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Thread Number: 10735
Whats your quietest and loudest vacuum? |
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| Post# 115994 11/26/2010 at 22:49 (4,893 days old) by kirby16 () | ||
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I didnt know which forum to put this in, so i pick this one. The loudest vac i have is my eureka boss lite. The quietest is my panasonic 360 swivel. What are yours? | ||
| Post# 116007 , Reply# 1 11/26/2010 at 23:34 (4,893 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 116012 , Reply# 2 11/27/2010 at 00:12 (4,893 days old) by DysonAnimal () | ||
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The 20s - 50s Electroluxes always seem the quietest to me. I don't have any in my collection anymore, but I've owned quite a few in the past. Hoover Models 541 and 543 also have a wonderful whisper-quiet purr! 
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| Post# 116013 , Reply# 3 11/27/2010 at 00:16 (4,893 days old) by DysonAnimal () | ||
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The Constellation's another quiet vac... since the carpet helps suppress motor noise and air turbulence! | ||
| Post# 116018 , Reply# 5 11/27/2010 at 06:58 (4,892 days old) by 2011hoover700 (owosso michigan) | ||
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| Post# 116026 , Reply# 6 11/27/2010 at 08:09 (4,892 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI) | ||
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| Post# 116030 , Reply# 7 11/27/2010 at 08:35 (4,892 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Canadian Electrolux 80 series are the quietest. Anything els
High amp high rpm motors in resonating thin plastic body shells are ear-splitting annoying, imho.
Hey there Jack, your double-blue 822a is a floater! ? My info from Tom A tells me the first (N American) swiveltop Constellations were built from 11/17/54 through 1957 - from the N Canton records. Three colour combos were available throughout the 3 year run - blue 82, mulberry 84 and heather rose 85. Only the debutante 82 was a nom-floater whereas the quickly introduced 84 & 85 has the same fat lower ring but did float. Yours has the second generation flared floater ring, which makes sense for a circa 1958 Connie. The second series of N American Constellations with the dorsal fin handle, rim flare and the side-mount hose began in 1958 with the gold 86. I find this sort of minutia fascinating. Was your 822 made in Perivale or Hamilton Canada? When did the Connie begin production in England...and is it possible excess parts inventory was shipped to Perivale for Hoover cost-savings, explaining the swiveltop paired with a flared floater rim? Inquiring minds... Another observation - all 4 of my bloated ring Connies (CN 82, US 82 84 85) have very thick porous muffler felt sandwiched inside the ring, floater & non-floater alike. This makes their exhaust note quieter, side by side, than the flared rim Connies. Dave 
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| Post# 116042 , Reply# 9 11/27/2010 at 09:50 (4,892 days old) by DysonAnimal () | ||
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Near-complete ensemble (missing upholstery nozzle and manual!) An original navy-blue plug for this model is fitted to one of my Hoover Minors - I'll have to swap them over sometime... 
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| Post# 116048 , Reply# 10 11/27/2010 at 10:53 (4,892 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Quietest... | ||
| Post# 116049 , Reply# 11 11/27/2010 at 11:06 (4,892 days old) by akabent (LEFT Coast) | ||
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Wonderful 84 & 85, Dave! Those are both gorgeous machines, Dave. To respond to the theme of the thread, my quietest are the Hoover 543 upright (whisper-quiet as Jack mentioned!) and of course the Lux 30 and Lux G. Rick | ||
| Post# 116059 , Reply# 13 11/27/2010 at 13:37 (4,892 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 116061 , Reply# 14 11/27/2010 at 13:41 (4,892 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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or I could say... | ||
Post# 116069 , Reply# 16 11/27/2010 at 14:22 (4,892 days old) by Air-WayCharlie  (USA) |
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Post# 116078 , Reply# 18 11/27/2010 at 15:32 (4,892 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA) |
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I'd have to say | ||
| Post# 116079 , Reply# 19 11/27/2010 at 15:35 (4,892 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 116114 , Reply# 20 11/27/2010 at 20:03 (4,892 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
The Sanyo "Cassette" canister vacuum
Believe it or not, one of the quietest vintage vacuums I have ever come across was a Sanyo bagless canister vac made in the early 1970's. My father was the advertising manager for Sanyo Canada in the 1970's and one day he brought one of these home. In those days, Sanyo was selling a lot of audio cassette players and recorders, so they used the term for their bagless canister vac as well. The vac was really,really quiet. It was first sold in blue and grey, then there was a red version with a transparent dust container. Sears sold a brown and beige Kenmore version called the "Let's Clean"!!!!!
Hated emptying the dirt out of that blue vac! The cassette had a fine mesh filter that needed to be wiped with a paper towel to get off all the hairs, and there was another cloth bag "downwind" that had to be shaken out producing a mini duststorm in our garage! I guess our 1970 version was a forerunner to the one you see in the link below CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
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Post# 116115 , Reply# 21 11/27/2010 at 20:05 (4,892 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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How Old Is Your 608? | ||
| Post# 116125 , Reply# 22 11/27/2010 at 22:00 (4,892 days old) by indyhoover () | ||
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The loudest.... ....without a doubt, is my 10 amp Royal Upright. I swear you can hear it for blocks. The quietest has to be my Constellation Model 82. | ||
| Post# 116142 , Reply# 23 11/28/2010 at 01:49 (4,891 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX) | ||
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My Quietest would be Elux 30 My Loudest would be a tossup between my Shop vac and my Concept one | ||
| Post# 116146 , Reply# 24 11/28/2010 at 04:53 (4,891 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
UK Connie Production | ||
| Post# 116148 , Reply# 25 11/28/2010 at 04:57 (4,891 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Mine
I think the Concept 1 and and my DAM Powerdrive take the prize as the loudest cleaners, quietest would be a bit of a tie between Electrlux and Miele.
The quietest cleaner I have ever encountered BY FAR was the Canadian Lux 88/89 - they were literally whisper quiet - well without the PN switched on. Al | ||
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Post# 116253 , Reply# 26 11/28/2010 at 17:04 (4,891 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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| Post# 116288 , Reply# 27 11/28/2010 at 20:17 (4,891 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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Loudest for me is My eureka excalibur upright and the quietest is my Electrolux 89 | ||
| Post# 116474 , Reply# 29 11/30/2010 at 13:50 (4,889 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Quietest vs Loudest! Quietest...with out a doubt, the Hospital G, next would be the Turquois G,then probably the Saniway...Noisiest, Hoover 65,GE Upright 1964 vintage! | ||
| Post# 116488 , Reply# 30 11/30/2010 at 15:46 (4,889 days old) by klectrolux () | ||
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Quitest is my AP 280. It's a tie between the Diplomat LX and Silverado for my loudest. I love the sound of the Silverado though. | ||
| Post# 116521 , Reply# 31 11/30/2010 at 18:38 (4,889 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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Now that I think about it, I don't think my Royal 10 amp is the loudest vacuum I own. I'm pretty sure it's my circa 1968 Dial-a-Matic. When I refurbished it, I tore it completely apart and removed all the rotting foam rubber. That included that foam tucked inside the motor housing. When I did that, it turned an already loud vacuum into a SCREAMER!
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| Post# 116542 , Reply# 32 11/30/2010 at 20:48 (4,889 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana) | ||
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Quiet to loud My Sebo Felix is the quietest,along with my ole pinkGE roll-a-round.The loud one is my Singer R-4. | ||
| Post# 117216 , Reply# 33 12/5/2010 at 22:58 (4,884 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Quietest and Loudest | ||
| Post# 117817 , Reply# 34 12/11/2010 at 14:24 (4,878 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
Loud and Quiet
My loudest vac is my Fairfax. Loudest monster I have ever had. It is mostly used at 8am on the morning after the brats upstairs were jumping off furniture or stomping or what ever it is they do that makes my light fixtures and pictures on the wall rattle until midnight. I'm sorry, but I truly detest those two.
My quietest vacs are my 3 amp Royals. Nice to run, not that great at deep cleaning my carpets. I use the Kirby G6 or the Fairfax for deep cleaning. | ||
| Post# 117818 , Reply# 35 12/11/2010 at 14:28 (4,878 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
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To VintageCanister | ||
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Post# 275591 , Reply# 36 4/10/2014 at 21:28 (3,662 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Post# 275615 , Reply# 37 4/11/2014 at 02:08 (3,661 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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For me-loudest--my Tornado wet-dry vacuum-quietest-Meile,Sebo canisters. | ||
| Post# 275785 , Reply# 38 4/11/2014 at 22:27 (3,661 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 275848 , Reply# 39 4/12/2014 at 09:02 (3,660 days old) by Anachronism () | ||
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Our quietest lives up to it's name: "Kent Quiet Jumbo". The Tornado is loud, but just about any plastic shop vac in the shed screams far louder 
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| Post# 275917 , Reply# 40 4/12/2014 at 13:37 (3,660 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
I LOVE that Kent, would like to see more of it. | ||
| Post# 275928 , Reply# 41 4/12/2014 at 15:06 (3,660 days old) by kirbybag (topeka ks ) | ||
loudest vacuum | ||
| Post# 275946 , Reply# 42 4/12/2014 at 18:22 (3,660 days old) by paulg (my sweet home Chicago) | ||
Quietest and loudest
Quietest is my Nilfisk.
Loudest WAS my Eureka "shop-type" vac that I bought about 15 years ago. It was so loud I told the vac shop I would only buy it if they put a MUFFLER on it. And they did! For 20 bucks they put a muffler on the exhaust. Overall I couldn't stand the machine. When the tub later lost its "round" and I couldn't close it properly I threw the thing away. I couldn't throw it far enough actually. Bad purchase. I still have the muffler though. | ||
| Post# 275950 , Reply# 44 4/12/2014 at 18:46 (3,660 days old) by anthony (leeds uk) | ||
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vacuum i have ever come across was one of those Vax uprights not sure of the model but it was black and orange and was bagless it should have been sold with ear defenders ,The quietest has to be a pink connie that i recently restored already a quiet machine imade it even quieter by lining the base of the machine with carpet underlay the most noise it makes now is the air being sucked into the hose
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| Post# 275951 , Reply# 45 4/12/2014 at 19:01 (3,660 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York) | ||
For me | ||
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Post# 275955 , Reply# 46 4/12/2014 at 20:52 (3,660 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Post# 275956 , Reply# 47 4/12/2014 at 20:53 (3,660 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Post# 275957 , Reply# 48 4/12/2014 at 20:54 (3,660 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Post# 275958 , Reply# 49 4/12/2014 at 20:54 (3,660 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Post# 275964 , Reply# 50 4/12/2014 at 22:07 (3,660 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 275968 , Reply# 51 4/12/2014 at 22:46 (3,660 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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My quietest vacuum is my wonderful little Electrolux UltraSilencer Green EL6984 Canister Vac!
On it's lowest power setting, you really only hear the air rushing into the nozzle or brush. It's a great little canister vac....so easy to use and it comes with the best non-powered suction only carpet nozzle I have ever used. Really happy with this cleaner....too bad it's discontinued. | ||
| Post# 276252 , Reply# 53 4/14/2014 at 20:39 (3,658 days old) by rainbowjoel (Dexter NM) | ||
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The loudest vacuum is my rainbow E2 2 speed gold model with no sound insulation . Maybe my kenmore. Not sure lol my quietest is my Electrolux Silverado. 
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| Post# 336631 , Reply# 55 10/31/2015 at 13:42 (3,093 days old) by kirbyezee1914 (Rochester, N.Y.) | ||
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| Post# 336673 , Reply# 56 10/31/2015 at 22:39 (3,093 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Quietest Hospital G Electrolux and Saniway, noisiest ,Metropolitan tank, and of course a Kirby. | ||
| Post# 336701 , Reply# 57 11/1/2015 at 11:30 (3,092 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 336711 , Reply# 58 11/1/2015 at 13:33 (3,092 days old) by tinytyke (Fairmont, WV) | ||
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The quietest is my Filter Queen 95x, followed by my Hoover 725 and Hoover 700. | ||
| Post# 336719 , Reply# 59 11/1/2015 at 16:26 (3,092 days old) by citroenbx (england) | ||
my vax is the quietest vacuum I own
my dyson DC07 is the loudest one | ||
| Post# 336750 , Reply# 61 11/2/2015 at 00:48 (3,091 days old) by toastermike (Milwaukie Oregon) | ||
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Post# 336754 , Reply# 62 11/2/2015 at 07:32 (3,091 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 336765 , Reply# 63 11/2/2015 at 11:32 (3,091 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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Post# 336768 , Reply# 64 11/2/2015 at 13:54 (3,091 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I would say my loudest is a  | ||
| Post# 336781 , Reply# 65 11/2/2015 at 16:39 (3,091 days old) by Miskini (Northville, Michigan ) | ||
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Post# 336795 , Reply# 66 11/2/2015 at 21:25 (3,091 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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My quietest is my Hoover Dimension 1000 canister. Loudest in my collection which I don't really consider too loud as it's tone is so pleasant: Hoover Celebrity II Elite.
Now I do currently have in the house waiting to sell a Dirt Devil Vision Turbo- very loud and louder Eureka Powerline! The Eureka is very very loud I would say with heavy vibration in the handle as well. I found at a thrift shop and cleaned it up for selling. It runs good, with no bearing issues that I can tell and brush roll is like new. It's just very loud. Surprising the compact Kenmore Magic Blue canister is very very loud as well!! I only purchased it to resell and I was glad when it was sold. Very powerful unit but quite loud, I've never heard a canister vacuum so loud and it only had a turbine head, not an electric power head. | ||
| Post# 336836 , Reply# 67 11/3/2015 at 17:27 (3,090 days old) by CharlesKirby66 (Manteca, CA) | ||
From my very limited collection My loudest would have to be the Kirby 515. It has such a strong motor and does a remarkable job at removing very fine dust from carpets.
My quietest, so far, would be a toss up between the Kirby Heritage and Heritage II. They are both in a state of limbo. I have yet to work on the Heritage at all since acquiring it, and the Heritage II needs a new exhaust assembly (emptor, fill tube, disposable bag hookup) and headlight lens assembly.
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Post# 336868 , Reply# 68 11/4/2015 at 02:18 (3,089 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Loudest would be my Tornado Task Force WD vacuum,NuTone CV450,then quiet-Sebo D4 Prfemium,And my Meile canisters. | ||
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Post# 336878 , Reply# 69 11/4/2015 at 11:31 (3,089 days old) by n0oxy (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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my loudest and quietest models My loudest models would be my shop vacs, and my beam 275c central vacuum unit. The quietest ones are probably the Riccar Prima and the Electrolux Ultra One classic. | ||
| Post# 336887 , Reply# 70 11/4/2015 at 13:09 (3,089 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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Loudest: Simplicity Synergy & Riccar Supralite (I actually think the Direct air motor on the Synergy is the louder one).
Quietest: Lux Guardian Platnium, Miele S190 | ||
| Post# 336920 , Reply# 72 11/4/2015 at 20:56 (3,089 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB) | ||
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Quiet vacuums in my house would be Electrolux zb86 barelly hear it whit the new exhaust filter i put in between the motor and the cord rewind .
Compact C9 is a little louder but deep cleans and my lux discovery 2 is next. Loud vac would be my 16 gallons shop vac but its power is superbe and i love the suction and big hose on it .It has a 16 feet long hose by 21/2 inche i used a plastic hose connector sure is nice when doing stairs or cleaning out cars . | ||
| Post# 336954 , Reply# 74 11/5/2015 at 13:17 (3,088 days old) by alex9194 () | ||
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My vacs Loudest-Kirby 515 Quietest-Elux XXX | ||
| Post# 336957 , Reply# 75 11/5/2015 at 15:07 (3,088 days old) by KirbyLux52804 (Davenport, Iowa) | ||
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| Post# 336972 , Reply# 76 11/5/2015 at 18:17 (3,088 days old) by kirbyguy (Columbia, MO) | ||
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Quiet vs LOUD My quietest is my Filter Queen Majestic and LOUDEST is my Bison Centurion. | ||
| Post# 337041 , Reply# 77 11/7/2015 at 09:15 (3,086 days old) by numaticisfun () | ||
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Quietest is. NV250(Henry ancestor) Loudest is 10-amp Hoover | ||
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