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In my opinion, the award for loudest power nozzle goes to 14" Kenmore cogged belt power nozzles from mid 80s to early 2000s when they came out with the serpentine belt systems. Those cogged belt power heads cleaned well but my goodness were they loud!! Many vacuums had them too, various...

I have had probably 8 Hoover canisters over the years that had a Quadraflex PowerMatic. One of them, on a Spectrum canister had proper tone for a Quadraflex but was much louder than the others. I couldn't figure that one out. One thing I have noticed about Hoover Power nozzles is that they...

I don't have an order of how they rank but there are a few that are obnoxious whether in shrill tone or very loud: Most Sharks are extremely shrill toned, they can be hard on the ears. Kirbys of any series in attachment mode give me a headache. They are unbearable, even the pre G series...

I actually really love the sound of the Quadraflex Powermatic and they clean so well!!

Welcome!

I'm still around. I don't make it over to this forum very often but I am still around. Work eats my brain and I get done with technology sometimes after that work day. I do still live in PA but don't make it east very often. How are you?

Congratulations Keith, that's an amazing find!

Welcome to the forum! I wasn't into Electrolux for years as I didn't have the experience. I now own an Aerus Lux Classic and Aerus Lux Legacy canister and like using each quite a bit.

Hoover Quadraflex Powermatics were awesome power nozzles. They cleaned very well. It's a shame that brush strips were discontinued for them many years ago. For today's day in age, I'm very impressed with the Lindhaus power head. It is pleasant sounding and grooms well. Also, the Panasonic...

Thank you for the great info!

Awesome photos and occasion! Very Happy Belated Birthday wishes to John and Matt! Great collection of vintage Hoovers when they were great. Congrats on the generous gift of a Hoover Celebrity II Elite canister too Matt! I grew up with one of those and enjoy having one in my collection now as...

I can't think of any way to convert to bagged. But from doing demos, they aren't hard to empty. I used to empty them all the time right in customer Living Rooms while on demos. Get a trash bag or few sheets of Newspaper and spread them out, so you have about 24" square space. Unmount the...

Home Depot first sold those. Hoover got dropped from Maytag's corporate ownership in the acquisition process of Maytag by Whirlpool in 2007. Prior to that Home Depot had a Maytag Legacy line of Hoover vacuums branded as Maytag. It was a small line up with a Duros canister, Elite Rewind...

Yes, the motors and performers and performance were very good before they choked on too much dust.

The red brush roll is the give away along with the facts of several bristle tufts between end and belt area. I believe it was one of these Hoover Windunnel cyclonic units. There were a few different variants depending on the actual vendor you bought it from and the year.

That's model 6984 circa 2005. Eureka sold Power nozzle canisters up until about 2017. There were several canisters available at that time including the 6982D which still had the WorldVac power nozzle and not the newer 12" power head that was also branded as the Beam Classic. The last of the...

That gray model PopNGo canister is a new style power head for the Kenmore lineup. It has a hair wrap prevention feature. This model is the only model of the series, other than the red plush pro power nozzle PopNGo that has a headlight. I have the navy blue PopNGo 600 that I got in February...

Thank you Robert for all of your hard work, dedication and creativity over the years for building and maintaining the sites. It has been a great forum. I am very happy for you to be able to retire and glad that you were able to pass these huge forums onto what sounds like great new ownership...

Central vacs have certainly come a long way over the years and there are many styles. The bagless ones can be messy as some involve sticking a brush up inside to clear built up dirt off a screen. Beam units were notorious for having what was called the Bean bag filter. You had to bang it out...

According to Google sources, the merger happened on September 30, 2022. Quite shocking indeed!