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cute,I'll give him hat but I wouldnt think that to be rare. Nice to display next to a rug doctor if you have one!!

Beating your carpet. I think for a vacuum to thoroughly clean a carpet it needs good suction and stiff bristles, no beater bar necessary., The bristles loosen it, and suction picks it up. So I don't see how beaters are of any use with good brushes. I have also found stiff-bristled vacs are...

I read this and I showed my dad, who has 6,200 sq.ft. of house in which 60% of the most used floor space on the 1st floor is tiled floors. If I don't need a renovator for my g5 to use this, I'll tell him to buy it and I know he will if we can just slap it on my G5 and go to work!

I'm not into collecting fans or anything, I just like to trash pick them whenever I see one, because they're great for the garage or when I'm on small jobs. it's one of those cheap 19 or 20" lasko boxes. usually they have a busted blade, which I have a way of re-securing. But I got one today...

Back in the day.... Before I was aware I wasn't the only one collecting vacuums, I used to think there was something wrong with everyone else for not at least thinking vacuums was an interesting hobby to take up. Never once did I think I was strange for my likes. Though, then and now I still...

I need a 1-cb or equivalent safety/speed switch if anyone has one of those.

this kind of activity might have been going on for a while, it might explain the overall tastelessness and lack of quality in machines made within the last 15 years.

hmmm. I don't believe it has an inlet deflector. Probably fell off at some point so I guess this will continue to be a dry pickup only machine till I find an inlet, however hard that may be!

I have never quite been in that kind of quarry with myself, but that is mainly due to the fact that I have been lucky enough to have free storage for just over 1/2 of my 300+/- collection. Anytime I have wanted to pull my hair out over the vastness and waste of space my machines at home take up...

I know it's a somewhat strange topic considering not many people pay attention to shop vacs even in the vacuum collecting scene, but I have the strangest problem with my shop vac. It's a mid 90's shop vac brand 16 gallon. Brought it to a friend's shop to help them with a flood. Took the paper...

I went thrift storing the other day and came across 2 interesting machines. one was a craftsman shop vac with a cord rewind. I have seen one for sale before but didn't have interest at the time. The main sticker is missing and there aren't any original attachments but it looks nice, and is a...

I have generally been a believer in the philosophy that if a company keeps a product/design on the market for a considerable amount of time, it has probably proven itself worthy-stood the test of time. One of the exceptions to that is Bissell's cleanview-powerforce line, and their powersteamer...

vacs for a low price No matter what it is, I have only 2x paid more than $100 for a vacuum, and one of those times that was including shipping. I unhappily paid $40/piece for some vacs from a guy that did the ol' garbage pick, clean up and resell deal. But 9/10 times I won't pay more than $20...

Very nice!! I find it a rare privilage to own such fine examples of vacuums of a period of time as you do fan-of fans. I own many of the machines pictured, remember some of those newer sears adds and the machines listed in them.91-92 would have been a little before I was even able to read or...

u4001 a very 70's machine indeed. I am quite suprised at how different looking your 4003 is from the rather basic looking 4001 I have, with it only being 2 numbers different. I guess Hoover had their methods..

I have one of those, the grandfather of an old friend of my brother gave me that almost 10 years ago. Used the heck out of it back before I had a collection going. It was at my grandpa's for a while for his floors and stairs, and it spent a little time at my dads for his floors, now it hangs in...

Here's a good one I recently picked up a rather beat up Celebrity III Deluxe at the scrap yard. Most certain it is model s3137 from the brocure/picture. Thing is, it does not have a power nozzle port on it. I would have sworn by that model or at least for it being as deluxe looking as it is, it...

proteam 15xp I have one of those but unfortunately it doesn't have the handle assembly or cord. I only paid $20 for the machine but come to find the missing parts are close to $100 in total, so that machine will sit for a while.

HooverMan Yes I would! I believe that was the equivalent to the elite 700, or very similar.

I am looking into different brands of used commercial vacuums. Big foot models like the Electrolux prolux, proteams, windsors and the Hoover dubl-duty. Does anyone have some other models for me to look into? I have seen some clarke combivacs and advance carpetwins (the twins were out of my price...