stricklybojack
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I'm talking about the real world (or web with shipping costs included if aplicable) prices not the often much higher MSRP. I understand prices change daily & see no need to link to an item or even name the store. Love the hunt with used vacs & have quickly (2 years, but only active in the winter) built an out-sized collection. But I want to talk about a different version of the hunt...new, quality, capable vacs found to be purchased at the highest overall life-long cleaning utility value for dollar spent.
Such a search got me started vac collecting a couple of years ago & i became the proud owner of a 'new in the box' Royal 1030z, from an Ebay liquidator, for $135 delivered with tax. Yes it is loud & made outside of this country, but to me a great value deep cleaner built to last vastly longer than the Dirt Devil plasti-vac it replaced, & love i the orange. The standard Sanitaire commercial was a very close second for me at that time btw.
Skipping ahead to this year, but keeping the comercial idea in mind, i steered an English born Canadian friend "looking for a tag-along vac" to a restaurant supply store in Vancouver where she became (in a sense appropriately) the proud owner of a 'Numatic Henry' for just north of $400 CAD before tax. The folks to the north pay up for their vacs compared to us in the lower 48 it seems. The Miele in consideration came in at over double the Numatic while most comparable vacs at Sears were also at or above the $400 mark. The Henry is durable, quiet with high suction, & and a powered brushroll wasn't desired (which looks to me to be a weaker point for Numatics).
Lastly i'll mention i just ordered a new Hoover Light & Clean off the web for $90 delivered with tax from a discount store. I was given an Oreck XL21 which i quickly refurbed with a new brushroll, belt & a thorough cleaning before gifting to my mother. However after one use i am now firmly in the 'lighter is better' camp (depending on the job to be done of course), & not surprisingly (with the help of this forum actually) found the Hoover for less than a 'C note' to be just the ticket for my new vac.
I understand paying more at a local vacuum specialist has it pluses for many & therefore can represent a greater value (ease of warranty repairs etc.) overall just at a higher price point...but to keep the 'apples to apples' comps easy lets just consider the straight up price/quality bargins to be found in the market place right now.
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...sorry for any spelling errors as i use an ipad which lack spell check.
Such a search got me started vac collecting a couple of years ago & i became the proud owner of a 'new in the box' Royal 1030z, from an Ebay liquidator, for $135 delivered with tax. Yes it is loud & made outside of this country, but to me a great value deep cleaner built to last vastly longer than the Dirt Devil plasti-vac it replaced, & love i the orange. The standard Sanitaire commercial was a very close second for me at that time btw.
Skipping ahead to this year, but keeping the comercial idea in mind, i steered an English born Canadian friend "looking for a tag-along vac" to a restaurant supply store in Vancouver where she became (in a sense appropriately) the proud owner of a 'Numatic Henry' for just north of $400 CAD before tax. The folks to the north pay up for their vacs compared to us in the lower 48 it seems. The Miele in consideration came in at over double the Numatic while most comparable vacs at Sears were also at or above the $400 mark. The Henry is durable, quiet with high suction, & and a powered brushroll wasn't desired (which looks to me to be a weaker point for Numatics).
Lastly i'll mention i just ordered a new Hoover Light & Clean off the web for $90 delivered with tax from a discount store. I was given an Oreck XL21 which i quickly refurbed with a new brushroll, belt & a thorough cleaning before gifting to my mother. However after one use i am now firmly in the 'lighter is better' camp (depending on the job to be done of course), & not surprisingly (with the help of this forum actually) found the Hoover for less than a 'C note' to be just the ticket for my new vac.
I understand paying more at a local vacuum specialist has it pluses for many & therefore can represent a greater value (ease of warranty repairs etc.) overall just at a higher price point...but to keep the 'apples to apples' comps easy lets just consider the straight up price/quality bargins to be found in the market place right now.
My first & likely longest post
