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Stan - For starters, since you say 1/3 of your condo is bare floor, do you use your vacuum to clean your floors? Or do you sweep? Or, let's put it this way - would you use a floor brush on a vacuum and vacuum bare floors? If the answer to that is yes, then I would consider a Sebo Felix. Yes...

David I have said this before on another thread, but your Kirby website is absolutely stunning! And especially the work you put into restoring those Kirby's. You are a great and valuable resource to the Kirby collectors out there, and even just every day people who want to find out more info...

Antoine, your CXL PN has a geared belt? Those PN's are exceeding rare and hard to come by! Not many of those were made for too long before Aerus Holdings bought TriStar and came out with the EXL. You might want to look into acquiring a spare brushroll, motor and geared belt to have as spares, as...

I think one thing holding back canisters from being as popular as uprights is that nobody demonstrates or trains the user how to use them. If a consumer sees both a upright and a canister side by side, and gets shown by a sales rep how to use both and gets the consumer to try, it should become...

$18,000 for a Kirby R?! Yeah, right!!! Patrick, come back when you're ready to be REALISTIC about what a old, early Kirby should be priced at.

Very nice Antoine! The 3 vacuums are looking great :-) . How are you enjoying the DustCare PB11 powerhead you bought? And how do you find it compares to the TriStar powerhead? One thing I did with my Miracle Mate and Patriot, since they have the original hoses with no powerhead switch and...

I had a look at the Perfect C103 white version of this vacuum a few months ago, as one was in at a local vac shop for repairs as I was picking up some parts. Yes, it is a nice vacuum, BUT it also has some drawbacks. The plastic ring on the exhaust filter that mounts it to the canister, and...

Ben, good luck on the restoration. And yes, like ODavid said, let's see those before and after pics after the restoration is complete please :-)

Very nice pic David! And hopefully Kirby carries on for another 110 years :-) .

Melissa, a Royal Style 8 knurled belt for the Royal Metal Uprights and Royal Canister Powerteam ( newer plastic style with HEPA Filter and Style R bags ) and Eureka PT Canister Powerteam belts will fit any model Kirby from the Kirby Classic ( 1970 ) to present. However, DO NOT USE THOSE BELTS...

Garry, the powerhead neck, wands, hose handle and tools from the Aerus Guardian Platinum and Aerus Guardian Ultra are interchangeable with the TriStar EXL, MG1, MG2, MG3 and CS. The powerhead neck,wands, hose handle and tools from the Aerus Lux Legacy, Epic 6500, Renaissance, Epic 8000, Epic...

PureAir & Powerclean Rob, just a warning - if you do get your hands on one, immediately disassemble the vacuum and install a cord protector where the cord meets the body of the vacuum. Those vacuums had a recall on them from the CPSC in America for that very reason.

Ben, the Hoover PortaPower III was actually pretty common in Canada....it sold in Zellers for $169.99 in the mid 90s. I actually owned one for a couple years - nice vac, but the bag size and poor filtration led me to pass it on to Mom and traded her for a nice Hoover Elite hard body upright with...

Alex, I couldn't agree with you more! These Hoover Windtunnel Twin Chamber uprights, whether it be direct air or bypass like this one, are HORRIBLE cleaners. They may clean carpets well....but that lasts for about 10 minutes until the filter starts clogging and it loses airflow quickly. And the...

All the Eureka canisters that use the Style S bag are HORRIBLE MACHINES! The build quality on them is really bad....very common to see the wands, motors and circuit boards failing on these models and their comparable Electrolux AB counterparts. Plus the bags are small, overpriced and don't work...

Thanks for posting this Brian. Love the Lewyt vacuum they used....I have the exact same one used, and plan to restore it soon.

John, if the caster wheel on the LX and LXI is the same as the American Electrolux metal canisters from the 70s and 80s....like the Super J, Silverado, Diamond Jubilee and Marquise, you can pick that up in a hardware store if Repairman, Mike, doesn't have it but does have the clip on wheels...

I will say, the silver infused bags looks like a good idea, and I would be interested. BUT, I would want to hear from some people that have had problems with bag odours, switched to these bags and them saying their issue was resolved using the silver infused bags. Also, I would want to see the...

John, I would also STRONGLY suggest looking at CycloVac central vac units as well. The company is practically legendary here in Canada! Seriously, the company has lots of dealers and a strong reputation for building a QUALITY central vac unit. So much so, that Tacony Corporation has them build...

Keith, that hose adapter looks unique and rare too! Was it a original genuine part, or was this adapter custom made by someone who just wanted to use 2 hoses together? As for saving the bags and having a custom cloth bag? Great idea! I don't blame you, considering those bags are hard to find...