Hose length

[dysonman1]

The Maytag M1200 has a 17 foot stretch hose. The vacuum cleaner does not fall over or go flying through the room when you put your hand over the end of the wand, which is also full-size to be able to use the bare floor tool.

 

[DesertTortoise]

Wish I could say the same of the hose on my Windsor. Sigh. If I pull it too far the whole vacuum ends up on it's side. On the piece-o-crap Hoover the hose pops out of the recepticle before it can pull the vacuum over. Choose your poison I guess.

I'd like to see Maytag make a good quality canister with no frills, adult sized tools and a price that is competitive with a TOL Kenmore rather than the four figure price tags of Maytag's cousins from Simplicity and Riccar.

 

[sebo_fan]

Well, if the upright falls over you haven't read the user manual. SEBO state clearly that you have to hold the upright with one hand and the hose in the other. OR do as many would do and buy the extension hose and put the upright against a wall and away you go.

But to be honest I dont think SEBO ever intended the X or any of their uprights to offer proper above the floor cleaning. This is why they concentrated more on their cylinder/canister vacs with longer hoses, lighter tubing for added reach and a number of cleaning tools.

 

[eurekaprince]

Nar....I should have been more explicit: Sears has always had one or two deluxe Kenmore canisters (not Miele) which feature an 8 foot hose.

Here is Metro Vac's video of their custom Miele extended length hose:

 

[sebo_fan]

Thank you, Brian - by the looks of it, the handle they have used on that custom built hose is the old style Miele handles with the angle at the collar. Those handles date back to something like the S200 series that was sold back in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s - i THINK. I have seen old Miele handles like that - they are inclined to clog!

 

[floor-a-matic]

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Electrolux woven hoses were VERY short; perhaps 5ft long?  Are the new hoses for the E, F, G, L & R; 1205-1521 Ultralux; & 2100-Lux Classic longer now?</span>


 


<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">TriStar A101, EXL, MG & CS hose just as short as a vintage Lux woven hose.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">As for the Compact/TriStar hoses; the CXL's hose handle doesn't swivel nor does it have suction reducer valve</span>

 

[tolivac]

I ilike the hose length on my NSS M1-haven't measured it-but plenty long enough-you don't have to lift the canister while vacuuming up high.Many others you have to lift the machine to vacuum cobwebs from room corners or the tops of high lamp fixtures.

 

[DesertTortoise]

Tolivac, exactly my observation. I never had to pick up my oldest vacs to reach the top of a tall book case or the upper levels of the blinds over a bed. At worst you would set the vacuum on end to get the hose to reach, but I never lift one off the floor, and a good thing too as they're heavy.

Sebofan, I have the extension, but there is no place to stow it on the vac, so it gets left in the closet. It doesn't exactly fit in my back pocket dude.

 

[DesertTortoise]

Maybe this week I can figure out what is ailing the powered floor brush of the Electrolux "shop vac" and start using it to vacuum my home with. That hose looks pretty long, but the machine sits right on the carpet with the hose maybe three inches above floor level if that, not on top of the vac like most canister vacs sold today. Big gray carpet torpedo.

 

[suckolux]

Not sure about the newer model you have , but my Silverado will sit on it's butt for extra reach, kind of handy at times.

 

[DesertTortoise]

The Whimpertone and the earlier 5055 bagged machines will sit on their butts, as will the new Progressive I have (ok I admit it, I bought one and the tools are complete weirdness to me), but that isn't enough to overcome a two or three foot deficit in hose length.

 

[tolivac]

Many canister vacs made today don't have flat "butts" or it exhausts there so you can't set it on the end.For those nasty,dirty,high up jobs one of my NSS M1's to the rescue! glad it has a long hose-you don't want to have to pick it up and hold it!Weighs at least as much a "G" type Kirby!You can pick it up by using the top of the bag holder rod.That makes a good handle.I use the M1 to clean the AC intake and outlet grates!Spider webs and dust.And whatever is in the duct under the grate.

 

[vacuumssuck213]

the thread that won't die

This thread has been around forever. My guess is because its never fully been settled and nor will it. Let me take another crack at this while both are good cleaning machines neather is without flaw owning a Dyson dc07 in the past I loved it. Was light weight versitle relitivly quiet picked up like a charm good suction and it didn't look bad ether. Kirby on the other hand. High performance deep cleaning that "seems" unsurpassed easy to maneuver great suction amazing air flow and practical in theory. The problem is Dysons are bagless and anything I've learned no bagless machines have the airflow of a bag. Its pushing air in not through. Also the Dysons straight hose was incredibly annoying and the thing about Dyson there is no easy fix. Broken belt you have to buy a 60 dollar clutch assembly and replacing the part is a chore. And then theres your Kirby its heavy as sin switching from floor to hose mode is less then convenient 90% of the Kirbys claim to fame comes from simple logic that the last one wins tired old Vacs of poor quality help Kirby tremendously if I had to choose I'm with Kirby but in a fair no holds bar its a almost stand still all things considered

 

[vacuumssuck213]

disregard my last post

I feel so foolish wrong thread

 

[marks_here]

It happens in the best of circles Nathan....you're fine

 

[panofan]

A while back I bought one of these puppies:
http://www.amazon.com/Electrolux-Er...id=1407086406&sr=8-1&keywords=ergospace+green

Electrolux (sweedish) ergospace green. Bought from Amazon's warehouse deals - so like returns, damaged boxes, etc. I'm 99.9% sure mine was never even used - either damaged box or immediate return.

It has a 9' hose - the flexible part, and a long cord. Fantastically freeing after a miele with micro everything. But, it doesn't have an electric powerhead - just a turbo brush. So, that would be a non-starter for many of you, but it does great on my carpets.

Loved the long hose so much that I went with getting a central vac (doing a remodel, walls will be open anyway).

 

[DesertTortoise]

I keep trying to find a central vac seller that is willing to put some ten foot hoses together on my Kenmore ends. No takers so far. That would solve my dilemma nicely.

 

[kirbylux77]

Dircik

I would try contacting Dave Bychkowsky, who goes on Vacuumland by the username Davinator1977. Dave has made custom Electrolux electric hoses for some of his vacuums, & I intend to contact him to have one made for me for my Electrolux Grand Marquise. He makes the hoses using central vac hose material. If you go to the Vacuumland post below & then scroll down to reply #24, you can see a custom Kenmore hose he has done, so surely he could make one for you. I also put his profile page on Vacuumland for you in the link.

Rob

http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?15479
http://https//www.google.ca/?gws_rd=ssl#q=davinator1977

 

[DesertTortoise]

Thank you Kirbylux. Thank you very much. I did contact him and I anxiously await his reply.

Boy, that thread sure was interesting if you are a Kenmore canister nutjob like me. One of my vacs, the tan 4.1 two speed, was shown and did you see the prices Sears charged! Holy moly, almost $500 in the mid 1980's for a vacuum! Those are Kirby prices in todays money. That is more than their modern vacs usually sell for today. No wonder those old Kenmores are such durable machines. You paid for a premium vacuum back then and that is what you got. Now if only one could get hoses for them, sigh.