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Well said Maytag142c ! I’ve heard good things about BJ’s from friends in Skaneateles. Wish we had them here in Texas. Costco can be unbearable on the weekends with the food samples on every end cap and I swear it seems like so many people only go there to graze on the freebies. [this post was...

Ditto what she said… They were in the U.S. I worked at a vacuum store in 1985 and we had these and they were the “Sovereign”. They sold poorly.

It's a tension/pressure fitting I used to have that canister. There are no magnets involved, but the chrome band on the fitting is a tension band that expands when you press the ring forward. when the band expands, it holds the hose tight onto the machine. Then you pull the ring to release it...

Any way to substantiate this Kirby @ Costco claim?? Proof?? I see nothing about it on Costco’s website and the photo would probably look the same if these were on sale at Sam’s instead. Can anyone prove that this really is happening?

“Hoarder vac shops”…. Whatever it takes. The only hoarder shops in my area won’t sell to anyone. I guess they’ve figured out the value of their spare parts.

“Suspicious”? No. That’s just the way online news media works. It’s no different than newspapers being full of advertisements.

Are you thinking of the “Brush n Beat”? That was from the early 1970’s.

DTX1400 motor….. Be sure to check the wiring on the 1400 motor because it might be different. It’s a variable speed motor and I don’t remember if it had 2 leads or more.

Gary, how's the filtration??? My biggest pet peeve with Dyson (and Shark for that matter) is that they talked a good line about HEPA but didn't make it available on all of their machines. This is why I'm looking to replace my Dyson V6 (and also because of the worn battery). Doesn't the TriFlex...

No comfort zone required. Oreck only offered canisters when it would be lucrative and easy for them to do so. That usually involved acquiring an expired patent license from another manufacturer. The DutchTech machines were originally older designs of Philips canisters, hence the "Dutch" in...

Is this what replaced the Dimension models? I don’t remember if there was some overlap with these and the Dimensions, or if this came soon after. I vaguely remember a Powermax that had more features.

Battery looks to be removable I’ll be interested in its filtration and noise levels and if there’s a multi speed option. My Supralite is wearing down and I’m looking for a simple upright replacement. It’ll be interesting to see if this is geared only for commercial use or if there’s a...

Hard to believe people have this much time on their hands…. Do you know this for a fact? It’s been years since eBay showed the winning user’s name, or am I missing something? It seems like it would be much easier to do shill bidding instead of using a bot because if the auction is canceled...

I remember Luxes on the shopping channel. That was also about the same time that they were available at Sam’s.

Interesting that they’re using the name “Numatic”……. I say this because the machine is already being sold in the USA through Nacecare. I’m sure the devil is in the details of some license agreement with a non competition clause between the two company names. QVC is certainly a very different...

Interesting that they call it “salmon”….. If that’s salmon, then it must be farm-raised, because wild-caught is much darker in color! LOL

The floor brush looks to have seen some light use too. Well at least he’s not greedy with his asking price.

Vacuumdevil, true about the availability issues…. I gave up on trying to get a C3 Brilliant from my dealer because he gave up on trying to obtain them. Some dealers are resorting to buying or trading from one another’s inventory, but I’d question whether or not that affects the warranty...

It’s rebadged from another maker I’ve seen it in Europe as a Fakir or as a Nilco. One of its earliest iterations in the U.S. was as a Clarke Combi-Vac.

Well Said! It's also important to remember we live in dirt, to some extent. Dirt in the home is perpetual and impossible to eliminate completely. This is why home demonstrations are such a great sales tool. We all love to vacuum so use what you like. Don't get caught up in which machine type is...