Royal RY6900 vacuum

[vacuumdevil]

Hello VacuumLand !

I was wounding if any one has a
Royal RY6900 or Royal RY5500 ?
I would like to here from you and would love to see some photos

 

[tolivac]

Neat vacuum-but I like the Metal machines better.

 

[sptyks]

I think that vacuum is actually made by Sebo but rebranded with the Royal name.


 


 

 

[vacuumdevil]

@sptyks
The RY5500 was a SEBO I have seen one many years ago. I figured someone had to have one ?
But I can't fins anything on the RY6900.

 

[blackheart]

Gravedigging!

Sorry to revive such an old topic but one of these has recently come up for sale so I'll be sharing photos from the ad as well as a link to the ad, it's over in WI. It's an odd machine.
With no visible model tag I only found out what it was due to the Type N bags in the photos.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/884089016003349

 

[eureka1998]

Vacuumdevil

I've seen that photo of the orange one but never the red one. Neat looking vac for a Royal. Even if it is Sebo manufactured.

 

[centralvacs1928]

The RY5500 was not a Sebo/Windsor product, but a very close copy of the popular Windsor Versamatic (made by Sebo and a fixture in US commercial cleaning for 30+ years).

It is identical to the old Minuteman MPV upright but in orange instead of burgundy. I don't know who made it for Minuteman/Royal...but it wasn't Sebo.

We sold one or two RY5500s years ago and I remember they were troublesome. Nothing like the nearly bulletproof Sebo/Windsor on which they were based.