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I mean 1988, 50th week. Dec. 12, 1988

Also I believe your date stamp is 1988, May.

Wow that is so beyond rare! And I never even knew they made full size vacuums beyond the Dustbuster!

From what I understand, the power head or the vacuum was not grounded (much like mostly everything back then). So over time the wiring rubbed onto the nozzle connector or something, and energized it. You could just be going along vacuuming and then you get a full 120v current into your hands...

It's funny how many unique special colors of vacuums that were released that nobody even knows about that just get gone to time if not for one person buying one and showing it off. I do believe at the time this was released, HSN's theme color was purple so I think you are right it is an HSN...

Aftermarket brushroll? To me from what I have seen, Royal is the one that always liked to paint their brushrolls silver.

Yeah they were new to bagless vacuums at the time, everyone was, and they didn't know how it would really perform long term. I think where Dyson was doing cyclonic, Hoover and others was doing direct air vortex chambers, and they probably didn't think or didn't want to add more filters that...

Yes I agree. I have a lot of vacuums I just look at and say "Man I can't believe I have this".

Most vacuum cleaner defects in manufacturing are usually harmless annoyances and inconveniences that lead to mass recalls, and very rarely do they cause injury. For a vacuum cleaner company to escalate to a lawsuit, it usually has to be EXTREMELY serious, to where the victim has felt that...

A lot of these never sold in large amounts and what did got used, abused, and pitched in the bin when the local vacuum shop would refuse to fix it. I have a metallic blue Twin Chamber myself, but it needs a very big restoration. FedEx smashed it up in shipping and busted the entire handle off...

Interesting vacuum. I like the color choice. I never liked those models where the cord comes out of the center of the wheel.

Thanks for telling the history Jeff. I remembered there was some connection I just forgot who did what.

Very nice!

Oh wow, the mystery deepens. I will have to take a closer look at mine, maybe the model sticker says something.

I do believe they did. Under Health-Mor Sanitation, which eventually became the Royal company if I am remembering this right. They were only in the Chicagoland area.

So it had some kind of weird dust bin on the back? That's strange. Yeah it looks like it must be just a floor sweeper. I was sure it was an attachment. There is absolutely no info about NSS out there outside of the Pig, so it's hard to find information. I have one of their Supersuction...

Holy gods they are $4,000 now? My mom got conned for a Kirby in 2002 and back then it was $1,000 or something like that. You really need to watch out because Kirby will let anyone start up a sale operation with them. All you need is one guy to be the boss, a crappy run down store for a front...

Nice find! I've been wanting to get the Hoover Complete Performance. It's a bagged model and it's supposed to be pretty good.

...and when the world needed him most, he appeared.

I have the Eureka Powerspeed With Suctionseal (yes thats its real name), and it has a retractable cord reel on it. The cord is very generous and I never had any issues with it. The vacuum itself is also very good and I used it heavily cleaning the house through 2016 and 2017. The foot-press...