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Resurrecting an almost 20-year-old thread... I'm guessing perhaps that Eureka Commercial might be a forerunner of the blue Professional series Sanitaires, or it could simply be a rebadged Sanitaire, sold through a different channel under the Eureka brand.

H2 conversion... I, too despise dump bags with a passion, and thus have done several Heritage II bag conversions on older Kirbys. The first was a Heritage 1HD, factory equipped with a dump bag. I initially just swapped a complete Heritage II (H2) bag assembly onto it, which worked great but...

Looking back at my previous post, I was surprised that I had failed to mention my two Sanitaires, a red series SC686 and a blue series S645, but I think this post predates those two acquisitions. Both machines have seen some modifications from stock: The SC686 has been upgraded from a dump bag...

Regarding the bags... ...you could be onto something. During and immediately after the height of the pandemic, thrift shops around here sold bagged cleaners with their bags removed, presumably to be more sanitary. These days, they've backed off from that for the most part, but I can see where...

One of the things Kirby's new owners, Right Lane Industries, has gotten right is to abandon the coercive door-to-door sales model. Even though I was mightily impressed as a ten-year-old with a home demonstration of a Classic Omega in our living room, I would never let a Kirby salesman into my...

You're not going crazy... The Legend II, which is identical to the Heritage II Legend, except for the color scheme, was a transitional machine, marking the end of the pre-Tech Drive era. It did indeed feature updated tools that would find their way to the G series. Of course, the hose is...

True, any friction/abrasive-based solution is going to pose a danger to the finish. If you had modest success with white rubbing compound, you might want to try moving up to red rubbing compound, which is a bit more aggressive, but maintain a gentle pressure and let the compound do most of the...

I have a couple of Kirby Shampoo systems, but after I refurbished my G7 Diamond Edition, which had apparently seen heavy shampoo use, I was always hesitant to run one. Part of the problem was the previous owner appeared to have repeatedly vacuumed the shampoo up before it had a chance to dry...

What year is your Taurus? The average car in the U.S. gets driven 12,000-15,000 miles a year, so at 72,000, yours has the average mileage of a five or six year old car. I wish my 2013 Buick LaCrosse had that few miles. It just turned 126,000 the other day, which is still a little below average...

White lithium grease is readily available at most hardware and auto parts stores. The first machine I polished was my G5. It was so badly oxidized when I first got it, that it looked like it was made out of lead. I started by scrubbing the metal with a slurry of Barkeeper's Friend and water on...

Just fix it yourself... It looks like you have a replacement plug already Unless it's in bad shape, you could always remove it, cut back the cord by an inch or two, and neatly reattach it. Soldering is optional. This solution costs you nothing but a few minutes of your time and will be much...

That G7 is essentially the same as a Gsix, except for the color. The good news about those machines is they're dead simple to work on, if you have modest screwdriver skills, and the proper Torx screwdrivers. All of the parts you need are readily available, as are YouTube videos to show you how...

My parents had a Singer upright that replaced our trusty old Hoover Convertible. It was just ridiculously loud, and for all that noise, didn't clean quite as well as the Hoover. I seem to recall that it did not stay in use very long. I had a cat that hated the sound of my Eureka Princess power...

Sounds like you rescued a Silverado. I would probably have grabbed it too; in fact, resurrected one a few years ago. I was initially mad with myself that I'd bought something in such bad condition, so I left it in a visible spot in the barn to remind myself not to make the same mistake again. Of...

Looks like a bad ripoff of an Electrolux upright.

As I've mentioned in other threads, I think Kirby has taken their present design as far as they can, and in the process, they have painted themselves into the proverbial corner. People have suggested that Kirby make their machines out of plastic to save weight and eliminate the need for the Tech...

Aside from wet/dry shop vacs, the only two straight suction canisters I've ever used were a late '50s vintage Lewyt that looked like a pink and gray fire hydrant, and an Electrolux 1205 with a leaky hose that Dad grabbed from a neighbor's trash pile in the early '80s. The Lewyt was our only...

If you feel like going a little vintage, a Hoover QuikBroom from the '80s might be the ticket.

I had yet another challenge to my sobriety yesterday, when I walked through a Goodwill store and saw a Dirt Devil Broomvac, first one I'd ever seen in the flesh. For better or worse, the condition was a little low and the price was a little high, so I let it sit.

Both of those are very nice machines. I would have had a hard time resisting walking out with one under each arm. That Olympia power nozzle is actually in great shape with minimal 'battle scars'. I agree with you about not repainting it; I've seen a whole lot worse. I've long thought it was an...