Fantom Fury.

[fantomfan]

I agree with vacuumfreak95

That is a very, very nice Fantom Fury. You are lucky to have one that was refurbished, and not abused. Just make sure to blow it out with an air compressor, every once in a while. I have found myself that Fantoms really were not the greatest vacuums, but I still like them for sentimental reasons. My Aunt gave me those infomercial tapes that you could send in for, around 2000-ish. The only one I no longer have is the Lighting one, it broke a long time ago. I watched them more than Baby-Einstein. I can still recall many lines from each tape. My other Aunt's had a Fury & Lightning, My Mom's boss had a Thunder, We has the Thunder-Variant, the Destiny Plus, My cub-scout leader had a Cyclone XT. basically, I grew up around Fantom's. For many, many years, I thought the Fantom was the greatest vacuum in the world, so I suppose those informercials did it's job.

 

[dys0nb0y]

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[super-sweeper]

That's awesome, FantomFan! If I had one of those VHS Fantom tapes when I was younger, I would've watched them umntil the tape burned a hole in itself! 

 

[oliveoiltinfoil]

Interesting read. I have watched the VHS introduction and instructions film they supplied some of the fantoms with. That is customer service that you don't get now. I guess with Dyson, they do put a lot of videos on their youtube chanel on how to use it etc, but supply something in with the box of something like a vacuum one can quickly watch is more personal, and more old school

There is no way both Dyson and Fantom were designing their pilot vacuums without knowing what each other was doing. Wasn't there some sort of lawsuit on Dysons end for Fantom? The cyclone system look very similar. I am guessing by what people are saying, they fury is a better vacuum than the dc01 in terms of performance maybe, but my aunty had the dc01 when it came out and as a kid I remember how sturdy and nicely made they were, not like todays dysons, which they tell use are very durable. Hmm.

By the way, worth trying this out. Try and search for an LED bulb for your phantom. I used to get one on the vax mach uprights a few years ago. Makes them much brighter, and a whiter, crisper light, and they don't get hot Try looking on ebay.