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<blockquote data-quote="broomvac" data-source="post: 418235" data-attributes="member: 771">[USER=1648]@Les[/USER]:&nbsp; Thank you! I, too, am fond of the sea blue/green. The attachment system is, in my mind, a better use of space than the help mate.[USER=585]@oreck_xl[/USER]:&nbsp; Totally agree with everything you say. This vacuum most definitely never had a bag topper. It has, instead, a plastic bar sewn into the top seam for support. Presumably, there used to be an eyelet on this piece, but it looks to have been snapped off. I plan to drill a new hole below it and loop a replacement spring through it. Nobody will know the difference!And yeah, I hear you on the condition of these. Almost all are train wrecks. The last one I saw before scooping this up was more like a “former” Powerdrive.@‘hoove:&nbsp; Too loud? Too big? I can see how these...would not have been for everyone. One benefit of having the cheapo model is having (I believe) a less powerful motor.I’m looking forward to making this one shine again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="broomvac, post: 418235, member: 771"] [USER=1648]@Les[/USER]: Thank you! I, too, am fond of the sea blue/green. The attachment system is, in my mind, a better use of space than the help mate. [USER=585]@oreck_xl[/USER]: Totally agree with everything you say. This vacuum most definitely never had a bag topper. It has, instead, a plastic bar sewn into the top seam for support. Presumably, there used to be an eyelet on this piece, but it looks to have been snapped off. I plan to drill a new hole below it and loop a replacement spring through it. Nobody will know the difference! And yeah, I hear you on the condition of these. Almost all are train wrecks. The last one I saw before scooping this up was more like a “former” Powerdrive. @‘hoove: Too loud? Too big? I can see how these...would not have been for everyone. One benefit of having the cheapo model is having (I believe) a less powerful motor. I’m looking forward to making this one shine again. [/QUOTE]

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