Oh yeah! I did remember. Our Eureka Express canister. No sound insulation. Extremely cheap plastic. It's probably in the same class as our Filtex TC-600L except more shrill and no excuse. I could make a whole thread on that horrific piece of garbage since it's a perfect contender for the worst vacuum cleaner ever made, at least if you don't consider the power nozzle.
I guess I'd say the World Vac canister was even worse than the Express. At least the Express didn't look like something drawn by a bored 6th grader in algebra class.
Oh my God. You're absolutely right! What happened to vacuum styling in the 90s? They're extraordinarily malaise.
Let people talk about what they want, dude.
He was being sarcastic.
Oh, silly me! Lol.
Too much focus on power draw and CLEANING WATTS and they shoved away the design and styling to just cram a huge motor in it that pulls more power than a table saw.
I recently acquired a V6 and the sound from the motor is UNBEARABLY high pitched. Makes the motors TTI used for their bagged Windtunnels sound tolerable.
@Vacuum Facts himself confirmed that the V16 and its head aren't all that loud.
Its not loud. Its high pitched, very annoying.
What gets me about Dysons is that most sold in the US use suction motors from Panasonic, yet Kenmore and Panasonic branded vacuums with Panasonic motors don't sound as annoying, finger nails on the chalkboard shrill.
I can definitely say that with my V6. I’d take a shop vac anyday over one of those.
We have a big Rigid wet dry vac and it is pretty mellow sounding with the big thick HEPA filter in the bucket and their exhaust filter.
Uh... @Vacuum Facts, did you check on the pitch of the head noise? It is quiet, sure, but some have claimed that the new head is really annoying.
I actually really love the sound of the Quadraflex Powermatic and they clean so well!!
Ugh. They sound like a wood chipper. I converted two of mine to use the Ametek motor used in Filter Queen and old Eureka power nozzles. So much quieter and still cleans as well.
I have had probably 8 Hoover canisters over the years that had a Quadraflex PowerMatic. One of them, on a Spectrum canister had proper tone for a Quadraflex but was much louder than the others. I couldn't figure that one out.
Yep, yep, yep. True that ! You almost need ear plugs to use it. What is very cool though is that the motor, poly v-belt and modern wooden brush roll from the Titan T7 power nozzle drop right in to the old geared belt Powermate and transform it. With the modern parts it's quiet and the chevron pattern brush roll cleans really well.
That power nozzle was originally designed and manufactured by Whirlpool and first sold in 1981. Panasonic continued to make them after they took over Whirlpool's Kenmore vacuum business after a short joint venture with Whirlpool from 1990-1995. They have been sold with Panasonic, Kenmore, Hayden, Cen-Tec, Nutone, Royal, Airway and other brands who's name escapes me. Panasonic eventually converted it to use poly v-belt drive. When Panasonic left the North American vacuum market in 2016 they sold their Kenmore vacuum business off to Suzhou Cleva Electric Appliance Co Ltd in Suzhou China ( hour and a half drive from Shanghai, my mother in law's ashes are interred nearby so I am familiar with the area ). Suzhou Cleva continued to make it and sells it under the Titan brand name as the T7 for central vacuum use and it is sold with the Titan T9200 canister vacuum. It is a great basic design that has stood the test of time. Instead of wheels on the rear they have nice thick rollers on steel shafts. Solid durable stuff. Great designs never die and this one appears to have a long life ahead of it.
