For Those of You That Buy Royal Commercial Uprights...

[kirbyclassiciii]

For those of you that remember buying Royal's commercial metal uprights in the '80s and '90s, which kind of bag system did you prefer? Shake out or zippered (for disposable bags)?

I also know that until the late '80s, every Royal commercial metal upright could be had with either a 35' or 50' cord. I know certainly the wide-tracks (cf. 618, 620, 680 and 682) had a 50' cord as standard, and the last Royal commercial metal upright to have a 35' cord was the 654 (all the external parts were painted gray, a lighter shade than the trim pieces), which was replaced in 1989 by the 655 (also with gray-painted aluminum parts) which too had a 50' cord.

The picture below is of me at my former grade school. The Royal you see is a 1988 model 660Z.

~Ben

 

[sptyks]

I prefer the Type B disposable bag system over Type A. I like shakeout bag systems the least.

 

[tolivac]

Royal B bags for me as well.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

tolivac

Rex,

I have to agree with you on the Type B bag system, since the setup also has a black fill tube rather than the Type A version which you have to insert the disposable bag's collar at the bottom, and secure with the metal spring.

Both my 880 and 786 take Type A disposable bags.

~Ben

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Ben,

I hope this doesn't offend you, but....you were a cute kid!
Seems you started early.....and it crossed over into adulthood..the vac collecting thing.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

gottahaveahoove

John,

Yes, I sure did get into the vac-collecting bug a bit early. It all started with my mom's 1978 Kirby Classic III.

~Ben