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My favorite would be the Commemorative Edition, I just love the colors on that one.
Both the Ultralux Classic and LX is very close but again I like the colors of the Commemorative better so I would call those one my 2nd favorite.
3rd favorite would be the Diamond Jubilee.
4th favorite would be the Marquis.
5th favorite would be the Silverado.
Last would be the 1205.
 
Real1shep wrote:
That's a very reasonable observation about the PN5. I thought that too when I bought my first back in the 80's(had been using the G PN1). But if you try to use it like they intended you to, it kinda grows on you. The little PN1/2's could fit about anywhere like you said, but I think the cleaning design of the PN5 to be superior...especially edge cleaning.

I reply:
To me, the design is just clumsy. I've sometimes wondered if "like they intended" involves being a right-handed user, which I am not. I'm left-handed so a lot of things in this backwards-to-me world don't work "like they intended" because they're optimized for right-handed use. This often includes safety features on tools that afford right-handed users a greater degree of protection than they do left-handed users. That's why I hate using a circular saw. I'll never know the answer this since they never made power nozzle that way, but perhaps that asymmetrical design would work better for a left-handed person if the outrigger were on the left. I hope I'm not sounding bitter here because I'm really not; it's just the way I experience and accept life. All that said, my favorite power nozzle is and will always be the PN2 although the PN4 comes in as a close second.
 
<a name="start_10834.361979"></a>To me, the design is just clumsy. I've sometimes wondered if "like they intended" involves being a right-handed user, which I am not. I'm left-handed so a lot of things in this backwards-to-me world don't work "like they intended" because they're optimized for right-handed use.


 


I never thought of that! I bet it does feel bassackward using your left hand. It's a completely wrong design for a left-hander. They should have had that PN come in two configurations. Sorry for being a right-handedist thinker only...lol.


 


Kevin
 
My list ...

USA:

1) Model G in aquamarine green and tan

2) Model 1205 50th Jubilee & Model 1401 Super J in honeygold

3) Model 1205 in teal

4) Model B-8 Carpet Beautifier/polisher in aquamarine green, tan, and honeygold


Canadian:

1) AP (All Plastic) series--I like the "fish tail" ends which remind me of the classic Coca-Cola logo; not to mention the features themselves. The wheat-colored ones are most attractive to me (1973-76).

2) 80 series Elux-O-Matics in Jamaican bronze and moss green

3) Model BX10 Floor & Rug Conditioner in Jamaican bronze
 
Nice list!


 


Somehow I got poor with G's in <a name="start_10834.362168"></a>aquamarine green. They all have to be restored though. My showboat green G is in my bedroom collecting dust....shrinking from me in its finery when I consider doing the house with it. In it's defense though...I was playing with the dawgs yrs ago and fell flat on top of it. It shot pieces of wheels into the next room. Those suckers are REALLY hard to find in the green. It was also then that I discovered the front and rear wheels are actually two different sizes....had to break the wheels to notice....lol.



 


Another weak point of the G is that protection grommet that surrounds the cord, in the canister. Unless you get down on the floor and pull the cord straight out, you will wear that grommet at the top. I've never even seen one for sale in green. You can turn it over once and gain some time.....


 


Never been interested in a tan one, but there are more color correct parts out there for the tan than the green...by probably a factor of ten.


 


Love the 1205 and would have kept buying them, but all of a sudden, they skyrocketed on eBay for really icky, worn ones. 


 


Rhetorical question of the day; Why would people send vacuums you buy on eBay with their dirt in them??? To me that's like somebody urinating on my front door.



 


Kevin


 
 
I plan to list my Electrolux gold polisher

in Supermarket. Anyone who has the vac should have the polisher as well.

My friend, Bob, has thew vac. When he was sick, I cleaned his house with it. He forbid me to bring a Hoover into his house. I took one for the team, and cleaned his house with the Lux.
 

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