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I visted a vac shop this morning after having a dream last night where I cleaned out the back storage room of such a store. It made me remember that I met the owner of this store last year and it was about time I paid him a visit. He let me look thru his back storage building and I almost fell...

After 13 years of waiting, I finally had the opportunity to purchase a Tandem Air machine brand new, and I couldn't be happier. It deep cleans incredibly well, the metallic blue is beautiful, and the dirt sensor lights are very neat. I've wanted a a Tandem Air ever since I first set foot in my...

I'm considering adding a Kenmore Elite bagged upright to my collection, it looks to be a unique and interesting machine and cleans well from what I've heard. There are two models I'm considering but I can't tell what the difference is. One is readily available on Amazon for $299, but the other...

I always considered myself to be more of an upright kind of collector. However, my favorite local vac shop is sadly closing down and liquidating all the inventory. This week, I found myself becoming the caretaker of two brand new Mieles. A Marin, and a Homecare Electro+. This new foray into...

I'd like to share one of my favorite lines of vacuum cleaners of all time. The Simplicity 7 Series, in this case a 7300 model from 2000. I recently took this vacuum down to the beach to give my family member's condo a thorough vacuuming while on vacation. I fully expected to find sand deeply...

Greetings VL, it's been a while. Hope everyone is well. In front of me, I have two Riccar Vibrances with the hall sensor and lifetime belt feature. One is a dream machine of mine that I found last year, the other is a parts machine. The problem is that the dream machine, the one that's in...

I'm in the process of moving the contents of one storage unit to another, and I realized that I have WAY too many machines in storage. I haven't counted, but there are probably 40-50 machines here, and if you're willing to drive to the Birmingham area, they are all yours for no cost. Just get...

I'm sure all of you can relate to this. How many times have you found a machine that you have searched high and low for, only to see that the previous owner had not taken decent care of it, and the plastic is dull and scratched? If you have any machines made of plastic, you need to go online and...

I picked this machine up at an estate sale two weeks ago for the nice price of $5. As you can see, it was absolutely filthy and gross. However, underneath all that nastiness, I saw a beautiful Kirby. With very minimal scratches, it didn't appear to need any unobtanium parts, so today, I decided...

Picked this up at the flea mall today for only $10, and I even got to test it out on their carpet. I wasn't going to buy it, but I ran it over the carpet just for fun, and I was just blown away by its grooming abilities. I was sold. I want to get it properly cleaned up, but I have no idea how...

I recently decided that I really want a Simplicity 7 Series machine, preferably a 7850. I know the 7850 went out of production at the end of 2013, but I'd like to find out more of the history behind the 7 Series. That is to say past models, their years, colors, features, etc. And how much it...

I got this machine way back in September or something, and never did anything with it. Decided to pull it out and work on it today to finish up the weekend. All I had to do was clean it, and it works perfectly! I wouldn't put it in commercial service for 5 minutes though. Very flimsy plastic...

Got this for a song this morning. It was caked it nasty gross crap all over, so I took it totally apart, and gave it the spa treatment. I took from 9:00 this morning, to 3:00 this afternoon, but the Sentria II is back together and running absolutely perfect. http://https//youtu.be/_kLkyR8cZ5I

I picked this up at the Goodwill the other day for a whopping $5.09. Couldn't pass it up despite it being filthy. Stood at the sink in the workshop for three hours scrubbing it down with Dawn dishwashing soap, hot water, and a sponge. I put in a new type J bag, and gave it a spin. It runs, but...

Yesterday, I shopped the World's Longest Yardsale. I started in Signal Mountain, TN, and ended in Crossville, TN. I got a 1982 Eureka ESP, and a Hoover 70, both in deplorable condition for a dollar each*. I also got an Aerus Electrolux caddy with a hose and Sidekick for $10*, a 175 watt mercury...

I got this at an estate sale today at the eleventh hour for $20. They had it priced at $100, but I talked them down to $20. The bag was absolutely beyond full. I had to take it off and dig the crap out by hand. I'll give it the spa one day this week, and luckily, I have an original D50 bag. This...

Last night, as I do most nights, I was searching Craigslist for some scores. I always like to search "rainbow vacuum" to see what they're going for. To my great surprise, I saw an E2 Gold two speed for only $150. Right then and there, I called the seller and told him I'd be there at noon...

I got this at a junk shop yesterday for $2.50, 1/10 their asking price. I completely took it apart and cleaned it and when I put it back together, instead of hearing a nice hum, I hear a loud terrible buzz. I'm going to take it apart again and check the carbon brushes. The motor spins fine.

I spruced up my Hoover 707 that I got in St. Louis last year hoping to use in in my mother's house since she has shag carpet wall to wall. My Rainbow SE has been working excellent with the PN-2, but I wanted to get a little retro. What's more retro than chartreuse? So yesterday, I go to use the...

Tonight, I treated my 1999 Rainbow E2 to a LONG AWAITED (5 years maybe?) spa treatment. I went to the local Rainbow dealer today and obtained a new separator and nut, and now it runs perfectly. I took the entire case apart, put all the removable plastic pieces into the tub with hot, soapy water...