I got a Whispertone!!!!

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gj3476

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Hi guys! Today is finally the day I got my new old vacuum from eBay! It’s a Sears Kenmore Whispertone upright vacuum, and I got for $64.99 + $34.95 shipping which makes it $99.94, yikes but still worth it! I’ve been craving for a Kenmore vacuum after my Progressive Direct Drive that I found 5 years ago and sadly got rid of 3 years ago because I vacuumed my sisters room when she had bedbug problems. But no biggie it’s all good! This is the later models from around 2000/2001, and I think they started making the Whispertones around the early 90’s, which I love to find soon. But anyways enjoy these pics of my addition to my collection!

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Very Nice!! Great collection of vacuums and I Love your new Kenmore. I have a soft spot for certain Kenmore vacuums too, especially the ones made by Panasonic.

Congratulations on your beautiful navy blue Kenmore Whispertone! Thanks for sharing your pics too, let us know how you like it for cleaning and how all those attachment tool choices work. I love the Riccar attachments and I love the vacuums you can plug directly into the back like those, instead of just adding on to the length of the original hose.

It’s a real beauty!
 
I’ve had the Panasonic versions of this. Great machines. Gave them to family who abused them but they lasted a lot longer than most!
 
HonestJoe68, fans-of-fans, and Lex_Luthor, thank all of y’all, I’m so glad y’all impressed of my vacuum collection and my new Whispertone!
 
Excellent Kenmore! I'll bet its a hearty vacuum.

Can you use the synthetic HEPA Kenmore "Type O" bags in it? If so, I would highly recommend them. I use those bags in my Kenmore and the suction never seems to quit no matter how full the bag gets. The Kenmore I have is a slightly later model. It's the "Progressive Intelliclean" with the direct drive brush roll, dirt meter, swing open bag door, etc. I replaced the two-row direct drive brush for an identical four-row unit. The performance is insane.

Thanks for sharing!
 
very nice upright Kenmore

Nice find! I love that area of Kenmore canister and upright they are true work horse ,Its nice that you have attachments and the long hose that you can use whit it happy vacuuming nice to add to the collection once in a while a treat hehe.
 
I've always liked

the Panasonic uprights from this era, and anything similar (Sharp Twin Energy, Sanyo). Good machines, and clean styling. It's sad that Panasonic is all but leaving the vac business, but at least we can get similar machines from Tacony.
 
2 questions, anyone knows what month and year my Whispertone was made in? And where can I get a new belt my powermate jr? Thanks!
 
Early 2000's

These were one of the last Whispertones that Kenmore sold, they were discontinued in favor for the Progressive series. You may not notice but you're actually missing the exhaust cover for this, it would use another filter which can be washed if you want better filtration. Overall nice find you have there, it's one of my favorite Kenmores of all time.
 
i had a lot of problems with this model where to start when i would but it in bare floor mode it would not stay put and turn the brush on and i would take it to in for repair so many times but on the last time to sears for repair would be last time i just picked it up from the store and two days later i was using it and out of no where it started getting sparking by handle release then it started melting i tossed that kenmore out the door
 
Hi Panasonicvac! I enjoy your videos and love your vacuums, can you show me what the exhaust cover looks like? I never noticed I was missing a part.
 
Panasonicvac, that explains why the blankets and other things we’re getting blown, where can I find an exhaust cover?
 
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