Royal 5000 hand vacuum and Hoover Pixie

[dsmith5195]

Hello All,
Does anyone remember seeing a Hoover Pixie in a retail catalog that had an outer bag that was round (similar to early Regina Electrikbrooms with pleats?

I have a Royal 5000 hand vac that needs a cloth bag with gasket. Do the 501 (even though they're blue in color) shake out bags fit these models, and if so, does anyone know where I can purchase one. Seems like the 501 bags are more pliable than the 5000 bag.

Thanks much in advance.

 

[lux1521]

Yeah, the model 501 bag will fit just fine. For the most part the 5000 and the later 501s are pretty much the same unit from a mechanical stand point. If you want you can also use paper inserts with these vacuums. They are Royal Type H bags. You can get them at places like www.totalvac.com.

Replacement cloth bags were fairly common up until recently. They are hard to find new these days, although its not impossible.

 

[oldappliancenut]

heres my

pixie ....mine has a hard shell

 

[gottahaveahoove]

i have 10 of these pixies, as Jackie Kennedy said,

"One in every color"

 

[paul]

1976 Pixie ad (off-topic from a Handivac thread)

Hi Brian,

Good eye!

I totally missed that, so I went back and captured more of the ad that I had truncated. I wonder if the word was meant to be 'hems' instead of 'lawns' — to correspond with the scissors and pinking shears?

I also looked up an online Pixie manual just to see if there was a blower port for leaves , but found no mention of one.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

dsmith5195

Don,

Yes, most parts of the 501 will work on this machine, too. The 5000 was a variation of the 501 with the finger guard by the on/off switch on the handle.

~Ben

 

[human]

The last of the 501s got the finger guard as well. I have a blue one with and one without.

 

[eurekaprince]

Hi Paul,

The only thing I can think of is that the copywriter meant to say “lawn furniture” - but they should have said “patio furniture”. Which could have been dangerous too, since none of these vacs are meant to be used outdoors or on wet surfaces…

On a related note: Numatic has now introduced a bagged Henry Quick handvac with a hose! The newest version of the Hoover Pixie!!!

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Human

Edgar,

It was starting in 1988 or perhaps late in 1987 that the 501 first had the built-in finger guard by the motor switch.

All of the M5000s had this, as did the Dirt Devil 501D Deluxe model sold in some department stores.

~Ben