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Where else are you going to find a new in the box mid 1990s Tristar? I don't know how these keep turning up like this because I already have two NIB EX20s of my own that I picked up a few years ago off the same Japanese on-line flea market no more than two weeks apart. One sold for just under...

Years ago there was a perfectly good Rainbow E series sitting in the electronic waste at a local thrift shop. Since the store was going to toss it I took it home. It had the power nozzle and both hoses but no other attachments. What surprised me was just how little suction and airflow they...

I have a Tiger 260 / EB360 combo I bought from Japan where it's sold as the Lux Sora. I bought an HD40 hard floor brush for it but would honestly prefer a simple horse hair parquet floor brush, which Vorwerk doesn't make for these. There is one for sale in Europe but it is not a Vorwerk part...

I'm supremely weird for all things Compact-Tristar and their many copies. The XR3000 is the best of the bunch in terms of airflow, filtration ( look at the big round automotive looking pre motor filter, nice pleated exhaust filter too ) and availability of a quality synthetic dust bag with a...

Here is an image of the beginning of the repair. You see the whole motor is mounted diagonally on two posts. In this example both posts have pulled away from the thin reinforcing rib and the motor had twisted enough to distort the little cradle it's supposed to sit in. The thing I made helps...

Quiet. It's an Italian vacuum so it has to meet EU noise standards. It's nicer to use than anything Miele ever made.

Here is my first 2-51, which I had to come up with a way to reinforce. I was using a Miracle Mate hose with my EX-30 so I could use that Centec CT-10. I put central vacuum upper wand on the 2-51. The Miracle Mate hose as a Plastiflex central vacuum handle so it's direct connect, no pig tails.

The Nilfisk has no power nozzle, op has carpets, so in my mind it is not a contender. A suction only HF-6 is just as useless to my way of thinking. An HF-6 with an electric hose and power nozzle sells for around a grand, which is a lot of money but you do get a quality product and one of the...

Ask yourself why, if Rainbows or similar water vacuums from Hyla, Big Power and others are so good at filtration, why they need a pleated HEPA filter? The reason is that water doesn't catch all the fine dust and germs. The HEPA filter, which often as not becomes damp and moldy if you are not...

Here are some images of the hose repair. Both contact pins were missing. It is functional, there is power to the power nozzle, but I have to clean up the cuff and find a way to texture the wound then match some paint at the hobby store to dab on roughly to get the texture right. Old skills...

Outside of Japan, yes. But in Japan there always seem to be couple for sale on either Mercari or jpdirectitems auctions. I have a much rarer vacuum from Interstate Engineering, the Eco-Max 2100. These are from the day I unboxed it. Finding a caster with the correct non-metric thread and the...

Electrolux AB already owned the rights to the Electrolux name everywhere but North America so Electrolux Inc. from the US had to find different names to sell their vacuums under in Japan and Europe.

The bottom half of the body is the same part used by CXLs and DXLs. Only the upper body is different. The lid, handle and cord wraps are a lot thicker, chunkier and more solid feeling than EX-20 parts. It was designed specifically for the Japanese market. Just under 1,000 made according to a...

It's a 100 volt CXL/ DXL sold by Fuji Medical Instruments with their own in-house private lable.

Am stunned to see the Japanese Suction Work Rate rating for this vacuum, 319 watts. That's higher than Tristar ( 190 watts ), Lux 1R D820 ( 240 watts ) or Concordia ( Electrolux Ambassador), 200 watts. Higher than Miele too. Middle image on the bottom row of photos shows the data tag with the...

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The tariff on stuff from Japan is 15% but 15% of one cent is nothing, Shipping will cost $200-$300. For how rare and unique it is well worth the effort. I have two of these already, both were under $25. One needed a new cord and when I got in there saw some wires and the motor were toast. I...

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