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Looks like a Frantz Premier in drag....

Years back I got an Igloo cooler that was I guess given out as a premium for the 10th anniversary of Sanitaire in 1981. It has decals on either side which make it look like an air conditioner, when faux woodgrain was all the rage.

Truth be told, I don't think the company nor an aftermarket supplier will put in the effort anymore. I really couldn't say I feel Oreck is now a brand to be sought. 20 years ago, yes, but many other companies like Riccar have "built a better mousetrap" and built a more heavy duty 8 pound...

I'd take a Riccar R25 over the now-discontinued Miele U1 upright in a heartbeat! For the weight of U1, I'd rather push a Kirby.

Not really I have an Oreck XL200S with the same D shaped handle and step on switch. It was a trade in I rescued years ago when I worked at an Oreck store. The thing that intrigued me the most was that it had a patch that read "Oreck Supra" on the outer bag. Clearly a more deluxe option of...

Does the beautiful brunette come with it? 😉

Yes, looks to be in fair shape, but it's missing a critical piece - the hose port cover. It was probably lost decades ago hence why the machine was relegated to the attic or basement since then. Unless you could fabricate another one the machine is pretty useless. Just my 2 cents.

Can you imagine if a fleet of these Bissells went down with the Titanic? I could definitely picture these cleaning the staterooms (in First Class anyway).

At least it still has its Sani-Emtor and not converted to that horrid F&G style zipper bag. This is the first time I've seen the manufacturing plate still on the machine with the serial number scratched up beyond recognition. If it was out at the curb I would save it from the scrap heap, but I...

I worked at Woolworth's in their final days (summer of 1997) and we sold the Elite 200 for $69.99 and when it was on sale $59.99. Tools were an option (can't say I remember the cost of a standard tool kit). Even then I thought it was very BOL.

A clean air upright is a bypass system where as the dirt reaches the bag BEFORE going through the fan. On a side note, Hoover sold the patents to Panasonic around 1978, which is why the Concept One came about. Not a bad cleaner, and some say it "corrected" some of the flaws the DAM had, but...

Well, for me it's the Hoover Dial-A-Matic hands down. Launched in 1963, it was the world's first clean air upright. It was also the first vacuum with power drive introduced six years later. It's hose conversion was revolutionary at the time.

Yes, and no. I have a Whirlpool CVR-2000 that on the underside reads "Distributed by the Oreck Corporation." This vacuum (and the subsequent XL-4000 was made for Oreck by MacDonald electric in West Germany. It's really a fun little cleaner.

It happens when vacuum manufacturers no longer want to fit in with the times. It happened to Air Way 20 years ago, and frankly I can't figure out how Filter Queen is still holding on. They're DATED designs and as Tom already pointed out the customers who appreciate the tried and true are...

It's odd how at one time (pre-World War II) Kirby offered an "R" series to be sold in stores, and a "C" series to be sold through in-home demonstration. If they were to adopt that practice again, they MIGHT be able survive for awhile. But a new platform (still all-aluminum of course), lighter...

31 years is LONG ENOUGH!!! I will be tarred and feathered by the Kirby purists who say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," and maybe I would feel different had I not seen those prototype designs of what the new 2014 Avalir was supposed to look like, but for all intents and purposes, the current...

Thank you Tom, Coming from one I hold in high regard for vintage vacuums as well as a man who was on the inside of Tacony, I now have greater confidence in the R25.

I know this is a little off-topic, and Tom if you have already commented here somewhere else I apologize for the redundancy, but can you give us your opinion on the new (well, fairly new) Riccar R25 series? I know they are Chinese made.

OMG! OMG! OMG! That's not just any Convertible, in fact it's not a Convertible at all. That's a 1956-57 model 64 Citation upright. The very LAST model before the Convertible made it's debut. I hope someone in the vicinity can scoop it up....

Chrome plating is not cheap, but probably worthwhile in a case like this. And, some sundial cloth covered wire so it looks period correct. I wonder how many of its sisters were melted down during the metal scrap drives of World War II?