dysondestijl
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i believe it was a very limited edition numatic sold for car valeters, but where of course not popular so quickly replaced by another model.
Numatic Cream and brown Charles!
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ultimatevacman
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It's kinda funny because my username is 'ultimateVacMan' lol
ultimatevacman
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What do you think this is?
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dysondestijl
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now you mention it i agree with rutger......
ultimatevacman
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"Is it a proper Numatic model or one that somebody has made up themselves? The writing etc look a bit home-made. "
That's what I was thinking.
That's what I was thinking.
vintagerepairer
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You will see this is an older cleaner, although I accept that the BX BX cleaner looks newer. However, I was given to understand that for a period of time Numatic were branding cleaners to suit the shops which sold them or the companies which used them, if the orders were great enough.
ultimatevacman
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Do you think bernie was made for a company?
Hello
I can understand that Numatic used to make machines for companies/shops (I must confess I didn't know that already, so thanks for the info' vintagerepairer).
It's just that the Bernie one looks so badly done, i've seen the BX BX ones etc & they look professionally made. The Bernie shown above looks like it was done with insulation tape. Are there any other pics of these around as that's the only "Bernie" picture i've ever seen?
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Dave
I can understand that Numatic used to make machines for companies/shops (I must confess I didn't know that already, so thanks for the info' vintagerepairer).
It's just that the Bernie one looks so badly done, i've seen the BX BX ones etc & they look professionally made. The Bernie shown above looks like it was done with insulation tape. Are there any other pics of these around as that's the only "Bernie" picture i've ever seen?
Cheers
Dave
ultimatevacman
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yeah if anyone has any more photo's of it we would really appreciate it if you would share them,
Thanks
- Joe
Thanks
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ultimatevacman
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What does everybody think of the new autosave feature on numatics? is it any good?
Hello
I have a Henry with the Autosave feature (he's about 18 months old). I don't mind it, most of the time I just use him on normal power but when i need a bit more wallop just press the red switch & the power is there (always returning to low power on switch-off).
Whether of course it's any better than a straight-forward high power or second speed switch is debateable...
I do like the nice red light that comes on with high power though
Cheers
Dave
I have a Henry with the Autosave feature (he's about 18 months old). I don't mind it, most of the time I just use him on normal power but when i need a bit more wallop just press the red switch & the power is there (always returning to low power on switch-off).
Whether of course it's any better than a straight-forward high power or second speed switch is debateable...
I do like the nice red light that comes on with high power though
Cheers
Dave
ultimatevacman
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Thanks Dave,
oh and today I contacted numatic, asking if they had any info on the numatic wendy and numatic david, I got a reply from them, and they said they never made a wendy or david, so I have sent them some pictures to prove that they are real, and I am now waiting for a reply.
It seems I know more about numatic than numatic themselfs lol !
oh and today I contacted numatic, asking if they had any info on the numatic wendy and numatic david, I got a reply from them, and they said they never made a wendy or david, so I have sent them some pictures to prove that they are real, and I am now waiting for a reply.
It seems I know more about numatic than numatic themselfs lol !
dysondestijl
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at first i hated autosave on my henry, but i'ts growing on me, i still prefer the HVR200-22 to the HVR200A.
vintagerepairer
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It needs to be remembered that the Wendy -and certainly the David- were sold a good deal of years ago. The Wendy would have been at least 10 years and the David around 20. The people you spoke to at Numatic probably were not working for them then, or if they were they may not have quite the memory for these models. They were not around for long. Of course we must also remember there is not much in it for Numatic to want to spend time researching such queries at length. See how you get on.
My opinion of the Autosave feature would violate the no swearing rules of this forum, so I'll think about it and type something that won't get me banned...
UTTERLY USELESS!
There we go.
The rocker "Hi-Lo" switch was just fine and all the silly spring loaded Autosave switch does it irritate me when it goes back to Lo upon power up.
I love Numatic but they got it wrong with that feature.
UTTERLY USELESS!
There we go.
The rocker "Hi-Lo" switch was just fine and all the silly spring loaded Autosave switch does it irritate me when it goes back to Lo upon power up.
I love Numatic but they got it wrong with that feature.
The idea behind the Autosave is presumably supposed to be that people forget to switch off high mode when turning off the vacuum & go straight back onto high mode when powering back up thus using more power than necessary as you don't need high power all the time.
I would have thought personally that the extra noise & suction would give the game away about it being on left high power, but presumably Numatic have done some sort of research into this to warrant the feature. Numatic don't seem the sort of manufacturer not to have looked into the reasoning behind introducing it.
Cheers
Dave
I would have thought personally that the extra noise & suction would give the game away about it being on left high power, but presumably Numatic have done some sort of research into this to warrant the feature. Numatic don't seem the sort of manufacturer not to have looked into the reasoning behind introducing it.
Cheers
Dave
sebo_fan
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Wasn't there an issue with one of the power switches popping out of its recess regarding Numatic's decision to change the rocker switches to the thinner smaller ones seen with the Autosave idea? I remember Numatic sending me an email as my James single rocker switch developed a problem a few years later after purchase.
turbo500
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I love Numatic but they got it wrong with that feature
and yet you love the Hoover Autosense? Jamie, you make no sense sometimes, lad! The Autosave is a great feature, one that many users have realised you don't need to use the cleaner on full power to get great results.
and yet you love the Hoover Autosense? Jamie, you make no sense sometimes, lad! The Autosave is a great feature, one that many users have realised you don't need to use the cleaner on full power to get great results.
Actually I make a lot of sense - the Autosense feature on the Hoover Turbopower has a boost button which does not reset every time the vacuum is powered on, with the exception of the later TP3 which Benny's wife had.
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