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eriedearie2

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I'm new and greatly appreciate the benefits of every ones knowledge.

I've had a Royal 801 since about 1972. I have been researching about belts for this vacuum, now to find the dog gone thing. I found one place who lists what I need but whether they do in fact have it is another story. In my search the most remarkable excuse I heard was, 'all they sent me were Kirby belts,' None the less, my husband has a vice on his tool bench and I'm about to stretch the 1044260001 till its the same size as the Rainbow belt . I just got my 801 back from a reputable service because it needed a good check-up and cleaning. I immediately took it apart and that's what he sent me home with, a Rainbow belt. I'm really looking for the recommended #1043260001.(3amp). If I find it , I'll probably buy a dozen.

I too have gone thru the Kirby stage, I liked mine very much, but they're to heavy for me now. My husband bought me one of those plastivacs with the canister and I had to take my shop vac to clean it out, what a nuisance.

In the last two weeks I acquired two more Royals; 880,3amp another 880,4.5amp.

While I was shopping for belts, a lady came in with very new and very expensive machine , saying it doesn't work right, it's too heavy and I could tell she was a good 40 years younger than me. I looked at tech helping me and said , 'now you know why I love my Royals.'


Eriedearie2
 
Eriedearie2 wrote: "My husband bought me one of those plastivacs with the canister and I had to take my shop vac to clean it out, what a nuisance."

Too funny and so very true! I really don't understand the appeal of today's bagless designs. There's such an elegant simplicity in swapping out the paper filter bags--no fuss, no muss, as they say. Definitely beats spending half an hour cleaning the inside of the machine.
 

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