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my sister got me a conquest for my collection. I love it. good power. I like the scrap trap so large objects don't damage the fan. mine has the paper bag too help with air quality.

go too a local janitor supply store and check out there vacs. I have one vac made by advance in my collection and it's very quiet...all your hear is the air sucking...then shop online and you will get a commerical duty vac for cheap. you can get bags and belts in bulk.

i got a rug dr of the internet......works well. I use commerical grade soap...great results...

maybe the wider wheels leave less tracks in the carpet....

I have a red dirt devil hand vac and the royal prince. a cast aluminamum version of the hand vac. a very smooth sounding motor and you could get them at royal dealers or fancy catalongs. I got mine from ebay for 30 dollars and free shipping. works great.

when I was in school all we had a NSS M-1 pig. bulk dry pick up. they had a dusty cloth shake out bag and always smelled like dirt or dust mop oil because the janiotrs would vacuum there dust mops with them. fast foward a few years and now I am the janitor that gets too use the vac. my boss gave...

I think that the motor and the brush roll have a bronze bushing.....as too a sealed ball bearing that is better quality. I bought a after market brushroll for my vac that had a extra row of bristles and it cleaned the rug a bit better plus I put a small weight on the top. the motors aren't too...

the market is very crowded of sanitaire knock offs and many companies that have contracted with eureka too make a commerical machine. the knock off are fun because if you break the fan chamber you have too take out the motor and replace the entire body...if it's genuine eureka its a few screws...

does it have the adjustable handle and the cloth bag with a paper liner? I had too put a new fan in one once. the local shop wanted too sell me a generic fan....I could see the fan wasen't going too give the factory air flow. there motors are a little bit bigger then the dirt devil hand vacs....

I have 4 steam vacs in my collection. the part that I notice that fails is the trigger that you squeeze for the water too come out on the stair cleaning tool on the hose. it looses the smooth trigger action and if you let the urpight handle tip too far back it rips the hose off the the dirty...

I had a hoover windtunnel for a while that had a very thin belt that was made from stiff rubber...lasted a long time but a bit spendy. my belt for my advance carpetwin 16xp a belt is 20 bucks. my sanitaire vac a dime a dozen...the big O ring style and the dirt has too go over the belt before it...

great collection. I have quite a few kirbys also. I also have a thing for commerical vacuums. goes along with me being a janitor. I use the mothers mag polish and they shine.....

lots of my friends give them too me and don't know aobut the washable filter......lucky there motor hasn't burned up yet...

I found one once in a trash can. it came with the aftermarket brush roll that had a extra row of brushes. I could never find bags for it. when you pull them across the floor they seem too lift up a bit. like they need a little weight on the front. they almost look oke

they became a fire hazard. when you put them back on the frame they didn't connect all the way and you got some electrical smoking. the company did come out with a after market fix for the problem...

dewalt makes a portable wet/dry vac that can be used on a battery pack or plugged in. the maintaince workers that come too my school use them too clean up there messes after they are done working.

most vacuum motors are made my amtek lamb. both residental and commerical. I have both styles of vacs in my collection. most motors the brushes will start too go and then the bearings. there's a new company on the market called domel...herd good things about there motors.

I have lot of kirbys in my collection and on the very dirty ones I use power driven roto shaft tool powerd by a 70's kirby and some buffing compound. on the rest I use the Mothers brand polish that they use for mag and chrome car wheels. mega shine and not scratching at all. you can get the...

I had somebody give my a dyson and they told me it had no suction.........I removed the filter and folowed the instruction on it and washed it out and put it back in all dryed out and works great agin.......the vacs owner said that didn't know about that filter. I have washed many filters on...

www.tuec.com they make a bulk of vacuum parts...