Panasonic Jet-Flo Canister

[briguy]

My latest find. And first Panasonic I’ve had. It’s been well kept. Needs a good cleanup and then it willl be good as new.

 

[briguy]

Date of manufacture

By the way can anyone tell me when these were made? There’s a sales receipt in the manual from April 1st 1988, but I wonder if it was purchased used at that point? I was thinking this was an earlier model as I had an upright the same colors that I believe the receipt said was purchased in ‘84/‘85.

 

[kirbyklekter]

BriGuy,

Sorry can't help you on the date. Just wanted to congratulate you on yet another great find. It really does look brand new.

 

[huskyvacs]

wow! those are rare!

 

[eurekaprince]

Hi BriGuy,

I'm not an expert when it comes to Panasonic vacs, but I am pretty sure that this one is from the mid 1970's if not earlier. I think that colour scheme of red and beige is from the very first line-up of Panasonic vacs made in Japan for the North American market - right after Panasonic acquired the rights to the Dial-a-Matic design from Hoover.

 

[luxlife]

Early to mid 1980’s.

The first iterations of these machines were mustard yellow and I’m not sure if they were available with a power nozzle.

 

[rainbowd4c]

I've always wanted one. The one thing that irritates me is that the wands don't have cord clips.

 

[eurekaprince]

It looks like the last Hoover Dial-a-Matic was on the market in 1977. So maybe Panasonic Jet Flo’s started appearing in North America in 1978 or 1979?

 

[luxlife]

The earlier upright model is nothing like a Jet-Flo

Dysonman1 has one of these Panasonic uprights from the early 1970’s. It more closely resembles a Eureka Emporor than a DAM.

 

[huskyvacs]

If this model number for your vac is MC-9420, then it came out in 1986. It was Consumer Report's top pick for canister vacuums for that year alongside the Hoover's S321 and Whirlpool's FC700.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1986-05-31-0220420158-story.html