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I saw this at my local goodwill the other day. Seems to be a pretty unique machine so I thought I better bring it home. Seems to be a fairly low use example. The belts are worn, so it didn’t clean very well, will have to get creative to change them. Just thought I’d share this interesting vacuum.

I’ve always wanted to have a back pack vacuum in the collection and this week this super coach was up for sale at our local auction house. I bid and won for $12, so a perfect bargain. I picked it up today, unfortunately it does seem to have a few issues. It definitely has been used, though...

One of the accounts I service for work has one of these Tennant Floor scrubbers. I call it the “giant store Roomba.” For those unfamiliar it is a ride on floor scrubber than has an Automatic robotic mode. I was curious as to how the machine was programmed so I looked it up. You do have to...

I seen this 1 speed E series for sale at a garage sale and had to run over and check it out. They only wanted $25 for it so I quickly scooped it up and took it home. At that price I was expecting it to be rough but it seems to be in great shape actually. The water basin, underside, and...

Just curious how others enjoy their collections. Do you use all your vacuums or do you have a daily drive and just display the others? Space right now is a premium for me, I have to store them in a way that makes them hard to get to other than the front few. I’m trying a new strategy though...

I’ve always had a soft spot for the 90s red Dirt Devils so I couldn’t say no when this beauty popped up for sale. Haven’t cleaned it up yet but overall seems to be in good shape and has all but one of the attachments. Will share more when it’s done but here are some teasers!

I have a few questions about this newly acquired DC28. First, what exactly is Airmuscle technology? Compared to my DC17 there is a lot of extra business going on under the power head. The extra tubes kinda look like the bag check mechanism is an old school Electrolux. Second, the bin...

Windtunnel's are getting to be worse than Kirbys at my house, I have far to many of them and for the most part they are fairly similar. Anyways, cruised though Goodwill and seen a Windtunnel that I had never seen before, the Windtunnel Lite. I only seen one mention of it on here, so I thought...

I have a newer "Black Onyx" Rainbow, but sometimes I just really like using my D4. Maybe it's because I put a substantial amount of work into rebuilding it, but it just is a very pleasant machine to use. Just for the record I have a D3, a D4, an E4, and I used to have a 1st general E series as...

I cruised through our local Goodwill today and they had this Caddy Vac sitting in the corner. The Elite style machines aren't my favorite, but the Caddy Vac version seems to be fairly unusual and it was in good shape so I brought it home. Haven't really cleaned it up or looked at it yet, but...

I seen this guy sitting at the thrift store for $35 and thought it was too good to leave there. This machine certainly has an interesting history. On the surface it seems almost unused. There is hardly any scuffing or scratches in the body; the brush roll looked new, and the exhaust filters...

Does anyone here have any experience with commercial carpet extractors. I am looking to purchase one for the hotel I manage. We would mainly use it for cleaning hallways, as our rooms have LVT in them. Anyways I was looking at either the Rug Doctor Pro or the Bissell Big Green. Open to other...

So I was at a work conference here last week and I was entered into a raffle. Now, I have never won anything in my life, so I was quite surprised to get my name called, and not only that I won the prize that I really wanted which was the Roomba! And then for even more sugar on top, the prize...

I have a soft spot for these 90s Dirt Devils, and to find one with the teal color scheme is even better! I do have the teal hand vac, but otherwise that’s about all I’ve seen of them. Is anyone familiar with the purpose of the teal color scheme? Compared to my red one, the teal one doesn’t...

So I’ve been on the look out for one of these for quite some time, European Electroluxs don’t pop up often around here. Anyways nabbed this one for 30 bucks at goodwill. The 1st issue I had was getting bags. The local vac shop didn’t have any for it, so I ordered some on Amazon only for the...

I’ve have never seen this kind of a Sanitaire, Is it a rebadge or a clone of something, or a unique design of its own?

I was browsing some ads on Facebook and noticed this package of genuine Hoover bags, designed to fit Electrolux tank cleaners. Is this a one off thing or did Hoover make bags for other brands and sell them under their brand??

Been trying to go through some projects and either get them going or get rid of them. Anyways I’ve wanted to get this beast going but it needs a brush roll. Part seems to be NLA nowadays. Just seeing if anyone here has a lead on one, or if this kinda expensive brush roll on eBay is in fact the...

Since there had been some discussion of the early 2000 Hoover’s I thought I’d share some of the more unusual Hoover’s that I have from that era. These certainly aren’t the only ones but I’ve managed to nab these units over the years. There is of course the infamous Z with its folding body and...

Has anyone ever seen a two to three pin conversion wire? Would be nice to use some of my other power nozzles on this silver king instead of the standard Douglas nozzle.