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Casters While the small casters may not roll as easily as some of the canisters with large, fixed rear wheels, the 360 swivel casters do allow the body to be pushed sideways easily. The fixed wheeled canisters can't easily be pushed sideways. And I'll also agree that Mieles are wonderfully...

Turbo brushes I am not at all a fan of turbo brushes. The bog down too easily and don't clean nearly as well as a powered head. I had to buy a turbo mini brush for my miele canister because no powered brush was available. It's near worthless compared to the powered mini brush I have for...

Does this machine differ beyond labeling? Other than the label stenciled on the hood, is the vacuum any different than the standard freedom? The name itself is rather patriotic. I was given a Freedom of similar vintage and liked it so much, I bought a new one. They are easy to use and clean...

Small vacs fit in small spaces I have a small collection of vacuums including a kirby 561 and a new Rainbow. As a collector, I like and use them all. But the one I always reach for when I'm doing my quick, frequent clean ups (2 ldogs) is the light weight Simplicity. It fits in places the...

Charcoal ... I tried aquarium charcoal pellets and Featherlite in my Simplicity F3500 and neither worked. I'd love to know if there is a product that does work. My Rainbow never smells, but for quick run throughs, the rainbow takes too long to setup and tear down. The light, little...

A good argument for buying used When I see all the used Kirbies on Craigslist, including almost new Sentria 2's for a fraction of the cost of new, I scratch my head at why anyone would buy new - or at least a new Kirby. I don't see many Mieles on CL and I've sold a couple of them with no...

KitchenAid @tom - this is also off topic, but I had to grin when you said you were removing the new Maytag and installing the 30 year old KitchenAid. I assume you are referring to a dishwasher since its in the kitchen. My huge family of rowdy kids had a KitchenAid dishwasher throughout the...

I knew this would get interesting when Kirby came up As soon as I saw comment about Shark being better than the Kirby, I knew this would get interesting. I thought it was pretty much common knowledge among vacuumlanders that the vacuum that finishes 2nd wins. I have heard from several friends...

Sites and sounds I like the seeing all the dirt and hair come out of the sani-emptor of the old kirby. Yes, the bagged vacuums probably pick up as much and they are cleaner, but I love seeing the dirt. I also like seeing the dirt dumped from the Rainbow basin. And know that I'm starting with...

I don't think dating the bags is nutty at all. In fact, I've been thinking of dating the Miele filters since they are so expensive. On filters. I switched to charcoal, but was disappointed to find it did little to remove the smell. I hate vacuum stench and recently bought a Rainbow because...