Nice vintage vacuum for everyday use

[hygiene903]

I agree with the older Royal! Or better yet, Electro-Hygiene!
Jeff

 

[tolivac]

Use Royals and Eurekas that DON'T have the F&G bags-those clog and leak-harder to install.Sometimes the paper bag fill tube can tear if the vacuum picks up something hard or sharp.Don't use the F&G "bojack" bag on a Kirby-you will hinder its performance.Hoover Convertables are excellent vintage machines-despite the simple "C" bag-performance is excellent.Canisters I would go as many do-vintage 'Lux,older metal body Filter Queen,Compact-Tristar,Older Royal metal "torpedo" tank vacuums,Rainbows,Fairfax-don't overlook those.Water Matics are another one-like a Filter Queen but can be adapted to wet pickup.

 

[henry200]

You can obtain F&G style bags now made of the Filtrete material.  They vastly out-perform the original paper ones.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

You can never go wrong with a

HOOVER Convertible,  especially a metal one.  Best of luck.

 

[tolivac]

I have some Filtrete F&G bags-but these still have that dreaded paper fill tube.I hate the paper filler tubes-maybe use some sort of plastic?

 

[henry200]

Tolivac, I think you're on to something.  If the paper fill tube tears it's usually down at the bottom where it attaches to the cuff because there's too much "play."  What if there was a longer tube (I'm picturing one on a bottom-fill Convertible but longer)  which extended farther up inside the paper tube, holding it open and more rigid along the length up until near where the air path enters the bag itself?   I think it's worth an experiment if an appropriate diameter plastic tube can be found.

 

[xraytech]

the new Sanitaires have a top fill bag set up now and you can retrofit the setup to the old Eureka F&G uprights

 

[tolivac]

I can't use the Filtrete F&G bags in my older Royals that use the "A" bag but have to use the F&G bags instead-no one here carries Royal "A" bags-the Filtrete F&G bags paper tubes tear anytime I try to use them.so if I use the older Royals will temporarily put a "B" outer bag on them.the "B" bags perform much better-same as with the Eurekas using the top fill bags on them.

 

[air-waycharlie]

There is always...........

the Air-Way canisters from the Mark ll 88 up until the Signature Series and Centurians. There were several models in between, most all with power nozzles. Bags are still available through Air-Tec of Worchester, MA.

The UltraLux was a great vacuum too.

 

[hooverboy]

woow

es ist einfach geil was ihr schrebt!?:-

 

[brandon_w_t]

Ihre worten sind schwer zu folgen, Hooverboy.

 

[floor-a-matic]

Translation

what does that mean, in English?

 

[electroluxkirby]

I have a Kirby Legend II, and it's an awesome vac. I also have a Kirby Tradition with the shake out bag and I don't mind it at all. I shake it all down and empty it out over the outside trash can.

As for canisters, I really like my Electrolux Olympia One and AE.

 

[brandon_w_t]

floor-a-matic.

I replied to his comment of Its great what you write (he has a typo in there interestingly) Schrebt should be spelled schreibt. Which means to write.


I said your words are hard to follow.

 

[kenkart]

f and g bags

I love F and G bags, ive never had a problem with them,