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We have one that likes to scratch the carpet, the other 4 like to inspect furniture. As you said, it doesn’t matter how many toys and scratchers. Luckily they stay upstairs where there isn’t much furniture they find appealing. I have a cheap chair in one of the bedrooms and an office chair that...

He put tape around the area, just as would be necessary for a crime scene! He had a magnifying glass and several tools for picking at the carpet. He then took several strand of the carpet with a pair of tweezers and placed them into a bag. He then wanted the vacuum that is used on the carpet. We...

Perhaps that person is set on Riccar because it’s “American made” haha! My Riccar Spirit is almost the worst vacuum I own, I’m glad I didn’t pay what they sell for now. They gave up on my Spirit, it doesn’t even say where it was made! As much as I like carpet, I hate the new style of...

I couldn’t even begin to think which budget brand I would sell! I probably would sell corded Dysons for the bagless and maybe Titan for bagged. I would rather sell refurbished quality vacuums to people who can’t or don’t want to pay over $500 for a vacuum. What are the chances that people would...

It appears that choosing which machine to use hasn’t been discussed in several years. If I buy a machine brand new I will usually have a period of time that I use it exclusively, until I want to use something different. I have been trying to use one of the newer machines each time I vacuum. If...

Sounds like you had some wonderful teachers and paraeducators! We have friend that is an aide (paraeducator) and I know she would definitely bring photos of her vacuum in for her students. I had a nasty kindergarten teacher, so she might have induced some trauma for me not to reveal anything...

I am much the same! My favorite part of collecting is experiencing all the different models, I could never choose one favorite. I also had to find the vacuum in every home I would visit as a child. I would never ask the person, but rather if I went to the bathroom or something I would quietly...

You made an account just to ask if anyone has that specific revision of the R40? This is not a website for consumers, we are probably the most knowledgeable group of people you can find. There is veteran Riccar employee telling you about the issues, I’m not sure what else one could want. Don’t...

I wouldn’t have thought of that!

Price point is not the issue, I only buy high end brands (Lindhaus, Sebo, and previously Miele). I have not experienced the R40 because I wouldn’t buy one, they’re not much better in quality than a Walmart vac. If you don’t want to believe the most knowledgeable group of people within vacuums...

The Riccar like yours have many known issues. This is not indicative of high end machines ($1,700), but rather Riccar. I recommend that you return the vacuum if they will allow you, and try/buy a Sebo. The Riccar will probably be a money pit. Many dealers have stopped selling the R40 and R30 due...

Dyson definitely has declined over the years, although they were never good. I do like the DC07 as a bagless machine, it seems to have the same quality as my Riccar Spirit. It seems like Dyson designed the earlier models (DC07 or DC14) for the user, with a few caveats. I do like that Dyson...

I am a rather private person and usually won’t tell people any personal details unless they ask. There were occasional times where my hobby of vacuums came out, in kindergarten I wrote that I wanted to get my mother the new Dyson ball. I had a second grade teacher that would vacuum her classroom...

I have thought about getting a new FQ, you can get them direct from the factory for about $900 at certain times of the year. I’ve heard that the new FQs are plagued with bad motors.

That great to know, I might have to do that!

Obviously used vacuums will usually be shipped in a random box. If I buy a vacuum that is NOS or that has its original box, I tell the seller that it must be shipped in an outer box, or they will receive negative feedback. Generally, most new vacuums that I ordered from a dealer came in an outer...

I would also like to open a store at some point. I would only sell Sebo and Lindhaus, I can’t say I would want my name behind Miele with the direction that they’re going. The main problem I see in opening a vacuum store is that most consumer’s eyes bulge out when they see the price on a Lindhaus...

Yes, modern Whirlpool is awful! We bought a Whirlpool refrigerator and the ice maker (the style that’s a tray in the freezer, not the dispenser) broke after one year, 4 different repairmen and it never got fixed! So far, Samsung has been more reliable. Our Kitchenaid dishwasher is temperamental...

I run the OEM Douglas (FilterQueen nozzle). The early Filter Queen Power nozzles (such as K88) and the non Whirlpool Royal power nozzles were made by Douglas.

Happy New Year! I’ve finished refurbishing both DC07s , the left one is a 2006 and the right is a 2007. The right one seems slightly quieter than the left one, both have the Panasonic motor. I do believe that one of the seals are whistling on the left one. The right one is discolored, but is not...