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A 20 year old Oreck XL, I swear it couldn't pick up a spec of dust. Dirt Devil Reaction Fresh, always clogging and major PITA to use.

hahahahaha. Pretty soon I'll be able to crush a car with one finger. hehehehe

Don't let the Smartvac fool you... It can't outclean my Sanitaire SC888, Kirby Heritage, or Hoover guardsman. But it does groom much better then all of those.

My first Smartvac needed a good grip with your thumb to "snap" the brushroll switch into place. My newer one doesn't require as much effort but still needs a good grip with your thumb to turn it off. It's not the easiest to use switch but it's not worth complaining about either.

I had a teal one like the one you described for a year, then sent it off to duties in my mom's store, and now I have a red one. The motor is pretty well muffled and it has a nice roaring lower pitched sound to it, you hear more swooshing of air then you hear the motor really. The Smartvac is...

Wow that's pretty loud. Vacuum's and hypersensitive ears definitely don't go together, but can be dealt with by owning quiet vacuums. hahaha. High pitched machines like Dyson and many plastic uprights can give me a headache instantly. my old machines (and old design NEW machines) I don't have...

cardsvacfan1 hahahaha You beat me to the punch.

Hoover, Royal and Dirt Devil (probably brands I missed there too) are all owned by TTI, a chinese company... (I'll let someone else elaborate on what that means) That's the latest thing that's happened, that was 2007 I believe.

classicfan1 Yeah you definitely don't have the Eureka I have, mine is the Smartvac 4870 BAGGED. It's the only modern plastic clean air Eureka that I really like, and they ARE impossible to clog, sucking up whole paper towels is nothing for it, airflow is immense too. Brushroll performance is...

vintagecanister This was originally my grandma's vacuum and when she got it new (around 1982) it was with the shakeout bag system and she later had it converted to paper bags, hence the Heritage II bag instead of the original orange one.

The video Here's the new video of my Kirby.

hahaha, I hand polished it. I want to get a polishing tool though, can only get so far hand polishing before your hand starts to cramp up

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I just finished cleaning and polishing my Kirby, got it all back together now and it looks great again! Replaced the brushes on the motor while I had it apart, didn't do the bearings at this time since the local vacuum guy didn't have any and the current ones are still in good shape. The cord...

Thanks everyone for your help! The local vacuum guy had the motor brushes in stock but he didn't have a front motor bearing, and I talked to him about the condition of them and replacing them and he said he rarely sees the bearings go bad on them until there about 40 years old (Kirby Classic)...

I've got my Heritage 1 in pieces right now as I'm cleaning and polishing it. I cleaned up the motor and am gonna get some new brushes to put in it. But I'm wondering what else should I do with it while I have it apart, and I'm not sure what points to grease/oil on this particular motor...

classicfan1 Brave Little Toaster is still around. I'm pretty sure that movie was why I was so fascinated with (and scared of for the longest time) my grandma's Kirby. hehehe And is this Eureka your referring to the Smartvac 4870? if so, I don't know how a person can clog that, let alone that...

Your Sentria is gorgeous, I bet it looks better now then when it came out of the box. I just waxed a couple of my vacs today speaking of this hahaha. It really is amazing how fast some Sentria's get trashed. it seems the nicer they are the quicker there ruined