other central vacuums designed to be used without pipes
I'm pretty sure think vacuums is the only drainvac dealer in the United States, I ordered my Atomik on line and had it in a few days. While any central vacuum unit can be used without pipes, there are a couple other units that are actually designed for this purpose, although the design is different than the Atomik. The Atomik is actually a regular central vacuum unit in most respects. It comes out of the box with a utility valve clamped to the in-take but if you remove that, you have a regular pipe in-take, it also has a carry handle on top, and of course it's smaller, but other than these differences, it works like any other central vacuum unit. There are two other units that actually have a hose inlet on them instead of a pipe in-take, they also don't have wire terminals. They are designed to provide central vacuum power without pipes, although neither one has a carrying handle. I'll do a separate post for each one.
Mike
