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Again ... ... emptying a bagless is neither clean nor hygienic. I've owned and used a bagless now for 17 years, and no matter how careful you are in emptying the chamber, there is always a poof of dust, which totally negates the hepa filtration system you'd been using all the while you were...

So many of our laws and regulations ... ... here in New York City (and elsewhere) are intended to save "all" of us from the stupidity of "some" of us. This is why it's illegal to barbeque on your balcony or do your own electrical wiring.

Brian ... Air conditioners are one thing. Vacuum units are something else. There are just far too many regulatory hurdles. And by the way, extremely few people in NYC have dryers in their apartments to begin with. Even fewer have them vented outside (those few lucky ones with dryers usually...

Apartment central vac ... Wheeled over to the window to vent out the exhaust?? Here in New York City, I see at least three laws being broken right there alone. I can't see any municipality allowing something like this.

Apartment-wide central vac? "Wouldn't it be neat to have a modified central vac system for apartment dwellers? It could perhaps exhaust its air through a hose connected to a window plate, kind of like some of those portable air conditioning devices..... Does this possibly exist?" No. And it...

As someone who works in network television ... ... I can assure you that never in the history of CNN has a single commercial ever cost $250,000. You're talking SUPERBOWL rates here ... on NETWORK PRIME TIME television. Perhaps an entire year's worth of 30-second spots that run three times...

It's a bit off-topic but ... ... OMG do I love the furnishings in Samantha Stevens' living room! That Hans Wegner "Papa Bear" chair in the corner (with matching ottoman) today -- an original -- in pristine condition -- would fetch over $20,000.

Dude, c'mon ... ... a little leeway here! The thing is over 60 years old! Let it have a new cord. ;)

Those tone arms ... ... were VERY heavy back then. You needed to bounce a bowling ball in front of the unit to make it skip.

Thanks everyone! Yes, I did say Fantom Thunder! It's funny, everyone keeps talking about these "infomercials" for them -- I never saw a single one. In 1996 I was walking through the Bed, Bath, and Beyond in Chelsea and a guy was giving them a demo. The cyclonic bagless was still a brand-new...

LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Here she is. Now ... would anyone be interested in a used (but still in perfect working order) Fantom Thunder? ;)

Just LIVING and BREATHING ... ... makes your home "dirty". More than 90% of the "dust" in your home is actually dead skin cells ... from the humans and pets living in the dwelling.

Love those Hoover attachments! I remember my mom's Hoover Convertible 1060's matching brown attachments ... very high-quality hose and aluminum wands. I also remember how incredibly silky-smooth they always felt, never corroding. It's just too bad the suction was so anemic ...

Jeff ... "Many elderly would be better off putting their money towards hiring someone to clean their homes rather than buying an expensive cleaner that they have a difficult time using." Most live-out housekeepers do NOT bring their own cleaning supplies -- much less their own vacuums -- to...

Also ... ... as I mentioned before, a generation ago, there were actually people (wives) home during the day for in-home demonstrations.

MY parents ... When I was born in 1969 (just nine months after my parents were married), my grandpa surprised my grandma with a brand-new "automatic" washer and matching dryer. Realizing that a new mom really doesn't have the time to be running back and forth to a laundromat every day, Grandma...

That doesn't explain ... ... my Mom's 1060 bogging down with regular use and fresh belt changes.

Alas ... ... this is EXACTLY what was plaguing Mom's 1060 back in the early '90s (after rock-solid service almost daily since 1968). Our vac shop guy ended up replacing the motor with one more powerful, but it seemed to only just make it *louder*. Eventually that "bogging down" problem came...

"they did have quite a heavy advertising based on their original beliefs." You mean their original propaganda. They never "believed" in any of it, right from the start.

BUT ... ... the Miele's upholstery brush is turbine-driven rather than electric. I tried one out. Totally ineffective.