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When I had my store, I would regularly get Miele's in that were 10-15 years old for service. The most problems I saw residentially were that the machine was simply clogged with a sock, clothing tag, etc. that simply needed to be removed. I think I saw a broken tool lid, but only once. Only $20...

No, it's not a Sanitaire, and definitely not low end, but it is an F&G style upright like the Sanitaire. I THINK this came out in the early 90's. It is a self-propelled Eureka, and the handle is in fact metal. So is the bottom plate and brushroll. VGII if I recall correctly. It's actually a...

No, it's not a Miele, but very similar appearance wise. TTI is the company who owns Royal/Dirt Devil, Hoover and Vax. There's never been a more obvious copy of a Miele than this machine. I first saw it branded as a Royal at the VDTA trade show. It was so weird to see a Hoover Windtunnel...

Patrick.... Now that I think of it I'm sure your right; it has to be the larger bag chamber on the S5. The hoses are the same. I remember using an airflow meter at the store to compare the two machines. The S5 with the electric hose would register about the same as an S4, but the S5 with the...

By the way... When I had the store, I also had the experience of people buying turbobrush Mieles in order to save money, only to realize that they really did need to upgrade to an electric powerbrush. I am of the opinion that the turbobrush has a very limited application. One thing I did...

Chad, I've been hemming and hawing for a couple of days on how I was going to reply to this thread. I don't need to anymore because you said it better than I ever could have myself!

Mike Congratulations. Absolutely gorgeous. It's so amazing how much different that particular model looks when it's all buffed out!

Power Unit For some reason, whoever installed it didn't vent it outside. It's REALLY loud.

I'm housesitting for a friend right now. The house was built in the 70's and still has the Nutone. No powerhead, but it did come with the shag rug tool!

Patrick, I totally agree about the Jupiter being the most beautiful! We in the USA finally have that color as the Earth! Have you gotten any of the Hyclean bags yet? They're amazing!

Wow, so many organists in this club!

Toby You never cease to amaze! You find more canisters that I've never heard of than anyone else I know. Love it!

Hi Owen If you can, you should scan that catalog and post it! Thanks for putting the pic of the Spencer up!

Doug, I don't mind the correction at all! I'm glad to learn that those covers just popped out; I always thought it must have been a huge PITA to unscrew the cover every time you wanted to vacuum. Now that I think of it, I don't even know why I thought they unscrewed. I guess they just look that...

Actually the company is still in business! I think they quit making built in's in the 30's but I'm not sure. Now they manufacture hoses and attachments for commercial and central vacuum systems. http://www.tuec.com

Hi Fred Definitely an old central vac. These were manufactured by The United Electric company who also made the Ohio Tuec portable units. The used one fan, and the model number (in this case 190) denoted the CFM the unit pulled. The user had to use a special tool to unscrew the inlet cap...

Doug I used to have that exact powerhead. It was made for them by Progress of Germany. At the old vac shop where I got it, the owner told me it was made for the machines that cleaned airplanes, because the small size could get in between the seats. I don't know how true this is, as I've never...

Owen, I found all of my stuff on ebay, believe it or not!

Congrats Fred! The Legend II is my favorite Kirby! I think it's the color of the bag. What a wonderful machine.

Jack This booklet was printed in the late teen's, I'm pretty sure.