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I'm presuming the brush strips are two separate entities, so the other end-cap must also come off... Doesn't the other end-cap also unscrew (like a Hoover agitator/activator)? - one end cap turns towards you, the other away from you? With that shaft, it looks as though you have to have a...

Carbon filter Here is Roger (ibaisaic) and the Sebo C2. At 9:09 the carbon filter is rattled.

The 'harmful if inhaled' label probably refers to carbon soot particles causing cellular damage (cancer), and the ultra fine particles being able to enter the bloodstream. Similar to diesel exhausts causing health problems. And that is why a standard vac should not be used to suck up...

I'm sure in the past there have been other users' comments (on other review sites, etc) about stinky bags. I think one was a Miele, another was a Sebo, and at least one person thought the Sebo air-freshener sticks were vile. Each to their own. I personally liked the old Hoover disks, and the...

I had a couple of robotic vacs, the original Electrolux Trilobite, and the first model of Roomba. Problems with the Roomba: - very much a 'hasher and basher' of a machine - it kept bumping and knocking furniture. - removed hair from carpet well, but the brushes clogged up requiring regular...

That's the problem - the plastic canister with the whirling dust and air is generating a high electrostatic charge, and storing it on the metal grid. Basically it becomes a capacitor. Sort of like a Van De Graff generator. Dyson once commented on how they looked/tried metal in their clear bins...

Here is a pic from 'PicClickUK' According to the description: "Goblin G64 G641 G72 G41 Electric Vacuum Cleaner c1964 Priced Vintage Advert."

I've had two Hoover uprights with the microphone sensor, Turbopower 2 & 3. Our models automatically increased the motor speed when grit was detected. The disadvantage was that proximity to the cathode ray tube television, caused interference in the Hoovers' electronic circuitry, giving false...

Hoover-Candy UK seem to still have it on their books. Whether they've goofed I don't know, but one of the two 'Purepowers' has a model code with 'EN...' which seems to denote 'Enigma'. Mind you, the website has never really been up to snuff with correct information - and any info that was there...

Once again, a company's sophisticated technology is derailed by their own marketing department. I don't know why adverts get released without triple checks - by the engineers involved! Witness the exploded diagrams of the LG A9. Notice that they seem to have a great difficulty in explaining...

Electrolux Power System We knew it as the Electrolux Power System. Roger 'ibaisaic' has videos of the bagged variant. I had the top model which came with both the cyclonic cassette and the bag door. Here's the German version of the tv advert: http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpvLR19Vye4

My gran used this plug on her Hoover Junior, but she had modern sockets. She used the Russell Hobbs K2 kettle flex lead (round fitting, with round-pin socket on the kettle end; plugged into the modern 13amp wall socket). A stout elastic band held the Hoover plug and kettle lead together. And it...

I've been wondering whether Dyson IS actually going to be totally get rid of making conventional corded vacuums, or are they just stopping future development of them? They'd be incredibly foolish to write-off a swathe of consumers looking for mains-operated machines. Maybe they'll still...

The UK had the Hoover 'Vogue', but of a simpler design. Photo 'borrowed' from Roger.

I don't have any pics of the soleplate. Suffice to say, the soleplate has been cheapened, and it has lost the smoothness of the Cambuslang designs. The rubber squeegees are hinged, thus move back and forth. It is possible to pry one end out, and slide the rest of it out. Both of the squeegees...

50 Hz There is nothing wrong with 50 Hz. In fact I find that the audible mains hum is less annoying than at 60 Hz. "...with no great technical reason to prefer one over the other...", so says Wikipaedia, referencing: 'A.C. Monteith , C.F. Wagner (ed), Electrical Transmission and Distribution...

The problem I have with bagless, is that as soon as you try to empty the bin, the particles fly everywhere, either by a breeze or by electrostatic charge - and frequently both. Let's face it, original shake-out cloth bags were a bit of a menace too, hence the reason for paper disposable bags...

I agree with both of you! The 700 Watt motor is much more sensible than the 1800/2000W nonsense of before. That dangerous hose 'pull-back' had been reduced, and a suction release valve has been fitted. The Chinese version is flimsier, and has been successively downgraded - no bag check...

I would be cautious. The plastic would probably be quite brittle now, and I'd imagine that freight handling might not be on the gentle side.

That design of cylinder machine was also sold as Vax in the UK.