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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.

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...

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

Nick ... ... what Rob just said. Don't take it personally. There are just some adults in this world who do not consider under-agers worth their time. $30 in bags is one thing. A $2,000 vacuum is quite another. And a customer satisfied with her $2,000 machine who will bring OTHER adults...

It really is true! Remember the movie "The Devil Wears Prada"? Meryl Streep dressed down that dumpy girl, essentially telling her the entire world was wearing clothes that were decided on by those five people in her office. SO. VERY. TRUE.

Gareth ... Totally agree with you on the big box stores. BUT ... stores like Walmart DO have an agenda. Walmart is SO big that they can (and do) dictate what the consumers will buy, rather than the other way around. Case in point are books. We are now at the point where if Walmart doesn't...

Gareth ... "If consumers wanted a Hoover convertible trust me Hoover would be making it." Not necessarily. Once companies become big enough, what the consumer *wants* comes secondary to how much they can sell before customers simply stop buying it. And if the competition is doing the same...

WHY ... ... were the British Hoovers so different than the American Hoovers? It's the same company. Why not make the same identical sweepers?

Welcome! And what a handsome collection! That Hoover is minty!

Scrape and dump ... "People used to complain about the dust on the older Scrape and dump Kirby bags. If you empty after every use, place a newspaper under the machine and use the sani-pocket, the process can be accomplished with very little dust escaping." When I was a child, my grandma had...

And also ... "All those bagless vacuums boast "HEPA filtration" and "British Alergy Seal of Approval", but where is your HEPA filtration when you empty it and the dust goes flying into your face and up your nostrils?" EXACTLY! It would be just like a car seat belt that only disengages when...

I'm sorry to belabor the point, BUT ... ... "For bagless and FQ type dump bin vacuums-why is it some folks want to dump them INSIDE their homes?After you and the vacuum have worked so hard to pick up the dirt-would you truely want to get rid of the dirt OUTSIDE?That is why when I have used such...

Hi Larry! :)

Sorry Rob ... ... but I really, really doubt the FDA considered the emptying process of the Filter Queen as part of its evaluation as a Class II Medical Device for its filtration. This is the same agency that over the years has approved countless drugs as "safe" that have ended up killing...

David ... ... what did you order?