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I signed up on their site If I'd known they were going to hit 9 bucks I'd have gotten one just because too, was tempting at 25 and at least one family member could use a new not antique vac right now. I told her about it but she never jumped in.

They just added a few decent cordless vacs and the one I was interested in sold out quickly and was listed for 9 bucks again. I signed up for for their site and newsletter seeing how it appears they have slowly dropping prices on lots of vacs and tools. Kinda like Harbor Freight with better...

A good upright like a Kirby or Royal would really groom that carpet, or whatever versions similar they sell on your side of the pond. I'm also partial to the earlier Royal power tanks with the power head over here as they do about the same as the Compact as I have both.

I use my Royals, a 4650 canister, 5700 upright, and my mom's old Compact C9/Anthony James canister. Mom gave me her 501 as well for my birthday recently so I have one identical to the one in the first post here. I guess I need to make a thread about it but it's not as nice as the pictured one...

Now that you've opened yours you can see as I did how simple these machines are. Easy to repair and parts seem reasonable and available. I use mine and my Royal upright alot lately and they compliment each other.

I think the 5700 upright I was given has the 7 amp motor and its a beast. You can't use it on area rugs very easily either. The 4650 canister you can turn down the motor speed which helps, but the Compact C9 I have does them nicely as it's powerful but head is smaller and not quite as much suction.

I certainly don't need any more vacuums but at that price shipped it certainly is tempting just because. I have a Royal 5700, 4650, 413, a Compact C9 rebadge I put a new motor in from mom, and she just gave me one of the Royal metal compacts she's had forever for me birthday, plus a Rowenta...

I bet it would cut down on suction and maybe let the motor get hotter but it probably would do a great job of filtering whatever is getting by your bag or the brushes on the motor.

I found out the powerhead for my 413 Royal canister uses the same plugs and sorta fits the metal pipes my C9 has when I was getting it running and it needed a new belt and maybe motor in the head. It worked well enough if I could keep them plugged together but I got a belt and that was all it...

Well congrats, you got a great price out of it. I have to agree about what one of those would normally go for but you found the right bidder and being NIB probably was a big reason. I was given a Royal 5700 on Craigslist that I got lucky on. Not near that nice and pretty used but everything...

The 5700 is a early 90s top of the line upright with the chrome wheel covers, adjustorite, foot adjuster pedals etc. I have a thread on it here with pics. I think it has the 7 amp motor 9 blade impeller. It is a beast and works well. I got lucky and found it free on Craigslist. If you find my...

Used the Royal 5700 to do the carpet in the main areas last weekend and using the Compact C9 to clean the areas the parrot likes to eat over today. Man the 5700 beast sure grooms the carpet.

I set a search on Craigslist for the things I want and they e mail me all the latest additions every day. I like Royal vacuums so I have a search for them and that's how I found a free top of the line Starks/Royal 5700 upright, and my 4650 Canister for 25 bucks. I get a lot of hits for Kirbys as...

Still using my 4650 I know when I'm doing my carpet it actually pulls it up and vibrates the carpet around the head like crazy so I think the suction is very strong but I have nothing to measure it with. They really need the variable speed slider as when doing throw rugs it'll pick them up and...

I had the same problem with the one I got from mom. It turns out all the dust and hair and gunk was built up between the two tubes where they slide into each other. I twisted and pried till they came apart and cleaned out as much of the gunk as possible and they come apart way easier. I'd take...

Parrot Once we are settled in for the day we release the hound. He's preening and snoozing on the TV right now. He loves the fuzzy blankets on my recliners and the trim boards they put up to cover the cheap wall board seams on the areas that don't use drywall on this manufacturered home. He is...

I keep the Dirt Devil versa power stick vac beside my parrots cage. It's powerful enough to pick up most of the seed and pellet crumbs he loves to drop on the linoleum below him. I paid 20 shipped years ago on Amazon and thought I killed it but broke it back out recently and turns out it works...

Speaking of soleplates... I like the lines, it looks cool and shows that you actually bothered to vacuum, plus lets you know where you've cleaned. And speaking of sole plates I need a replacement for my Royal 4650 power head as both carpet guards have broken out because it's plastic and old...

Kelton the 4650 is a true early hepa paper bag machine as far as I know and there are high quality and regular factory cheaper bags available for it. I also have a 413 Royal power tank and pretty sure it uses the same bag, just less powerful motor and a smaller not quite as good power head with...

I got moms old C9 Compact/Anthony James vacuum going so I've been using it a lot after putting a new motor in it and lubing everything up and getting the powerhead running ok with a new belt. I think my Royal 4650 canister or my 5700 upright have more power and get edges better but the Compact...