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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I have a Sanitaire S677 upright; a Windsor Sensor SR12 upright; a Nilfisk canister which I want to say is a GM80 (?), and a Tennant 3400 canister.  I previously had a Lindhaus-made Kent Duravac upright, but donated it to a local thrift store when they needed a machine to use in their store.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>
 
I currently work at a veterans homeless shelter and I brought in one of my numerous commercial machines for the staff to use in the office areas. Its a Minuteman MVP, one of three I got from a school sale. Its in pretty good shape and the people that do most of the cleaning really enjoy it. The last job I had they used a Castex Lite-Trac I had brought in. Ive got like three or four of those LOL!
 
Commercial Vacuums are fun and something I’ve recently enjoyed adding to my big collection.

I own:

Hoover Hushtone 13+ Commercial Vacuum (CH54113)
Hoover Commercial Backpack Vacuum (C2401)
Hoover PortaPower Lightweight (CH3000)
Hoover Commercial Professional Series (CH50020)

Sanitaire EON QuietClean Upright (SC550A)

Oreck XL Pro (Twin Tube) Commercial Upright (DS1700HY)

ProLux 8000 Upright

Carpet Pro High Performance Commercial Upright (CPU-350)

ProTeam ProGen 12 Upright (107329)

I may have more and might be forget a few as I haven’t listed my collection, separating Commercial and Residential Vacuums.. just Alphabetical by brand. With a collection closing in on 200 Vacuums it’s like Sophie’s Choice sometimes trying to give all my babies equal love and attention! Lol
 
Looking back at my previous post, I was surprised that I had failed to mention my two Sanitaires, a red series SC686 and a blue series S645, but I think this post predates those two acquisitions. Both machines have seen some modifications from stock:

The SC686 has been upgraded from a dump bag to an aftermarket F&G setup, and the brush roll has been changed to a VGII from a VGI. The S645 came to me with a damaged cord, among other things, and now has a longer 40-foot cord, instead of the stock 30-foot. I also gave it a pair of larger red series cord hooks, which I had on hand, to accommodate the new, longer cord. As a bit of a bonus, I cut off the damaged portion of the original cord, about five feet or so, and turned the remainder into a drop cord.
 
Here are mine

So far, I've only got two, though I plan on getting more in the future.

The first of them is my Nacecare Henry HVR160. I want to say I got it around 2021 after I spent months saving up for it, and I gotta tell you, it was worth every penny. It's quiet, durable, good filtering, and extremely powerful. It was my first real high-end vacuum, and it still serves me well to this day. My only complaints about it are that smells can accumulate quickly in the bag, replacement parts are expensive and scarce here in the states, there's some weird black stuff that accumulates on the filter (though I've heard this is normal), and mine has a power switch that can arch if you press on it too quickly/hard. I've since gotten it a Wessel Werk TK286, a mini turbo tool, and a 360 degree floor tool to better clean my house.

My other commercial vacuum is an older Windsor Sensor S12. I've always wanted a Sebo and/or Windsor, and around August of 2023, I got myself one off of Ebay. I specifically was looking for an older blue version, as I never really liked the look of the yellow and grey Karcher variants. However, my first mistake was going for the cheapest one. Long story short, it works, but it has a lot of teething troubles. This thing was almost definitely abused by its previous owners, which I assumed wouldn't be a big deal since Sebos are easy to repair, which I later found out to be only partially true for me. I'm not sure if I should just get another S12 and use this one for parts, or if I should take the L and try to fix what I've got. Right now it's just sitting underneath my bed.

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I don't own much commercial vacuums, mainly because they're hard to find them in decent enough shape for me from all the abuse. But there was a few I had that still to this day I've regretted ever getting rid of. A Royal 10 amp metal upright, a Sanitaire SC899, and a Simplicity Sentry III 5500.
 

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