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Those vibrabeat nozzles were VERY loud and not very effective at all.  I think the plain suction nozzle was far better at actually cleaning carpeting.  After vacuuming a whole house with the vibrabeat your arms would be like jello from the vibrations.  But, they were still a unique idea and kind...

Soooooooo beautiful! 

Electrolux made replacement chrome trim pieces for the top with the power receptacle so that when rebuilding model AE's they could be used with a powernozzle, which they never came with originally.  Those same trim pieces got used on subsequent models when being rebuilt, either because that's...

Welcome, Nicole.  There are many of us here who value things "made the way they used to" and a vintage Electrolux is a joy to own and use!   Vintage attachments can be found on ebay at usually quite reasonable prices.  Finding a vintage hose (at least one that doesn't leak like a seive) is...

There was an Aero-Dyne on ebay not too long ago. 

Here's a pic from another thread #13130 posted by kenkart    

09/11/2011??? Are you asking about the POD TODAY, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">August 9</span>?  If you have already seen the POD for September 11 I'm taking you with me to a casino!!!   The Westinghouse vacuum in today's POD is a very rare bird around here at least.  I...

I don't have a genuine filter so I cut some Filtrete material to fit.  It traps the fine dust and carbon that blows off the motor brushes but doesn't cut down on airflow.

Unscrew this and the whole rear end comes off

Turn this screw to remove the cord winder

I can't find the manual at the moment but here's the Lift the hatch and unplug the cord      

Nice find! Isn't that what we all say?  "I don't need another vacuum, but....."  It would be hard to resist something as nice as that Panasonic, and for the price you couldn't go wrong.

I use paste wax on my wood floors but I let the Oreck Orbiter do the work.  I spread a couple dabs of wax on the white scrubbing/buffing pad with a putty knife, set the Orbiter on the pad and away I go.  The pad picks up the dirt and leaves an even coating of wax on the floor with no...

That's good news; a potential bag disaster prevented!   I sure wish there was a way to dye old bags to restore the original color safely without damaging the screen printed designs.  If someone ever came up with a method they would be a Vacuumland hero!    You have a beautiful Kirby there...

I know, a stupid question Why did Sears go to such an inferior hose?  My aunt had a Kenmore Powermate cannister purchased in the 60's and the hose was still in perfect condition 30 years later when the vacuum was replaced.

I was impressed by the Dyson when I saw the "official" demo video.  It seemed to work admirably.  I wonder if the poorer performance on the sand in this test was at least partly due to the deeper plush carpeting, rather than a more typical (in the UK) tightly-napped, low pile.

The brush roll looks a lot like an Electrolux.

"Listen to your elders" What the heck, I'm very nearly as old as that 510 bag, or at least the dust in it.  I have no qualms about being considered an "elder."  LOL

Bags The LX uses style C bags which are readily available.  The LX was the first Electrolux to uses disposable "wrappers" as they were called at first, and every subsequent Electrolux model continued using the same bags except for the newest Guardian models.

I've never seen a hose split like that.  I've only ever seen them split following the spiral of the wire coil inside.  Short of major surgery to cut off and reattach the hose to the ends I would vote for the Rescue Tape.   One trick I found which helps is to secure the affected part of the hose...