Way, made for Vita-Mix, best known for their blenders. They don't really make bags for it anymore, but you can remove the top of the bag in the machine right now, cut a Riccar type F bag in half, stick it inside the Vita-Vac, flatten the bag around the rim of the...