USPS delivered on Sunday!
Okay, I'm a little bit in shock right now because the Postal Service just delivered a package of bags I'd ordered from Amazon for my Discovery--ON SUNDAY!!! When I ordered them Friday afternoon, my shipping options were Saturday delivery for a little more than $8 or Sunday delivery for free with my Prime membership. I thought, Sunday? Yeah, right. It'll come Monday and that's okay. But no! They actually delivered it on Sunday. The bags were a pretty good deal also--36 generic bags for $22.18 with free shipping. Anyway, now I can start putting the Discovery through its paces. The hose I got will arrive tomorrow and I can play with that as well. This one's really come together in a hurry!
One thing I did figure out after I took the photos in the post above is I had the crevice tool on there wrong. It goes on much easier, stays more secure, doesn't strain the clip and gives an extra inch of clearance at the bottom if I put it on with the shorter of the two skinny sides against the handle. Even though that's a non-Electrolux tool, it's now obvious to me that's how it's designed to go. Oddly enough, the genuine Electrolux crevice tool from my 1205 is too long to fit on it. This one's about nine inches long at the longest and the one that came in the Discovery's toolkit was actually half that length, according to the Discovery II owner's manual I downloaded from the Aerus Web site. Amusingly enough, it was mislabeled as a Discovery III manual.
I am assuming the optional Discovery toolkit, consisting of a hose, two wands, a crevice tool and a combo dusting/upholstery brush, is what came with the Discovery Plus. The only pictures I've been able to find of a Plus are of one that, like mine, was without its tools. It amazes me that so little information exists on this machine. Some Web sites acknowledge it by name but other than the Vacuumland thread referenced in the post above, I have found no specific information, about it, much less actual images. The one thing that particularly baffles me is why there's a double hook on the back. One hook is obviously for the hose and maybe the other is for the cord since the upper cord hook is a little less accessible with the tool holder in place, or maybe there was some other tool but I can't visualize what it might be.
I guess the Discovery Plus was just a little ahead of its time when it came out in the mid/late '80s. It seems like onboard tools didn't really become de rigeur on uprights until maybe a the late '90s or early 2000s.
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