I got 2 " new " Sanitaires!!!

[vintageroyal611]

The maintenance man at my school gave me 2 Sanitaire SC886's that were no longer being used and were cluttering up the storage room

 

[vacjwt]

nice

grate vacuums

 

[tolivac]

COOL!-The price is right-they are good machines-perform better than most clean air uprights.Relatively easy to maintain and repair-the most common commercial upright-real workhorses.What type of bags do they have-there are bag options for these machines-cloth dump bags-cloth outer bag that uses F&G paper bags-and a dump cup cloth bag.I have one that has the dump cup bag.I also have a "wide sweep" version under the "Advance" name that has the cloth dump bag.Got both on sale at vacuum stores.

 

[vintageroyal611]

they both have dump out bags

they really work well considering they are both over 15 years old.

let's see if a windsor still works 15 years from now!

 

[bisonian]

Windsors are real workhorses

I'm betting they'll be running fine in 15 years.

 

[tolivac]

Actually most commercial uprights are VERY lucky to survive 15Yrs-any brand.Mostly depends on how they are treated and used.Most commercial uprights are junked after only a few years of use.One college out here beats up their Sanitaires something bad.Fans,fancases,belts and brushrolls are the most copmmon victims-and the cloth bags-the school here uses dump bags.One Sanitaire vac from Wendys here had a dead mouse caught in the fan dishcarge opening-the user wondered why the machine smelled bad when it was used-this was from a restuarant!Restuarants are especially bad on vacuums-the grease and food debis mixed with the dirt-VERY hard on fans and fancases.Makes a very abrasive "slurry"and it doesnt blow into the bag-lingers in the fancase-abrading both.

 

[vintageroyal611]

I know what you mean

One of my friends owns a restaraunt and I am constantly repairing their commercal Hoover bagless vacuum. They used to have a Panasonic Ultra Pro but that just bit the dust ( no pun intended) a few months ago. I wonder how long the new Hoover will last?