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    A trip to Rugsucker’s shop

    A picture’s worth 1000 words. Her are three. Try not to drool on your keyboard. Three layers of vacuums with thick cardboard between layers. Barely made dent in his inventory. Lots more to choose from.
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    Confirmed that Aerus still builds vacuums in Bristol Virginia

    I called Aerus today to see if it is possible to get a tour of the factory. The lady on the phone didn't think so but suggested I send an email to customer service since the employees who could make that call were off the day after Christmas. While I had her on the phone I asked "oh, you do...
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    Singing the Weasel Work Blues

    This is the second EBK340 I have acquired. The first came with my Oreck DutchTech1400. This one came with an Airstorm from 2004. You can see the inner cover is cracked around the neck area. The culprit is, I believe, the wand release pedal. It puts a torque on the whole area. On the 340...
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    Patience and Persistence Pays off Again with Sanitaire S485

    I have been looking for one of these for almost 18 years. It's been on my Holy Grail list at least that long. Have never seen one in person though I have a couple of Eureka and Montgomery Wards branded sisters from the same litter. However I knew it existed from seeing it among the schematics...
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    Who was Lawrence Electric ???

    Just saw this wand on ebay. Seller says it fits a Lawrence Electric vacuum and the plastic upper wand has Lawrence branding, but the parts look exactly like a traditional Electrolux electric wand. I will bet more than a high quality beer someone here knows the story...
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    What every bathroom needs

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    I think this is vintage, a Casio Phonemate built Kenmore bagless upright

    Saw this on eBay. The manufacturers code in the model number is 216, which tells me it was made by Phonemate, a division of Casio Electronics. Who knew they made vacuum cleaners? Weirdness abounds...
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    "American Home Princess"; aka Filter Queen for Japan market

    Am stunned to see the Japanese Suction Work Rate rating for this vacuum, 319 watts. That's higher than Tristar ( 190 watts ), Lux 1R D820 ( 240 watts ) or Concordia ( Electrolux Ambassador), 200 watts. Higher than Miele too. Middle image on the bottom row of photos shows the data tag with the...
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    Vorwerk Kobold VK-150 from Japan, will run on US house current. German exotica in the far east.

    https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m55441355558?conversionType=Mercari_DirectSearch
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    Concordia E-2000, Japan market Electrolux Ambassador

    https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m80281716120?conversionType=Mercari_DirectSearch
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    Clean Used Interstate EX-30 in Japan, a Japan market model you don't see in the US. Only 1 Yen, = 1 cent !!!

    https://buyee.jp/item/jdirectitems/auction/g1202006128?conversionType=jdirectitems_auction_DirectSearch
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    NIB Tristar EX-20 for sale in Japan

    https://buyee.jp/item/jdirectitems/auction/c1198267896?conversionType=jdirectitems_auction_DirectSearch
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    New Miracle Mates

    Last I knew Miracle Mate hadn't made a new vacuum since 2017. That has changed. There have been internal changes and their Canadian side is pretty much gone but in the course of talking to one of their people in their US main office in Washington state I discovered that they are making new...
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    Royal Lux D770

    I won it! I bid on an auction on JDirectItems Auctions in Japan through the proxy buying service buyee.jp. Nobody else bid so I won it for $20.43. Now I have to wait for it to make its way to the Buyee warehouse in Osaka and pay for shipping to the US. Love these old Swedish Luxes...
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    I've been Metrovac'ed

    I have been curious about Metrovacs for a long time but the price always put me off and used ones almost never turn up on eBay. However I recently had an opportunity to buy a new Metrovac Evolution two-speed canister and power nozzle for about half price from a freight liquidator in the Midwest...
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    Oreck Big Foot upright, is it missing something?

    Take a look at this Oreck Big Foot upright that just popped up on eBay. I don't know enough about these but it looks like the bag mount is missing or broken. Can anyone help? Is there a fix from another vacuum that uses this same upper body? You know I am weird for these but if it can't be...
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    Metrovac Synthetic HEPA dust bags ???

    It looks like Metrovac only sells disposable paper dust bags for their Evolution full size canister vac. Bummer : / I just bought one new half price from a freight liquidator, hasn't arrived yet, and am wondering if anyone out here has ever found a synthetic HEPA dust bag for another...
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