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Post# 127305   3/11/2011 at 17:45 (4,794 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)        

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During the early 2000s everyone I knew but 2 or 3 people had some variation of a Hoover Elite. My parents even had an Elite. So what is the vacuum that you see most commonly now? Like in my neighborhood people tend to leave the garage doors open and most of them have a Dirtdevil Dynamite, Featherlight or a Windtunnel. That is about all I see at Goodwills too.

Post# 127306 , Reply# 1   3/11/2011 at 17:59 (4,794 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)        

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It's always a Bissell Powerforce. EVERYONE here has them. I see them constantly in garages, garbage, resale shops, you name it. It's kind of sad..

Post# 127308 , Reply# 2   3/11/2011 at 18:23 (4,794 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Still seeing plenty of DD reds and yeah some version of an Elite. THere's one of each currently at our local Restore or at least there was the other day.

Post# 127310 , Reply# 3   3/11/2011 at 18:31 (4,794 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)        
Did Elites . . .

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come with a hard bag chamber? If they did, I'm pretty sure we owned one about 20 years ago. It was blue.

Post# 127312 , Reply# 4   3/11/2011 at 19:41 (4,794 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)        
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Some of them did. Look at the JCPenny catalog a few posts down. Every Hoover but the canisters there have an Elite motor.

Post# 127324 , Reply# 5   3/11/2011 at 22:48 (4,794 days old) by kirbyeureka95 ()        

most people around here store their vacuums in their pantry or mudroom or something but i see a lot of the self-propelled windtunnels and a lot of dysons. Less popular but also fairly common are mieles and orecks, Thankfully not to many bissels and dirtdevils in my neighborhood :)

Post# 127325 , Reply# 6   3/11/2011 at 22:50 (4,794 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Interestingly, I have here a Samsung vac that appears to be based on a Bissell Powerfarce, I can see why people thrown them out, cos the filtration is pathetic, comparing the surface area of the filters to that of a bagged vac is like comparing a kitchen tea towel to a bed sheet, the filters are just too small to be of any good use and therefore this vac came to me completely clogged up to the gills (sponges do not make a filter!!! Good or bad, they just do not filter!!!)....

This one is the brother's though, so it is not staying, and he has learned that he is not to use it to vacuum out his coal fire, otherwise it clogs up and fails... :P

That said, just trying to use it full stop causes it to clog up and fail, so, yeah, worthless piece of plastic junk in my opinion...

Post# 127328 , Reply# 7   3/12/2011 at 00:12 (4,794 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA)        

In this neighborhood, lots of plastic Dirt Devils and Bissells, but I still see thrashed Elites of various versions being cast off.

I agree with 2CV bloke, the bagless vacs aren't that good of an idea. The filtration area is typically smaller than a disposable bag and it doesn't take long to clog up that narrow port of exit. I just sold a Hoover Windtunnel Dual Chamber bagless to a guy and I told him my recommendation was to clear out the pre-filter every time after use. This thing had one of those long, cylindrical paper filters in it and I suggested it was also a good idea to take that thing out and bang it against the nearest cedar tree after each use. After I briefly demonstrated the machine, I took the dirt bin out and showed him how just a little use had impacted the filters.

People like the idea of bagless because it's cheap (no bags to buy) and the dirt bin is easy to empty. However, the deal with the filters takes a lot away from those two plusses.

These days, so often people discard vacs very quickly and prematurely. Many come my way with only minor repairs needed, or some simple remedy like taking an obstruction out of the hose. Lots have filters that look like they've never been changed. They just go to Walmart or similar and buy another new plastic machine. In this age of electronic entertainment, people are challenged by changing a belt. They can kill a million mutant zombies on their video game, but they cannot remove four screws from a bottom plate.

Post# 127329 , Reply# 8   3/12/2011 at 00:36 (4,794 days old) by twocvbloke ()        
"People like the idea of bagless because it's cheap

That's the thing, they aren't when they're being used by the average laymen...

Think of this scenario:

Joe bloggs spends £/$75 on a WhizzBucket Bagless 5000, he doesn't read the instructions and just plugs in and goes, he dumps it out and uses it about 25 times over the course of a few months, in that time he notices it's not picking up properly, he goes to look for the instructions only to find Jane Bloggs has thrown them out, so then he pulls out the main filters, missing the secondary one out, and cleans them, but he refits them only to find that it's still not picking up, so he decides that it's broken and throws it out, then he goes out and buys a Binford 6100 Power Bagless for £/$75, and the same happens again, ad infinitum....

So, to say a bagless is cheap, to be honest is rubbish, for example a pack of six of Kirby's "best bags" lasts maybe a year with regular use and costs less then you look at the cost of those compared to buying a new bagless or two every year, so in my opinion, despite the problems associated with polypropylene bags, a bagged vac is the best and cheapest way to go, because when you change the bag, you're also changing the filter... :)

I'm going to get back to eating my fried chicken now... :P

Post# 127331 , Reply# 9   3/12/2011 at 01:52 (4,794 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

"Broken" bagless vacuums-thats why they are often called "Dumpster" vacuums by companies that make bagged vacuum cleaners.For most common vacs-yes,its got to be the various brands of bagless "dumpster" vacuums in my area-not only do they fill customers trashpiles-but vac shop dumpsters,too.the vac shop here just doesn't want to work on them unless its a very simple clog or filter replacement-yes,bagless vac users often tqake the bagless machine to the vac shop so the vac shop tech dumps the vacuum,cleans the filter ,or changes the belt.Customers out my way don't want to do those things-yet they think bagless vacuums are the greatest things since sliced bread.Next in my area--Kirbys are very popular.

Post# 127353 , Reply# 10   3/12/2011 at 12:35 (4,793 days old) by klectrolux ()        

Around here its anything Kenmore basically. Thats all you really see, mostly that and Electrolux, and cheap Eurekas lol.

Post# 127375 , Reply# 11   3/12/2011 at 17:14 (4,793 days old) by jodan3399 (Brownsville, PA)        

All uprights, 4 years of picking them up curbside:

1. Bissell bagless (filthy, clogged)
2. Hoover Windtunnel (bagless mostly, filthy, clogged filters)
3. Eureka bagless (filthy, broken belt or worse)

That's definately the most common. I've brought home 3 Bissell's in one evening somedays (most of them clogged).

I've found only one canister in all those years, although I've found quite a few burned up shop vacs (and one like-new one that had a clogged hose).


Post# 127377 , Reply# 12   3/12/2011 at 18:04 (4,793 days old) by szymonrules (Philadelphia, PA )        
Roombas!

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Everyone in my neighborhood owns a Roomba, and mostly because of their kids buying it for them since they are older....

Post# 127503 , Reply# 13   3/14/2011 at 12:30 (4,791 days old) by kirbyultimateg (Troy Ohio 45373 USA)        

Hoover Elite/Legacy

Post# 127504 , Reply# 14   3/14/2011 at 12:30 (4,791 days old) by kirbyultimateg (Troy Ohio 45373 USA)        

Eureka Bravo

Post# 127505 , Reply# 15   3/14/2011 at 12:31 (4,791 days old) by kirbyultimateg (Troy Ohio 45373 USA)        

Hoover WindTunnel

Post# 127506 , Reply# 16   3/14/2011 at 12:32 (4,791 days old) by kirbyultimateg (Troy Ohio 45373 USA)        

Eureka Victory

Post# 127515 , Reply# 17   3/14/2011 at 17:06 (4,791 days old) by Kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)        

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Growing up mostly Hoover convertible or eureka f&g for uprights and Kenmore for canisters now all Bissell,, eureka and DD bagless. Funny people around that still have the upright reach for old faithful when that bagless "won't pick UP", untill they can go buy another cheap bissell.
It makes no sense cause when you ask why not keep the convertible? The response is always 1 it has no attachments or bags are a pain in the @ss.lol.

Post# 127516 , Reply# 18   3/14/2011 at 17:13 (4,791 days old) by Kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)        

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Come to think of it Elite's were popular as well



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