I Found The Deal Of The Century!

[brandon_w_t]

Your tristar will just need a dusting brush (matches the speckled lear tools)


Also a rug nozzle in metal. You seem to have the bare floor nozzle there.

Dont buy one new!!! THEY are about $125 new. I've got 3 or 4 of them. Ill try and dig one out and I could send you one if you need one.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

according to my Ohio sources,

Panasonic indeed purchased the patent, etc.... The DAM is a great machine, if not a tad bulky.

 

[vac_whisperer]

TriStar

It's supposed to say just "TriS" on it.

VW

 

[vacman117]

I do have the dusting brush for it. I am aware of those ridiculous prices! I called TriStar a year ago asking for the price of the metal floor tool for my CXL and they said it would be around 80 dollars! That is just way to much..

 

[vacman117]

Vac Whisperer..

I don't know if you are kidding or not, haha, but if not, then it is supposed to say 'Tri Star' on it.

Chase

 

[brandon_w_t]

The ones I got all say interstate. I guess that means they were made for compacts. But dont know if the newer ones said anything else. So maybe its original.

 

[vac_whisperer]

No, Im not kidding. Its supposed to say TriS on it.

VW

 

[vacman117]

Take a look at the second photo on this eBay listing. I'm not saying I don't believe you, because maybe some did and some didn't. I'm really curious about that now..
Chase

http://cgi.ebay.com/TRISTAR-DXL-CAN...=US_Vacuum&hash=item25626df7ec#ht_6957wt_1141

 

[brandon_w_t]

No IEC vacuum said TriS on it.

The logos on the side were kind of flimsy and would often times break in half, or completely fall off. I have had 3 tristars. 2 were missing its logos entirely, one was intact.

 

[vacman117]

I'm confused now...

Is it supposed to say 'Tri Star' with the 'IEC' under it or not? Because all of the other DXLs I have seen do.
Chase

 

[brandon_w_t]

I have had one that said Tristar alone, and one that said Tristar CXL, and my otherone, I dont know what its supposed to say.

I think the CXL added it later, and perhaps all DXL had it? Not fully sure.

 

[vacman117]

I looked closely at it, and the little line that connects all the letters is discolored, and isn't smooth, so it was broken off. There is also a little circle thing about an inch and a half - 2 inches away from the 'S' where the 'R' would connect.
Chase