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@Davinator . . . The Aroma was all over the place and still can be found but I have a strong feeling it has been discontinued.

@Davinator . . . This Polti is the same all-in-one idea as Gaia. John Lewis carries it in the UK. I'm not sure but we might be able to find it here in the U.S. at specialty houses. http://www.ecovacuumcleaner.com/reviews/polti-lecoaspira-690.html

@Davinator . . . Delphin (German, I think) -- You can choose between a battery-operated PN or a standard type that Big Power once used. http://www.delphinamerica.com/retail_customers.htm

@Davinator . . . Gaia, not Gaya, is another Italian import with more than enough gadgets and doo-dads. It even offers a steam iron. http://www.capitani.it/pdf/listino_accessori.pdf

Big Power (Italian, I believe)-- Though it sounds like the makings of a messy clean-up, the separator has been eliminated for the employment of "deflectors" to keep water away from the fans...

There are a whole lot . . . You're Roboclean is a really nice looking machine AND you are the first person that I have encountered that owns one. I'm much impressed. Anyway . . . I'm probably missing some but the brands that come to mind are Delphin, Hyla, Big Power (no separator), Rotelli...

@gsheen . . . Thanks, gsheen, I got it. It's most interesting that they're accepted as trade-ins. I haven't heard of that happening here. Do you clean them up and re-sell them or do they get junked?

@gsheen . . . Hi gsheen . . . I'm sorry, I think you misunderstood me. The link is to a self-emptying robotic vac model shown at Las Vegas's CES gathering earlier this year. What I meant to convey was that if this specific item was able to dock at a central vac outlet dedicated to accept it...

More nice news . . . I won't be surprised if they eventually will provide for hook up to a central vac system to make emptying even less an issue. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/robot-vacuums-that-empty-themselves

Howdy Trebor . . . This showed up in the "mail" today. Do you have it yet? http://www.avacorp.com/AVAC_Specials_Flyers/SonicleanInfoSheet.pdf?utm_source=Corrected_No_Winter_Celebration-March2012&utm_campaign=No+Winter+Celebration&utm_medium=email

Maybe you can break them into smaller units . . . I started to download but you're file is over a gig in size. That may prove a problem all around. Anyway -- thanks for the effort. Venson

@danemodsandy Hi, I'm completely sure our feeling as to what salesmanship should be is exactly the same. Nonetheless, things are indeed changing and not necessarily for the better. First rule of business being, "Never pay anyone more than you just have to," what's to be done when purveyors...

Aqua Air . . . Hi Josh, There's a similar brand called the Drain Vac. Both sound like great set-ups but are not a possibility for everyone. Thus, portable vacs are going to be with us and in abundance a good while longer. The push for the future will probably be not to do away with the...

@danemodsandy Well . . . look on the bright side -- at least he didn't come home with a Halo. Seriously, the deal is to sell, sell, sell these days and that isn't going to change. Yes, I'd like to walk into a vac shop or vac department feeling secure I'd actually be helped but instead it...

I'm throwing this out there due to the cleaner's rarity and am assuming I'm not breaking any rules. There's an old AirWay upright with an electrified nozzle up for auction and the brushroll looks decent. I thought someone might appreciate knowing of it. I have no association with the seller...

It's a "to each his own" thing . . . Hi billybud, It wasn't so much due to worry over the waning quality of the American niche-brand vacuums you mentioned that I bought Miele. I'd heard the Miele promo schtick regarding good cleaning, high filtration AND quiet operation for so long that I...

Maybe . . . There is one wet/dry central vac system, the DrainVac, that actually flushes away what it captures. I don't know what its capability for pulling down what is literally garbage to its collection/disposal bin would be. However, I imagine its ability to handle fluids would allow for...

The silver lining . . . The bad news . . . There are lots of nice ideas going around as regards robotic vacs but there won't be much to compare until the day one can clean with all the oomph of a full-size vac or at least give you a lift home from work. However, think . . . carpet sweeper...

Zach, Justin and Ben Fantastic! Thank you all very, very much. Venson

Nope . . . "I think Compact/TriStar (IEC) Air Storm/Patriot, Miracle Mate, & Vortec Force were all designed by the same engineers? Or are they all affiliated together?" I think more the case is that several companies saw the molded design as a bankable idea and put their own spin on it...