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Thread Number: 10119
Royal: Dirt Devil 103 vs. Prince 501 |
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Post# 109876 9/30/2010 at 17:54 (4,956 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Hi,
What do you think was the best Royal hand vacuum ever made? The all-metal 501 Prince or the first Dirt Devil plasti-vac, model 103? The Prince 501 was first introduced circa 1954 and had replaced the earlier 157, while the Dirt Devil model 103, introduced in 1984, was the first in Royal's attempt to break into retail stores including KMart, JCPenney and WalMart (their all-metal stuff was sold exclusively through their network of authorized dealers/distributors, including Stark's Vacuum here in Portland, OR). The 103 was so successful that it spawned other Dirt Devil products such as the 503 Plus hand vac, 702 Broom Vac and the 2003 Can Vac, and later the hardbody and softbody uprights. I would say the 501 is forever the best hand vacuum Royal did. ~Ben | ||
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Post# 109908 , Reply# 1 10/1/2010 at 00:26 (4,955 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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I would go for the Royal metal 501.Stupid TTI for discontinuing it! | ||
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Post# 109943 , Reply# 3 10/1/2010 at 14:41 (4,955 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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