Electrolux Central Vac.

[caligula]

My buddy Larry's Vacuflo was installed right, he's a retired electrical engineer, and planned this very well weeks before I went to Indiana. Knowing him as I do, he worked with the instaler making sure of attention to detail. The only thing I didn't know about this was what he brand he was going to buy.

There are two outlets in the main house and one in the basement. The outlet in the hallway by the master bedroom reaches most of the house. The other outlet in the closet by the basement stairs gives more than enough access to the kitchen and dining area. The outlet in the basement reaches the entire area, and will be used to vacuum the cars, and so on.

As to the electric hose, it doesn't have one, the powerhead is turbo which is a breeze to use. The house has hardwood floors, with ceramic tile in kitchen and bathrooms, plus area rugs in various rooms. Needless to say the Vacuflo makes short work of the vacuuming chores.

The drawback is not using my Electrolux model LX, or Kirby Classic III, but I made it clear I won't give those up, still for weekly vacuuming the Vacuflo will save time and work.

Needless to say I'm very happy with what he bought!

 

[bimmer740]

I've had a VacuFlo 566Q that I installed myself for over 10 years which has direct connect inlets and I couldn't be happier with it! The best money I've ever spent! It's easy to maintain, has amazing power, it's quiet, and the attachment possibilities are nearly endless. I had a Lindhaus Stealth power nozzle for years as well as a TurboCat kit and about a year ago I upgraded to a Riccar/Simplicity/Centec power nozzle and hose. This power nozzle is a tremendous improvement over the Lindhaus nozzle!! I couldn't stand the Lindhaus, it was well built and well thought out, but it's cleaning performance was awful. The new power nozzle could clean circles around it. The VacuFlo system has been nothing but a dream to use and my house has never been cleaner, it really does eliminate nearly all the dust. I've posted about this system numerous times before but its worth repeating every time, they really are fantastic systems!

 

[tolivac]

The MD Silentmaster bagged unit I now have has BETTER filtration then bagless central units.Heres why-the disposable bag is Filtrete.It sits in a cloth outer bag.then there is a filter on the motor fan intake.The motor in my unit is full bypass.The motor has its own cooling fan and airpath separate from the suction fan.This bagged unit doesn't need to be vented.The MD dealer trade ins here are mostly bagless units that are dead-the motor is killed by dust leaking past the bagless filters.Part of this is the owner.Right now I have a chance on getting a Beam-Electrolux unit that is only a month old and was traded in on an MD bagged unit.The Beam unit is dead-won't run.Will look at it with Mike his place to see what is wrong.Most likely the relay board is dead.I would like to add it to my central vacuum collection.The MD dealer here keeps a couple of MD units in stock at his shop for those "dead unit" emergencies.Or he could install the unit as a new installation.He has the connectors and tubing.I have the 35 ft hoses with mine-and they are not too bad.One hose has the cloth cover on it and this makes it easier-and won't snag on wall corners.The hose is powered so I can use it with my various powernozzles.

 

[AspriaSystems]

Electrolux rebranded the BEAM units as Beam By Electrolux in 2007, they actually purchased the BEAM vacuum company from the family owners in the early 90's. The "electrtolux" branded units, along with BEAM, Honeywell, Eureka and some others are all made by Electrolux Home Care North America in Mexico. This is not the same company that sold the old lux tank vacs in the USA from 1930's - 2000, that was Aerus. We often hear many folks confuse the Electrolux (CVAC) products of today with that old vacuum their parents bought from the DTD sales guy in the 1950's and is still running today. That would be an unfortunate misconception.

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