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I had the opportunity yesterday, for the first time, to do a repair on an Electrolux Aptitude. This is the Electrolux made by European Electrolux and sold in Sears, Lowe's, etc. It is their upright. My observation: What a piece of junk! I don't recall working on anything with such a cheap flimsy...

You need to be familiar with the GE Roll Easy to understand this one, a true story from the 1950's or early '60's. Seems a Rexair/Rainbow salesman was demoing to a couple who had a Roll Easy. After doing the air wash segment of the demo, and showing how their vac spews filth into the air he said...

Tom Gasko has received a bunch of vacuums inclduing many Hoover Convertibles and Kirbys, if I understand him correctly. He is willing to give them to any members, just for the cost of shipping. He would have posted this himself, except that he has been permanently banned from the forum by the...

There seems to be a lot of misinformation floating around about the ages of old Rexair models, and Rexair's own website (www.rainbowsystem.com) is partly at fault. My buddy Sherry in Customer Relations at Rexair and I have talked about it. She would like to correct the misinformation on the...

Guys, I've been asked to speak at next year's Convention about Bison. I was briefly one of their distributors in the 1970's and have been thru the factory. Unfortunately, I have next to no Bison "stuff." If anyone has anything related to Bison, which they want to part with, please let me know...