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Saw this today. Thought someone might be interested! http://www.atomicwarehouse.com/more.cfm?productid=1721&categoryid=11

Well ... ... "The big thing that I don't like about the Kirby is it doesn't fit under my bed, couch, or the legs of my end tables. I have to use the floor brush for that. So then the carpet does not get the use of the carpet brush." This is why I opted for the Aerus Guardian Platinum over...

Far cry ... ... from the toy sweeper I played with in 1974!

John ... ... thank you kindly!!!

One of these days ... ... I'm going to surprise you and drop in! ;)

Looks like fun!

WOW Fred! I just ran the numbers from that ad you posted for the Hoover Model 29 from 1950. That $87.95 retail price back then would be $827.56 today. How many people would pay that today for a middle-of-the-road vacuum??

In their defense ... ... including my own dear mother ... back "in the day" Hoover Convertible users like our household DID buy replacement bags from the grocery store, but even the non-"genuine" Hoover bags still showed the Hoover "H" and said they "fit" her make and model. Most consumers...

How fabulous! Wish I had the floor space to justify a Kirby. But I'm lovin' my Aerus!

Dysonman ... ... you're right. Post-1980 is when we saw the rise of the conglomerate and the "globalization" of production. This is why today's mass-produced products are uninspired plain vanilla: everything is churned out of a central factory for the entire WORLD, so it has to be...

LOL I can't imagine being "nostalgic" for anything post-1990! Born in 1969, I grew up with quality (long-lasting stuff from back in the '40s, '50s, and '60s -- even as far back as the '20s - as well as contemporary stuff in the '70s), and I saw a definite decline in quality starting in about...

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. ;)

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...