My cleaning business vacuums

[n0oxy]

cords

I agree that it's much better to have a pig tail cord and then you can attach an extension cord to that. When I got my powr-flite backpack, it had the entire 50 foot cord attached to it, I'm not sure what they were thinking when they designed that, actually I would say they were not thinking at all. I cut off most of the cord and attached an industrial plug to it, now it's the way it should have been originally.
Mike

 

[sptyks]

Fan damage...

Tacks, paper clips and even a wooden pencil will not harm the robust metal fan in a metal Royal upright. I know because I own one. Beware that some larger objects such as coins may cause  damage to the fan so one should always be on the lookout for those larger objects.


 


 

 

[tolivac]

I remember the "penny" test with a Royal vacuum-The pennies suffered more damage than the Royal fan did-But this is a "lab destruct test"NOT to be done at home!An occasional penny shouldn't be a problem-but you don't want to vacuum a floor covered with them!One time I vacuumed up a small piece of wood dowel with one of my Royal vacuums-Didn't think anything of it until I smelled burnt wood-like you were trying to use a DULL router bit!!!The piece of wood was caught in the Royal fan and being dragged around in the front of the fancase.Turned the machine off-pulled the plug and undid the belt.Merely turned the fan shaft backward and the piece of dowel dropped out-was burned on one side!threw it out.Royal was just fine afterward!Shows how tough these can be!!!So a softer wood pencil shouldn't be a problem!

 

[suckolux]

Very seldom have to change the belt on my Royal

 

[rainbowvacfane2]

My most used vacuum in the fleet

I have a blue and a burgundy bagged powerforce I use the burgundy one the most I use it to clean a 3 part office every day it runs at least 2 hours for the past 2 years and she finally needs a new brushroll