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I have many kirbys and 1 sc899 sanitaire in my collection. for easy of maintaince and repairs the sanitaire wins. the kirby is a bit better for convience with being able too add a hose and dust and clean hard too reach areas. the way the carpet vibrates when sanitaire goes across it the dirt...

the ways of measuring vacuum performance in commerical world is CFM (cubic feet per minute) and inches of water lift. you can buy a gauge that you put on the end of a hose and it will show the inches of water lift.

I have a sanitaire sc899 and lots of kirbys in my collection. being a master of the custodial arts I lean a bit more tword commerical vacs. my favorite upright is my advance carpetwin 16xp. or for bulk pick up nss m1 pig, witch I can put a power nozzle on and have shop vac suction and power nozzle.

I read somewere that panasonic makes sears vacuums.

I have a hoover carpet machine and a rug dr. and a 8 gallon heated box extractor.... each one one has there pros and cons. I can make them clean better if you use commerical grade soap.

I found a commerical green oreck xl in a dumpster. the handle were the dirt goes up into the bag was clogged. cleaned it up and has been a great vac for 10 plus years. being commerical it's has no headlight or a nicer look. but it gets the bigger motor. works really good on low pile carpet...

I use mothers mag polish for my kirbys, and some rubbing compound on the plastic too get the scuffs off and then use nufinish on the plastic. I use a old kirby that has shaft that you attach on the front and had a buffing wheel.....

I have a old sanitaire and the dirt has too go over the belt and into the fan then it's bagged. It all depends on what kind of soil i'm picking up and the square footage being cleaned. some times I get too use my NSS m1 pig, the advance carpetwin 16xp or a old castex backpack. I just put a spare...

in my collection I have a rug dr wide track,3 hoover spin scrubs, and a 8 gallon profeshional heated box carpet extractor with a drag wand. all work great if used for the correct job. it also helps too use comerical grade cleaning products. they have less water in them and you can dilute them...

remember the old oreck big foot commerical upright?

nice information. I found a green commerical oreck in a trash can....the handle was clogged with dirt that should have been hand picked up. took it home and cleaned it up......bin using it for over 10 years.

both of my sanitronics. one is all orgional except I had too weld a hole on the fan case and the other came with a after market kirby dimond cloth bag with paper liner, new brush