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Try used appliance stores and maybe estate sales. But I have not seen any belt drives around, most all I see at the oldest is older Whirlpool or Kenmore direct drives.

What vacuums are over 20 years old? There's plenty of vacuums that still use bags, the Windtunnel Self Propelled in question is from 2012, and they've only been discontinued about 5 years now, And there are other bagged Windtunnels currently in production. I get the production costs would be...

I got a Windtunnel awhile back and was thinking about getting these Carbon HEPA material type Y bags to use in it. I remember reading good things about them on here. I was just wondering why it seems no other bags have employed this carbon HEPA material? Does it really help prevent odors? I...

I agree on the Smartvac, good machine, good setup and nice attachments. Either that or the 1934B. Although they still make the Mighty Mite and that is still a pretty good little canister.

Morgan, as far as I know, Shop Vac is back in business, they found a buyer. Not sure where you buy them though.

These came out in 2003, well before the new Constellation in 2006.

Awhile back I bought an older Kenmore canister vacuum at an estate sale. Usually I don't pick these up but I really liked the looks of this one. But unfortunately I made a big mistake testing it. The motor sounds really bad, it's extremely loud and the wind down sounds sad. Is there anything...

The Maytag made versions had less whiny high pitched motors than the TTI ones, so it probably is quieter.

I've used one or two at work to clean my desk and in the corners and such. I thought it was a pretty good machine, it was definitely one of the better uprights at above floor cleaning, and this was without even taking the canister off the base. Noise level and controls seemed fine, it was pretty...

I have a Penncrest JCPenney branded Hoover Constellation, which I'm told is quite rare. It's also the first model of Hoover Constellation that had the tilted design and plastic on board attachment rack.

I always thought Rainbows were excellent at filtration. My grandmother has a D4C she bought new back in the 80s and her house always smelled fresh and looked clean. I used to wonder if it was because of the Rainbow. I have recently been reading that the newer Rainbows need a HEPA filter in...

I decided with where I am now with my collecting, I needed to get a storage unit. And I decided to go with a climate controlled one because I was concerned about heat and humidity. Mostly put my recent curb finds there so far. I'm slowly clearing out boxes and NOS stuff also that will be going...

Didn't know they were rare, but I did think it was strange. I will check next time I go down there. Today I stopped into Salvation Army thrift store. I had not been there in over two years, because it had gotten to where there was hardly anything ever there, and in vaccums would never see much...

I have a newer dark gray and orange one that I got off Dollarhog on eBay. It was a return, I had to wash the cloth bag and order the wands it was missing off topvacuum. But it looks brand new and it's a nice cleaner. The colors are nice, I like that they still make them. I don't know what the...

These were at the thrift shop this week. The Shark at the left was weird and I didn’t even notice the Shark name on it until I looked at the picture. I really liked the Hoover on the right - it was one of those later Elite based Softguard models, had the three beige tools behind the top cover...

Memories can be misleading I guess. That sure sounds interesting though if it was to exist!

There three were at an estate sale. I did buy the Kenmore canister, it was $10. I mainly got it because it was older, has the switch on the hose, and a 2 speed motor. I figure it also has the two stage Ametek motor.

The 113 in the model nunber indicates it was made by Emerson. I'd say around the late 90s or early to mid 2000s. My grandpa bought one like that to vacuum out the cars. Some of these were called "Clean N Carry" vacs.

Craftsman wet/dry vac That gray Craftsman vacuum looks just like the one that's been in my local thrift store for a long time. I prefer the earlier version that was black, as it had the 2 1/2" diameter hose, two speed motor as well as wheels.

Yeah I've had sales tax on stuff I've bought on eBay for a while now. It used to be that tax would typically only be charged if the seller's location was in the same state as the buyer in some cases, but now it's every transaction whether they are in your state or run a business or not.