Tom: nice! And great bargain I like your DC01
Stan: very nice machine! That is one hell of a beast hope I will get one for 2015
Citroen: cool! But DC01 is 1200W instead of 1300
Erik: cool!
I like all of your daily drivers guys, especially Stan's Sentria
Electrolux Olympia One
Rainbow D4C
Electrolux Renaissance
Regina Electrikbroom for quick pick-ups
Electrolux XXX (model 30)
Hoover 300 Special
Hoover 31 Special
Its a toss-up as to which Hoover I choose for the area rugs, just depends on what mood I'm in! For the record the Olympia One sees more use than any other machine.
I don't have a set and permanent daily driver, I tend to rotate to various machines as my mood takes me, Currently I'm using my Vita-Vac, who knows what will get used once I;m bored of that one for now, could be any of my vacuums.
My daily driver for the past year has been a Maytag M500. Actually, since I very rarely clean my own house, Donnie uses the Maytag every day. It is his favorite vacuum of all time. When I get out a vacuum myself, it is usually a different machine each time. For example, on the rare occasion I decide to run the sweeper, it could just as easily be a rainbow, or a compact, or an airway, or an Electrolux.
A DC14 from a batch of new ones we were selling a while back, and an iRobot Roomba. I also have the fan to match the blue DC14 and an Airblade in the downstairs bathroom in the Dyson family. I am musing on the idea of the 360 Dyson robot.
I have a tote bag too Turbo500 to put my tools in too! I've only got the extension hose, small dusting brush plus the mini turbo head in my tote bag. I leave the deluxe parquet head out.
I've got the plastic extension tube, flat upholstery tool, extension hose, both dusting brushes, wall and floor brush and the mini turbo brush....and I hardly use any of them
The only uprights I've personally bought extra attachments for ever would be my Radiance,and I bought a set of tools that would fit any Tacony or Panasonic upright. I just have the standard on-board attachments with my X4 clear that I bought new. I did buy a dustin brush and handle-mounted clip for it for my Kenmore labeled Sebo X2 though, it didn't come with it when new. I don't know when, but at some point all the Sebo uprights in the US started coming standard with the dusting brush and the clip that holds it to the handle.
Just a few tools then!! I must admit I do use all mine at some point. I was thinking of getting the flat upholstery tool and the radiator brush but probably wouldn't use them!! I wouldn't mind getting the larger dusting brush though. That's why I'd be better off getting the X1.1 as I have most of the tools that you get with the X4 variants!!
But, I use my Rainbow D4 and Filter Queen Majestic more than any of my other canisters. They don't smell, and dirty vacuums bother my mother's allergies.
I am having work done in my home at the moment, so its back to the Felix for all round carpet care and picking up dust that the builders are leaving behind.
Here's the vacuum I used today, I felt it's been too long since I enjoyed running this beast thru the house. It's one of the machines I most enjoy using, many memories and a real fascination with them since early chdhood makes it one of my all time favorites. Since my earliest memories of seeing one used at a Wal-Mart and a fabric store as well as at school Ive found these to be one of the machines that appeal to me more than most.