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Not a movie but if you're watching Firefly Lane on Netflix, Tully has a late 70's/early 80's green Hoover Celebrity in her mom's family room. To me the vacuum didn't match the storyline. They flashback throughout each episode from the early 70s, to the 80's as young adults and then 2003 as...

I remember being a kid and so confused seeing the Kenmore name on an actual Hoover cleaner. This was about the same time they also had a Kenmore-labeled Eureka Rotomatic powerteam canister. I had forgotten about it until I saw this ad on Facebook Marketplace.

My dad picked up one of those Eureka World Vac canisters from Costco (Price Club) around 1994 and it had the gas pump style handle with the three prong plug for the powerhead. I can't remember if the light remained on when in bare floor mode but I'll take your word for it. The Hoover Spirit...

I have the Dyson V11 Torque Drive and am very happy with its performance one year later. When the V11 Outsize first came out I was definitely interested in purchasing one. I have a pretty large house and love the idea of swapping out batteries. However, looking at the machine in various demos...

I believe this was the model that was sold in Costco (Price Club) at the time.

I haven't had the best experience using uprights with bare floor tools. The ones I've (or my parents) owned that came with bare floor tools were - *Simplicity 5200 Upright with 12ft attachment hose. That was probably the best experience with using an upright on bare floors since the long...

The Futura was introduced in the early 90's. I think with Hoovers you check the month/date by looking at the first 4 digits of the serial number. So, 0894 would be August 1994.

Thanks everyone!

Thanks Tom! When my Volt died, I tried the Centec battery powerhead and that just felt so cheap in comparison to the Volt. So now I just use my Hide a Hose outlet for the hard floors and furniture. I need an inexpensive, basic electric hose for my cleaning lady to use on the bedroom level of my...

Thanks for the quick response Greg. I was looking to spend a little less given the age of the product but I'll certainly let you know. I appreciate it!

Hi all, I'm looking for a basic Nutone electric hose similar to the one pictured below. I prefer this pistol grip over the gas pump style that I currently have with my system. I wouldn't mind finding an Express-style powerhead to accompany it as well. Looking for item(s) that are in great...

I have the MD Flo-Master and my house is similarly sized at 5,000 sq. ft and I will say it's a beast for a smaller size unit. It replaced a Dirt Devil Pro Series 990 (Vacuflo 650??). I love the MD much better - it's quieter and most importantly, bagged. Mine didn't have a utility valve on the...

Any other live shots of a Kenmore central vac system or its attachments? One of my childhood friends had one in the first neighborhood I lived in from birth to 6 years old. I was too young to notice the outlets on the wall but I remember going in the basement one day and seeing a Kenmore...

Beautiful Silverado. One of my best friends had one of these growing up but it always sat unused in their basement storage room. His mom dragged a heavy Kirby Heritage 1 up and down all three levels of the house. She even took the head off the Kirby and used the tools for the hard floors and...

I wish I had all these exciting vacuums to share from my grandparents and extended family. Paternal grandparents They immigrated to the country and were quite poor. My grandfather was a construction worker and my dad's mom stayed home with the kids. For the 25 years they were in my life...

Where did you find those beauties?

By the time I learned of this magical wand that allowed me to use the Quadraflex head on my parent's standard Plastiflex hose that Nutone unit had been swapped out for a MD Silentmaster. Talk about an upgrade!! I recently tried using this set up in their basement but it looks like after 30 years...

Wow that brochure is a blast from the past. I remember seeing it at a friend's house who had that system. At the time I wish my parents had that Hoover central instead of the Nutone because the Quadraflex was a better powerhead in my 8 year old head LOL.

Owen, that's the exact same Hoover central vac that was in my parents neighborhood back when it was built in the late 80's. The houses either had that model or the red Nutone my parents had. I did buy one of those Hoover wands in the mid 2000's that allowed me to use a Hoover Quadraflex...

Neighborhood vacuums Not sure how to organize this since I moved when I was 8 in 1988. In my first neighborhood we lived in a gigantic cul-de-sac from the time I was born until we moved.  My parents had an Electrolux Olympia from the year I was born and a Sears Best Powermate canister from...