carolinaguy1996
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I know Sanyo doesn't make vacuums anymore. When they did make them, how come some people showed no love or respect for them?
Why No Love For Sanyo Vacuums
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blackheart
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In my case
Lack of experience with them. I've had 1 sanyo. A yellow transformax with a turbine nozzle. I rather liked it, it was quiet, had a fair amount of power, and it worked well for small jobs, or light vacuuming. I wouldn't mind trying out a few more of their designs.
Lack of experience with them. I've had 1 sanyo. A yellow transformax with a turbine nozzle. I rather liked it, it was quiet, had a fair amount of power, and it worked well for small jobs, or light vacuuming. I wouldn't mind trying out a few more of their designs.
eurekaprince
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Japanese-made Sanyo compact canisters were excellent little machines: quiet, lightweight and powerful. But like so many Japanese canisters of the 1970's and 80's, they required messy emptying of their "dust cassettes" and filters.
nicktechtalk
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I have a green Sanyo Transformax that I really like. Quiet and light weight. Only complaint is that bags are expensive for it. Thats really the only experience that I ever had with them.
eurekaprince
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The Sanyo Transformax was actually rated the best stick-vac by Consumer Reports at the time it was being sold on the market - I think early 1990's. It was one of the earliest vacs to offer a "lift off" canister to transform from upright mode to canister mode - along with the larger Bissell Lift Off upright of that era.
fan-of-fans
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I remember seeing the Transformax at the vacuum store back then, thought it was super cool.
I used to see the little Kenmore badged Sanyo canisters in my Sears catalogs but never knew who made them until I asked on here.
Shortly after that, I wound up finding a Kenmore Let's Clean badged Sanyo canister at Habitat for $5. Has everything with it including the manual.
It's a fun little vacuum to use. But as mentioned above, the dust cassette/compartment is messy to empty, and the filter has to be cleaned often. It doesn't take long for the dust indicator to show red, although it still seems to have good suction at that point.
I don't know anyone really having anything against Sanyo vacuums. I think they are well made. However, Sanyo never seemed to have a big share of the market here in North America. They made at least one upright, but most of their others were the tiny canisters that were more suited to tiny Japanese apartments than American homes, which are often much larger. The attachments tended to be very small and with short hoses. These typically were with the compact vacuums like the Hoover Tempo and Eureka Mighty Mite, and Sanyo didn't seem to make the larger power nozzle type canisters which had the larger market share, and again few uprights.
I did see recently a Sanyo shop type vacuum (dry pick up only) on eBay and thought that was interesting as I had never seen such a vacuum from them.
I used to see the little Kenmore badged Sanyo canisters in my Sears catalogs but never knew who made them until I asked on here.
Shortly after that, I wound up finding a Kenmore Let's Clean badged Sanyo canister at Habitat for $5. Has everything with it including the manual.
It's a fun little vacuum to use. But as mentioned above, the dust cassette/compartment is messy to empty, and the filter has to be cleaned often. It doesn't take long for the dust indicator to show red, although it still seems to have good suction at that point.
I don't know anyone really having anything against Sanyo vacuums. I think they are well made. However, Sanyo never seemed to have a big share of the market here in North America. They made at least one upright, but most of their others were the tiny canisters that were more suited to tiny Japanese apartments than American homes, which are often much larger. The attachments tended to be very small and with short hoses. These typically were with the compact vacuums like the Hoover Tempo and Eureka Mighty Mite, and Sanyo didn't seem to make the larger power nozzle type canisters which had the larger market share, and again few uprights.
I did see recently a Sanyo shop type vacuum (dry pick up only) on eBay and thought that was interesting as I had never seen such a vacuum from them.
bvac6
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Sanyo
I have an old Sanyo upright with a cordreel, kind of looks like a Kenmore Twin Fan. It works really well, has a very aggressive brushroll. I like the older ones!
I have an old Sanyo upright with a cordreel, kind of looks like a Kenmore Twin Fan. It works really well, has a very aggressive brushroll. I like the older ones!
carolinaguy1996
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Sanyo and Euro-Pro Fantom once had a relationship.
eurekaprince
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Another note about Sanyo compact canisters: the hose handle had a very convenient on-off switch (the hose was electrified) and like so many Japanese compact canisters of the 1980's (Toshiba, Hitachi, National/Panasonic), the canister stored on top of a plastic bin that stored the hose and wands and tools! So convenient!!!!
real1shep
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Gotta be the same Sanyo that made the little cassette reel motors for Nakamichi and others. They were the scourge of the industry and made analog repairmen turn to drink. For analog collectors today, they are still problematic.
I vaguely remember these vacs, so it's nice to see all the info here.
Kevin
I vaguely remember these vacs, so it's nice to see all the info here.
Kevin
dysonman1
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Sanyo uprights were similar to Sharp. They were sold through vacuum shops. They were OK, but nothing spectacular. They briefly took off when they came up with the bagless upright, vacuum shops jumped on them because it was a vac shop bagless to compete with the Hoover twin chamber.
Somewhere I have both a Sanyou bagged canister vacuum and a bagged upright-they were competitors to Sharp-the Sharp was better quality.I have some of those,too.Packed somewhere in my room of long lost vacuums.
carolinaguy1996
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We all know how ass Fantom turned out in the end, with the Twin-Chamber design of Hoovers.
gsheen
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I have a few Sanyo vintage cylinder vacs, They are prety awesome vacuums, Power button is on the hose, although their is one inside the tool caddy for when you use the blowing function
fan-of-fans
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Here's my Kenmore Let's Clean canister from Sanyo.
eurekaprince
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A close friend of mine got a "Let's Clean" as a hand-me-down from a relative of his. Great example of a mid-1980's compact canister made in Japan. All the tools - short hose included - fit inside the storage bin. The wand is comprised of 3 short sections that also fit in the bin. This Kenmore/Sanyo is the only vacuum I know that uses an English expression as its model name!
Sanyo Mite Hunter from the 80's / 90's
This was an interesting machine. The cover closed over the hose inlet after use and this would divert hot air from the exhaust to blow into the bag. In theory it was supposed to kill dust mites in the bag. Kinda pointless to kill the mites if they're already bagged. I always thought it was a clever gimmick.
This was an interesting machine. The cover closed over the hose inlet after use and this would divert hot air from the exhaust to blow into the bag. In theory it was supposed to kill dust mites in the bag. Kinda pointless to kill the mites if they're already bagged. I always thought it was a clever gimmick.
