Brand New TACONY Canister - the Wonder!

[funeraldirector]

Simplicity Wonder/Riccar Prima Manufacturi ng

Tom,

Last time you and I talked we were discussing some different components for the new canisters like urethane hoses and a Sebo ET-1 style nozzle. Were these scrapped on the Wonder/Prima later in the R&D process or is there a replacement for the Moxie/Gusto in the pipeline? A 6.5 pound tank on the Wonder with 100 inches of water lift outta sell like Jenna Jameson DVD's at the Adult Video Expo.

Anyone want to speculate why Aerus Lux can't figure something like this out? Perhaps they are just too busy building 1984 Cadillacs and water filters.

A friend who is a Riccar dealer in Taxachusetts was asking about build location and components manufacturing including motor origin and MSRP. USA, China, South Korea? Why has the medium chassis which is already a nice unit not made its way to MO production?


Brian

 

[richardlxixxx]

Riccar

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I completely agree. Both the Riccar and Simplicity web sites need to be updated and upgrades.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">What does the Prima look like.  Any photos?</span>


 


<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Richard
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[pr-21]

See reply 77 for the Prima

It is in this thread.


PR-21

 

[danorob1]

Good Morning All...

Does anyone know when these will be released for public sale ?

I am looking for a new daily driver and thought this would be perfect, but we have no dealers near us...

Tom - How does one purchase this vac, when there are no dealers around ?
I would be looking for one with the full size power nozzle...

Thanks,
Dan P.

 

[DesertTortoise]

I am curios how the vac accomplishes variable speeds. Whether the control is in the handle or on the canister body the electronics will be the same, varying the voltage to the motor to alter rpm.

I am firmly in the make it simple and make it durable camp. Circuit cards are one of the big failure points on many home appliances and they've become ubiquitous. When a washing I own machine stopped working it turned out to be the processor. It was so expensive to replace the manufacturer simply cut us a check and told us to buy a new machine! Vacuums have similar problems. In addition electric hose connections, especially swivel connections, become another frequent failure point, even on high end vacs like Miele. Whether the swivel is on the nozzle end or the canister end, you have sliding contacts that will eventually wear and loose contact. It's just a matter of time. Putting the controls on the vacuum body minimizes the opportunities for failure.

The handle of the nozzle, hose end supports, and the seal on the end look like normal central vacuum pieces, or at least owe their design to home central vacuum components.

 

[DesertTortoise]

Also my experience with cord winders is that pull to retract cords like this vac or button release cords like most modern Kenmore vacs and my Electrolux Epic 8000 are equally reliable, or unreliable over time. Both styles wear out eventually. How fast seems to me to be more dependent on how well the thing is designed and the quality of materials employed than the particular method of retraction. I have plenty of both styles on various Kenmore vacs and both styles have springs that weaken over time, slowing rewind over time and eventually failing to retract altogether. Later Kenmore cord winders through several revisions and feel very different in use. I don't know how well those hold up.

The brake on a button rewind cord can be something as simple as a spring loaded cam that presses the cord against a fixed piece basically jamming the cord against the pressure of the rewind spring. When you press the button all you are doing is pushing the cam off the cord against spring pressure freeing the cord so it can rewind. Nothing to wear there. I have several vacs with this simple method of cord release. No rollers, no brakes, simple and reliable.Now if the spring in the winder would just stay tight ..........