New Kenmore Upright Vacuum

[centralsweeper63]

Very nice colour scheme.

 

[cheesewonton]

So who came out with suction adjustment on the handle first?

I don't know when Hoover started producing the first Sensotronic ( US model Electronic 1000 ) but that was the first I am pretty sure. 1982-ish maybe? Kenmore and Whirlpool had electronic controls for motor speed on the hose handle in 1984. Panasonic had it on the MC9440 about the same time.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Interesting. Maybe the sensotronic came out in the UK first. At that time in nz the Electrolux model was still the D338.

 

[cheesewonton]

Interesting. Maybe the sensotronic came out in the UK first. At that time in nz the Electrolux model was still the D338.

The D720 was out in 1979-1980 time frame.

 

[centralsweeper63]

My d720 is from 1986. I will talk aabout it on the NZ Elrectrolux thread.

 

[cheesewonton]

My d720 is from 1986. I will talk aabout it on the NZ Elrectrolux thread.

They were making D720s in 1980. My D730 from Japan says it was manufactured in 1982 ( all Japanese appliances have to have the year of manufacture on their data tag ) and my D745, also from Japan, was manufactured in 1986.

 

[centralsweeper63]

The NZ D745 was sold from 1992-1996.

 

[cheesewonton]

The NZ D745 was sold from 1992-1996.

Wow. Ten years after my D745 was built.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Yes, very different. NZ got things about 10-15 years after other countrys. E.G. the cord winder came out in 1978 over here. Amazing.

 

[huskyvacs]

I just want to thank everyone for the innumerable time and priceless advise given to me in the other thread.


So here is, my new vacuum cleaner. In so far I really like it and it works as advertised. I vacuumed the downstairs and upstairs carpets and it really does an excellent job. 99% of the time is sucks everything up on the first pass. Suction is almost if not just as strong as my old Kenmore Intuition. It scrubs the carpet and leaves great looking lines. It is quieter, glides easily and a bit less heavy. The LED lights work well, the dirt indicator light is not a gimmick in that it actually lights up when going over a dirty spot and shuts off when going over a clean spot. One thing I noticed is that not a single bit of sand, crumbs or grit was flicked out from underneath which I really, really appreciate unlike some other vacuums I had in the past.

Only thing I dislike is that the hand attachment hose is shorter, but other than that you get your moneys worth. And best of all it is based on an older Panasonic design which I love. It takes Type O bags which I think are among the best.

I am open to any thoughts, comments, likes dislikes ect.


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I just bought one of these at Goodwill to use as my new upstairs vacuum. Never seen it before. I know these Kenmores are kind of high end and cost a lot of $ new, which is why my collection is very lacking on Kenmore products lol. The one I got is kind of a more ugly dusty rose color, but if it works good, I don't mind. I was shocked nobody else grabbed it, I guess it was fate!

 

[centralsweeper63]

I quite like that colour scheme.