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Yesterday, I needed to head to town for a few items, and decided to drop in at the Goodwill. I was surprised to see that they had a Convertible on the sales floor - a Deluxe U4009 (S.N. 016478). I hope that I don't anger anyone by saying this, but the full hood design has never done a thing...

Saw this and thought someone might be interested. Joe http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/hsh/3896834263.html

Called in at my local Goodwill this afternoon, and found an Electrolux Trivac 2102. The machine was completely new to me, as I had never seen one before. Tried the vac in the store and it sounded good, checked the bag (looked new), and decided that while not abused, the vac does need to have a...

I was wondering if anyone here recalls the Eureka Smart Vac bagless machine that was sold (if I remember correctly) around the year 2000? I remember that there was favorable talk of it on the old Vacweb forum, and I purchased one from Sam's Club. I recall that it performed well, but for my...

I hope that someone in the Pittsburgh area will snag this little vac. Don't know if it is still available, but the ad is still currently on CraigsList. Joe http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/zip/2871586871.html

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I was in my local Goodwill store this afternoon, and came across a Dirt-Digger vac, made in Columbus, Ohio (I think that it was Columbus). Just thought that I would post pics to see if anyone has ever heard of it, or knows its pedigree. Is it from Royal? Air-Way? Joe

After a five-month drought, my local Goodwill store finally had a vac for sale that I would spend the money on. Seeing as I pass the store on my way to and from my Friday job, I thought that I would stop in after work, just to see what might be on offer. I found a rather filthy Decade 80...

I'm really confused.   What little experience that I have had with contemporary upright vacs, if the cleaner is latched in the upright position, the brush roll stops spinning, in order to protect the carpet.  I picked up a used Windtunnel to add to the collection, as it was made in Ohio (I...

I have been running the Eureka almost daily since getting it in 2004, with a blown light bulb. (I know - what have I been waiting for - I've had a couple of spare bulbs in my drawer...) This morning, I got the bug to replace the bulb, and after switching the machine on, the bulb grew very...

Doing the morning vacuuming while waiting for opening times so that I can head to town and run my errands caused me to ponder a bit (which I rarely do when vacuuming) about a machine that always seems to rank at the top of my favorites list. I grew up in a Kirby household (parents owned a...

...free to a good home. I no longer have my Convertibles, and am cleaning out my junk/storage room, and have five packs of new, genuine Convertible belts, Type 48/Part 49258 that I don't need. Four of the packs are in unopened cellophane, and one pack used to be a blister card, though the...

For the last five years, since moving to the middle of nowhere after having lived in the city for twenty years, I have been lamenting the lack of vacuums at the local thrift shops.  One week ago, I finally found a machine.   I bought an Electrolux Epic 3500 SR for $8.95 at a local Goodwill...

I have a question about the Eureka model 5048B. I picked this vacuum up at a thrift store when I was still living in Pittsburgh, which would have been somewhere around 2004 or so. Since moving in 2006, I have found that this vac handles my area rugs better than my Convertibles, Kirbys, or...

Hi all: I am cleaning out the junk room/office (known around here as the "Go to Hell Room"), and came across four packages of vac bags "designed to fit" Premier, Whirlwind, and General Electric Model U-8 upright cleaners. Two packages were made by DVC (one is opened, but still contains four...

I had the chance to spend some time in the city today, and visited a few of my old thrift store haunts. I picked up this Electrolux carpet tool, not because I have a machine that needs it, simply because at $1.91, I couldn't pass it up. What is driving me crazy is my inability to find a thread...

what a Wireless Vacuette would have cost new. My grandmother had one (which I still have), and I know that they didn't have money to spare (my great-grandfather was a farmer, as was my grandfather). Knowing what today's Kirby costs, I'm curious as to what my grandparents would have shelled out...

I've been lamenting the fact that I never find a vacuum worth purchasing from the few local thrift shops for quite some time, but this evening, I had some luck. At a Goodwill store in a neighboring town, I found an Electrolux Super J, sans tools and wands, but with hose and a few genuine...

Hello All: What was the bagless canister vacuum that Sears offered back in the early 2000s...that was made by Eureka and looked like a bagless American Electrolux vac? If my memory is OK, the machine was a translucent blue color. Can anyone provide me with the details? I remember that there was...

I've picked up a Royal upright, model 2000, and have been searching high and low for a source for a replacement outer bag. The original owners used the machine without the paper inner bags, so the outer bag is really grungy...and I don't feel like trying to wash the bag. The only outer bags...