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I cannot remember the topic, but I pretty sure it was you who posted a link to a Dutch manufacturer that outsourced to China. I clicked on the link and saw, to my surprise, several vacuums I recognized, including the standard older style Oreck uprights. Could you repost the link, please? Thanks

Sandy... Yes, I have sewn for decades. I am the one who coined the expression "chair dress" for a dress that while perfefctly modest, makes every hetero male (and a few on the fence) want to see it draped across the back of a chair. In the late 1990's I designed and sewed the dress worn by the...

GE coined the term.. Disposall with 2 'l' s

Maybe a road trip.. is in the offing this summer, load up the machines and sergers in tha van and come for a few days working vacation?

Sucks too hard... look up the thread Sanitaire vs Kirby for the modification we routinely do in the shop.

when Oreck first hit the vac shops... they were frequently paired with the Panasonic ARM (a dirt cup hand vac with square extension tubes with cord hooks. It functioned like a hand/broom vac. Basic model was red with a duster along with the wands and floor tool. Deluxe model was off-white with...

Interesting... twocvbloke...your link showed EIGHT levels of HEPA filtration, mine showed FIVE. The truth of the matter is that 95% or better filtration efficiency or better at 2.5 microns is going to be sufficient for the vast majority of allergy sufferers. A human hair is 100 microns or...

Generation 3 was... actually produced concurrently with the Legend II because 1)self propelled was an experiment. It was called Generation 3 'by Kirby' not Kirby Generation 3.and 2) The Legend II was preferred by some dealers, who did not like the new model. It was the only time, other than...

For awhile... Filter queen offered filter cones sealed to a plastic baggie. Did not last long.

the G3 was intoduced in late 1989... here in the US. The model posters show the date of introduction as 1990, which would have been late 1989. There have been links posted to patent drawings which show a direct drive rug nozzle (minus belt lifter), with a port allowing direct connection of a...

The problem lies with... the need for good agitation, adequate sweeping of the fiber, and airflow. Basically, wall-to-wall carpet is difficult to clean properly without causing damage. Because most women treat vacuming like an olympic speed challenge (watch Susan Sarandon vacuum in "Anywhere...

The time to have released a color change... would ideally have been about 2.5 years ago, enough time for the color to get 'old' before the model change.

The time to have released a color change... would ideally have been about 2.5 years ago, enough time for the color to get 'old' before the model change.

Any of these... will do an adequate job. Nuances of fiber, style of weave, condition of rug, type of soil and vacuuming technique make any real comparison moot, except under very controlled conditions.

The Hoover agitator assembly... with its famous 'beats as it sweeps as it cleans' action was designed for cleaning what we now refer to as Oriental rugs, or sometimes Oriental carpets. The rugs were porous and allowed air to pass through them. The bristles used were quite soft because the...

The Royals... have a nozzle that tapers all the way to the floor, whereas the Kirbys project almost straight up before curving in. It seems to be inherent in the Royal engineering along with the curved fan blades. Not an engineer, but Kirby has straight blades.

This parallels a thread on... the off topic forum. The color change will not happen prior to the model changeover. The new model is scheduled to be inroduced in fall 2013. That means there would have to be TWO clearances of old stock prior to the new model. The time for it to really do any...

Electolux was... the second manufacturer to introduce multi-layer bags. Three layers of thick, but porous facial tissue like material inside the single layer of paper. It worled well.

The problem with the filtrete bags... is the same as the problem with HEPA filtration material being tested separately from the vacuum in which it is to be used. The number of dirt paticles per unit of air at a given rate of flow. The electrostatic material can only capture so much. Exceed its...

gsheen.. I'll bet you always make sure the hose is pointed in the direction of use, and that you never pull the upright around like a canister by the hose. And I am sure you maintain them well.