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Here We Go Again With More False Info Geez, Anyone familiar with Physics knows as an electric motor runs slower, the heat it generates decreases. Stop the Diamond Edition overheating myth! From December 2019 The Kirby Diamond Edition Overheating Myth VacLab

A Nice Dry Slow Boring DS80 Teardown In which the bearings are covered in detail. VacLab

Here's My Portable Mode Airflow Loss Answer Enjoy!

Most Budget Machines Are meant to be sold as quickly as possible and thrown out in a similar style. Get the latest features and/or color schemes and next year, they will make you feel "left behind", just like phones. Bill

What's The Specs On The Black Knight BK2000 canister? 10 Amps? Bill

What's Your Definition of Best? Do you mean the easiest? What about the actual dirt pickup? Does that matter? When I vacuum carpeted stairs, I primarily have one one goal: dirt removal. So the machine of choice must have reasonably high agitation and as much airflow as possible. Think 150...

How Much Profit Do You Want To Make? Run these generalized numbers: Cheap Walmart plastic bagless vac for around $100 new. If it lasts for 1 year, you've spent a total of $100 per year or $8 per month. No bags, belts, brushrolls, bulbs or specialized maintenance required. Simply empty the bin...

I'd love to read ASTM papers like ASTM F558-13, but you have to pay for them and they cannot be re-published in any way shape or form publicly. Rather aggravating isn't it? https://www.astm.org/DATABASE.CART/HISTORICAL/F558-13.htm I'm not paying $69 for a "white paper." For a dreadfully...

Rainbow E2 Single Speed Motor Cooling Fan Removal is fairly easy. I performed a refurb on one back in September 2020. Removed and replaced the fan (and bearings) without issues and the owner (Thomas) has been running it since then. I'm saddened that some "experts" don't understand what "press...

and full power corded vacuums? Kinda, if they are older Dysons that is. Running on its turbo power setting, this stick vac slides in between a DC25 and DC65 when testing on medium pile carpet. The T10 would do better if it had a more aggressive brushroll, which would be easy to replace/upgrade...

Amazing Just How Fast We've Forgotten This SRX thread. https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?40518_43 Historical Canister Measurements CANISTER ONLY D3 = 92 CFM / 60" D4C SE = 87 CFM / 60" E2 One Speed = 107 CFM / 58" E2 Two Speed Gold = 97 CFM / 84" E2 Two Speed Platinum =...

I've Had My Hoover SteamVac Widepath For over 20 years now. Very few issues. The big plus is the ability to dry the carpets after wetting them. The lower power Bissells I've tried do just dandy soaking and scrubbing but fail miserably when attempting to extract the moisture. Bill

The Four Speed Diamond Edition Since Kirbys already have two speeds (PN & hose) the Diamond Edition technically has four speeds. I nabbed one back in 2019 and not only did it look like a wreck, it smelled even worse. BUT everything cleaned up nicely.

Historical Canister Measurements CANISTER ONLY D3 = 92 CFM / 60" D4C SE = 87 CFM / 60" E2 One Speed = 107 CFM / 58" E2 Two Speed Gold = 97 CFM / 84" E2 Two Speed Platinum = 97 CFM / 84" E2 Two Speed Black = 97 CFM / 84" Other People's Tests SRX = 101 CFM / 58"...

Leak Tests On Vacuums Some things to consider... Do Cheap Vacuums Spew? Five Years Old Equals Must Throw Out? | 2015 Bagless Hoovers Closed Room Particle Tests Closed Room Air Cleaner Test Using A Kirby Sentria II Closed Room Air Cleaner Test Using A Dyson DC65 As far as paper being...

The Rainbow SRX is Very Weak A key factor is the new motor. Running somewhere around 800-900 Watts, the SRX no longer has the "oomph" it used to. It's supposed to be rated at 1400 Watts (higher with the PN). The previous E2 2-Speed models consumed nearly 1500 watts with the PN running...

Some Particle Tests On Type C Bags Electrolux Type C Bags Particle Emissions Test Average 0.3 um particle counts: Initial Room = 5859, DVC Paper = 8400, V.A.C. HEPA = 1650, Perfect HEPA = 370 Quite a difference between type C bags and obviously the 4 ply paper bag was pretty awful. Bill

Those Blue Colored Bags Appear to be the same as the V.A.C. bags, just tinted blue. If so, they would have the same filtration properties. Bill

I Have A Simplicity Symmetry But it's a slightly different model. Mine says SYM.USAFS. Simplicity Symmetry Playlist Simplicity And Panasonic Upright Belt Changing Bottom line: a Panasonic UB8 Belt works but it is too tight when new. Bill

Electrolux Type C Bags Particle Emissions Test Here's a comparison of three type "C" bags. The "Perfect" brand are clearly the best. Average 0.3 um particle counts: Initial Room = 5859, DVC Paper = 8400, V.A.C. HEPA = 1650, Perfect HEPA = 370 Electrolux Type C Bags Particle Emissions Test