Thanks Eurekastar. I think if I got attachments and shampooer for the Sentria that I *might* get rid of the G5. I like the G5, but I really only need one G Series. At least I have a spot for it with the demise of my poor Hoover 28 the other night! If that Oreck had fallen on a Kirby, it probably wouldn't have made a scratch! I cant' wait to get it restored... I LOVE the curved handle and contoured handle grip.... so much nicer than the plain jane straight handles on the other G Series. Seems powerful too.... and guess what? I did the same thing with my bag... I didn't want to fool with taking the emptor off, plus the bag fill tube was dirty, so I hand washed in the bathtub. I let it drip dry for a while, then put the blow drier on it for a bit, and now it's on the floor with a fan pointed at it. There are a couple stains that wouldn't come off, but the previous owners and used it with the bag not attached to the chute and dirt was all inside the cloth bag. I thought that was silly of them, vacuumed it out with my Dyson and then proceeded to install the new paper bag that came with it. Vacuumed my whole apartment and then realized that I didn't put the bag on right and dirt was again just blowing into the cloth bag. That shouldn't happen to me... I know vacuums! Had to get the Dyson back out and start all over! I found a dime and a penny in the bag cloth bag (threw them out with the dirt!) when I got it home.... Who runs over stuff like that in a fan first machine? The brushroll is fine by the way, was just covered in carpet fibers and girl hair (yuck).
I've seen some Sentrias that had the headlight flash once when the machine was turned off... mine doesn't do that. Was that a limited time feature, or is something wrong with mine? Thanks!
