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Karl: We can work something out. I saved the Whirlpool because it was the 'first Oreck'. Many of the cleaners in my collection have been saved from the crusher because I know that someone in the club will want it one day.

I like the new MotorHead very much. Will be displaying it at the upcoming Mini Meet in December. The Kenmore (LG) Iridium is a fantastic machine. But I would DEFINATELY wait for the new MotorHead to launch in March.

Yes, $89 was a LOT of money, especially considering that the Electrolux model XXX was $69 at the SAME TIME in history.

Hey Everyone The Filter Queen model 200 came out in 1939. Royal was building the "health-mor" upright (which was a Royal Super with a shorter handle and a detatchable cord) so they built the canister for Health-Mor, the model 200. It didn't have wheels till after world war II. During the war...

the TRUTH about the water vacuumkid: The whole thing about positive and negative charges to water and dirt is hooey. Want to know the truth? The rainbow is bringing air from the room into the water bath, where the air mixes with water. The air is separated from the water by the separator...

Vita Vac The Vita Vac started out as a private labeled Air-Way Sanitizor about fifteen years ago. With the exception of the bag. Vita Mix wanted a micro lined bag (lined with melt blown polypropelene) to increase filtration and decrease bag capacity (Vita Mix felt they would make the most...

Air-Way factory I took a video camera with me to Alabama, to the Air-Way factory, in 2000 when we started production of the Centurion 2000. It's all on tape. I took another video of the launch of the Signature Series (which bacame the Anniversary Edition). We have played the tapes at VCCC...

Proper way to empty Water Matic The PROPER way to empty a Water Matic is: Remove the power dome. Remove the Filter Magic filter covering the top of the container. Replace it with a Paper Filter and reassemble the machine. Using the hose, vacuum off the Filter Magic filter. Remove power dome...

David: I have an extra heater attachment that I'll give to you the next time we visit. It does work well, as the ad said, you could heat a bathroom with it in the winter time.

Viking now Derreck's I have given my Viking upright to my very good buddy, Derreck, who is the branch manager of the Electrolux office in St. Louis. It looked better in his hands than mine. And it made him happy. I always liked the machine, but it sat in my collection, unused, for many years. I...

Water Matic/Silver King/Fairfax The Water Matic, Silver King, and Fairfax are all machines with by-pass motors designed for wet pickup, but do NOT use water as a filter. Some (like Fairfax) use a bag, and some (Silver King) a disposable flat paper filter over the top of the tank. The silver...

Kenmore Iridium It's for sale at Sears.com I bought mine in May as a birthday present to myself, since it used Dyson's technology AND was a canister. What a surprise to find out the Power Nozzle was the best I've ever used, and the machine itself was so good at keeping in the dust. I brought it...

What a Woman Charlie: We definately need to invite her to next year's meeting in Omaha. I'm sure that, with a record player and a large flashlight, she'd feel like she was on the broadway stage. She could perform her hits "Love Only Hurts For a Little While" and "It Should Have Been Me". Now...

The Fantom Fury is a dual cyclone vacuum, designed by Iona to James Dyson's patents, which Iona licensed from Dyson. The fury uses the same motor as the Electrolux Discovery II upright (except that it's made by Lamb, like the replacement Lux upright motor), so it's not really all that powerful...

Miss LaToure Charlie: I also understand that she is quite 'brute-a-full'. A somewhat hard looking, and rather large gal, with her womped up hair and those awful tattoos on her arms. And she DID fancy herself to be a french maid, at least that's what she told her dozens of 'clients'. She was a...

First of all, none of the above vacuums mentioned work ANYTHING like a Dyson. The Bissell Healthy Home does NOT use tapered high efficiency cyclones, a REQUIREMENT in a bagless cleaner. The filter in the Bissell clogs with less than one cup of dust (bar b que pit ashes), while the Hoover can't...

Riccar/Simplicity power heads The power head (as well as the vacuum) is made by LG Corp. in Korea. Just like the Kenmore Iridium, which is a far better vacuum since it doesn't lose suction and doesn't require bags or filters. I sell Miele, Sebo, Metropolitan, Rainbow, Dyson, etc. and the best...

Mini Meet The Mini Meet is in St. Louis on December 1, 2 and 3. It will be lots of fun and we'll have tons of things to do and see. A lot of VCCC members live in the area, and all are going to show their collections. If we have time, our friend Derreck (Electrolux Branch Manager) is going to...

office type dirt David: You are totally right. Commerical dirt is different than in the home. There are no pet hairs, no fibers from clothing, just black, thick, powdery dirt. The kind of thing Dyson was made for. Remember at the VCCC conventions, the Dyson actually must continue to pick up...

Oh Noooooooooo! Clay: Tell us you didn't. Until her untimely death, Miss (no Ms.) LaToure was a terrible influence on people. But she did love vacuum cleaners. In fact, she was an unofficial Hoover spokeswoman, using a Hoover model 63 in her one-woman shows. And what a woman she was. Who would...