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Of course bagged vacuums are inherently better at filtration! All of the machines that are truly certified HEPA, other than the Rainbow, use bags. Bags make it simpler to force all of the dirty air through the filter material. They also lend towards a simpler and more direct air path, which...

Yes, the black one has a cord winder, I have the black machine in my collection!

It’s always worth waiting for the right proposition with these things...

The model will be on the bottom front, there's a whole thing there cast into the bottom housing with all of that information.   I really like the color!

Ahhhh, now thats the sort of find we all live for! Congratulations! You snatched up a nice one, and at a very reasonable price too!

That floor brush is not even Hoover... I'm not too sure, but I'd bet that hose may be a creation of some kind rather than an official Hoover offering. But it is possible this was something they sold later on in the run. It also may have been a lower end tool set, with the one you and I have...

I've only really seen the PN2 on the textured body 1205, I've always been under the impression all the smooth body machines with with a PN1

I have some videos of this thing before during and after the treatment, it’s running very well now, and I’ve used it twice so far! Charlie, I do have a few confusions about these things... I have two 1205s like this one, both identical. Both have the non-telescope wand and this hose with the...

I paid $25 for this Craigslist score...

I guarantee you can find one just as nice, with all the proper tools, for less than this went for! You might have to put some work into it to make it perfect, but that'll just add to your ultimate enjoyment of the machine!

How did they know??? I really do deserve a Royal!!   There's a lovely flood of childhood memories!

I absolutely love Electroluxes, And as seen here, it started very early in my life... I don't know that I'd ever pay so much for one though, it would have to be a rare model, and in very excellent condition. I see this one does look gorgeous, BUT, I would NEVER pay that much for one! I honestly...

The quality of the plastic the new Sanitaire motors are made of is abysmal... It erodes from sand abrasion, and in many cases I've seen, you can lose the little ledge the motor gasket fits around! By the 6th of these new motors I've seen I was thoroughly disgusted! In all practical senses, if we...

I have a Furt anf Thunder in my collection mostly because I was so fascinated with them as a child. Once I got more familiar with them, I don't consider them to be particularly good vacuums, they weren't the worst built, but they weren't anything special for the quality either. My only real...

I've heard carbon brushes lightly squeak before, this usually goes away once they seat themselves in all the way. I wouldn't worry about it, in my experience this is normal and will go away.

One can't judge a machine by its age, you really have to judge it for what it is and how it performs. Since day one there have been both excellent and mediocre vacuums. There are lots of very good new machines that are built to last as long as the vintage machines we all know and love for their...

Oh I can't even imagine where to start on this, I'm going to list off the machines that give a good spine tingle when the switch is turned on. The first was the Electrolux 1205 (this one also has the advantage of smelling wonderful while it runs too)! NSS M/M-1, Spencer Turbine, Filtex CTS500...

This is my theory... Back in the day of rug flutters, most vacuums used the much softer and less stiff bore's hair brush bristles, they worked, but they didn't agitate the nap as effectively as the nylon bristles we have now. Add to that the transition from a brush and beater to all brush brush...

I have an NOS hose with the gas pump handle for one of these!

The Electrolux of my childhood, the very first Electrolux I saw or used! Not one that looks just like it, but the very machine I remember! It lived what is now the majority of its life in a small church in a small town in SW Nebraska, and last summer one of my cousins told me they had a vacuum...