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I got the machine!  I'm more excited about this vacuum than I have ever been any other machine.  It is in perfect condition (even the brushroll didn't have one speck of dust or dirt or thread on it)...  it is missing the attachments, but the sweet lady said she has them somewhere (she just moved...

I wrote the seller and she said she'd take 150 for it... I'm going to pick it up!  I'm more excited about this than I've ever been about any vacuum!     I've wanted one for so long and if there was ever a "sexy" vacuum, this is it!  

Dan, congrats...  I like that it has the metal bottom plate and the chevron brushroll.  I don't like the location of the power switches though.  My manager who has a Kirby G series and a base model Oreck just bought one and he said it is amazing.  He asked me for advised and said he wanted...

There is a Miele S7 Salsa locally for sale for 199...  I was wondering what you all would consider a fair price for a used Miele S7.  I know the base model is at Bed Bat and Beyond for I think just under or around 500... (it's been a while since I've been there)...   This one seems to have...

One more thing that annoys me, the exhaust will blow dirt out of the way before the machine gets to it... I've seen this with other vacuums, and it seems like a problem that could be completely avoided if they would just angle the vents differently.     BTW, Cameron, I love the Windsor... it...

stuff came! It was like Christmas when the Fed Ex man came Tuesday... I got a lovely box from Tom.  He sent a new belt, a pack of HEPA bags, new pre and post motor filters, a new brushroll, new back wheels that are rubber coated, a new cord hook, a new upholstery tool, and brochures for the...

Wow, Chase... the God of suction continues to smile on you... we need to rub your forehead for luck!  I'm sure you will have fun playing with them  and cleaning them up and congrats on the awesome finds!

These are the dirt pads (coffee filters) that I used in the Kirby on the shag rug.  I think the rug looks really good now.  I bet the Kirby would have done even better if I'd had real dirt pads instead of coffee filters, but that is just amazing.  The carpet really looked clean and I do vacuum...

I watched the video...  the guy may have worked for Kirby, because he used a lot of the same verbiage we were taught when I sold them.  Of course if they can't even pronounce Miele properly, I'm not sure how much they know...  it really isn't that difficult a word.     They should have...

Tyler, you may have seen (because I can't stop going on about it LOL) that I just got an older version of the 7850 and it is the best cleaner in my collection.  The only differences that I can tell are cosmetic, and the newer version has rubber wheels, where mine are plastic.  Truly amazing... I...

By the way I had to wash the hose on mine too because it smelled like a dog...  take the bag off and insert a flat bladed screwdriver in the "bag hole" and just gently pry one of the "tabs" up just a little... use your other hand to pull the hose straight out on the the back of the machine.  It...

Camelot... congrats!  I just had my first experience with a Tacony vacuum (mine is a very similar Simplicity...  Riccar and Simplicty are the same, Tacony is the parent company, but you may already know that)...  I too have made bags out of other bags because I've just gotten a new machine and...

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Just got off the phone with Tom...  I always knew he had a vast knowledge, but today I also learned what a nice person he is.  So friendly and eager to help...  He's sending me the bags, belts, filters, upholstery tool, and the rubber pad to make the bare floor setting work... bags and...

update OK, update for anyone who is interested....  I am going to call Tom today at the museum after I wake up a little more (too groggy to be coherent right now) and order the parts from him.  However, being me, I just couldn't wait to  for the right supplies to arrive to play with this thing...

Logdog, thanks for sharing your experiences...  well written review and it's nice to have a real opinion from someone who knows what they are talking about rather than all they hype from advertising.  I didn't know you had a "vacuum blog", but I will have to explore that a little more, it looks...

got it home... I got the thing home and started exploring it.  There are a few problems... both head lights are burned out, the plastic that front wheels screw into is broken, the belt has a hole in it, and it smells to high heavens of dog...  Only missing the upholstery tool and lower cord...

It's mine, all mine mwha ha ha ha ha.....

Thanks guys... I just called the thrift shop and they still had it... they put it to the side for me and I'm going to leave here in just a little while to go get it. I didn't want to make a 45 minute drive if it had been sold already, but it hadn't... they confirmed the price of 20 bucks, so...

I was at a thrift store the other day and I noticed a vacuum that looked like the one picture below. It was green instead of purple and I thought it was a Riccar at first, but after I got home I tried to to find pictures of it and it turned out to be a Simplicity 7 Series from what I can tell...