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I finally cried "Uncle!" on the garage vacuum.
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Post# 147821   8/19/2011 at 11:56 (4,605 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)        

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I have a detached 2-car garage that I want to keep clean, as well as my car. I've tried several different vacuums that haven't satisfied me at all. First, I bought the awful Hooever Garage Utility Vac (GUV) when it was introduced a few years ago. That was a good idea, but it was so poorly executed that I hated it. The GUV had no bag and no cyclonic separation at all, not even a suboptimal one; they didn't even try. The GUV just has a cloth filter material that is fixed in place between the bucket and the motor. It clogs really fast, and then the motor screams and gets really hot. It's a mess to empty, and even when the bucket is emptied, the filter is still filthy with dust. Finally, I'd had it with that and threw it away - I wouldn't even give it away I hated it so much.

Then, I bought an Electrolux CB2000 from Bernie that someone had used for years and traded in. I had a really long hose made for me at the Lux branch and procured some "bags" that looked like they'd filter wonderfully. The problem is that the "bag" isn't a bag for dirt, it's a bag for the motor. No dirt goes into it. So, it's like having a shop vac that doesn't clog as badly cuz the filter area is much larger and doesn't have pleats that get dust stuck in them. But, that vacuum didn't have much suction, and it never stopped smelling like mildew, so I threw that one away, too. It smelled too bad to give it away, even after doing everything I could to clean it.

The Craftsman wall-mounted garage vacuum is useless to me. The hose is too stiff and not long enough for my needs.

So, I've had nothing but a broom in the garage for a while, and the car gets vacuumed only at the car wash once or twice a week.

Until now. Evan will get it installed this Monday or sooner if I end up home over the weekend. My garage dirt issues should now be over for good.


Post# 147827 , Reply# 1   8/19/2011 at 12:53 (4,605 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)        

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Oh wow! Very nice. I did not know Riccar made a central vac. I hope this works out for you, it looks like a nice unit.


Post# 147830 , Reply# 2   8/19/2011 at 13:21 (4,605 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO)        
Great Vacuum !

Patrick
I think you have found the vacuum that is up for the challenges that you have
for it to do !
You made a great choice !!
Congratulations !
Norm


Post# 147831 , Reply# 3   8/19/2011 at 13:25 (4,605 days old) by JDrums0789 ()        

Congrats!!

You'll have to let us know how it works. It looks like it could "eat" everything right up :p



Post# 147869 , Reply# 4   8/19/2011 at 17:59 (4,605 days old) by piano_god (British Columbia, Canada)        

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Riccar's central vacuums are manufactured for Tacony by Cyclo Vac in Blainville, Quebec.

There is a link provided on the Cyclo Vac website that shows how these vacuums are manufactured, thanks to Discovery's "How It's Made".


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Post# 147887 , Reply# 5   8/19/2011 at 18:25 (4,605 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()        

Are you going to install it outside the garage? Central vacuums are pretty loud. For a small garage, they might be pretty overwhelming.

Although I have never witnessed such a high end system such as a Riccar. Bet its one heck of a machine.


Post# 147890 , Reply# 6   8/19/2011 at 18:28 (4,605 days old) by goadie12 ()        

Ya I never even knew they made central vacs if you wouldn't mind posting some pics of the hose and attachments that would be awesome thanks. Zach

Post# 147893 , Reply# 7   8/19/2011 at 18:34 (4,605 days old) by joshdonnell ()        
central vac

nice central vacuum, i once i get a house of my own i gonna get the Aqua air central vacuuum!. after you get it installed give us a update>

Post# 147898 , Reply# 8   8/19/2011 at 19:25 (4,605 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)        

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It's going to be exhausted to the outside and it has a muffler, so I don't think it'll be too loud. Also, it's not a loud central vacuum anyway. I bet it won't be any louder than the Hoover GUV. I'm sure it won't be as quiet as I'd like, but it'll work, and that's all I really want at this point. I'm so sick of having a dirty garage.

As for attachments and the hose, I just bought a garage kit with an orange non-electric hose. That won't be exciting. My uncle has a Simplicity central vacuum with the deluxe hose and PN, and it's just a very long version of the electric Simplicity/Riccar canister hose with two power switches on the hose handle (for the vacuum and the PN), a telescopic electric wand, and a TOL PN with a dirt sensor. I don't have a pic right now.


Post# 147907 , Reply# 9   8/19/2011 at 19:53 (4,605 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()        

Cool.

Hey you can get a 100' hose or so and some wands and PN. It would make one heck of a fun vacuum to clean the house with! Depends on the distance to the house of course.



Come to my house with it. Our garage is horridly dirty. lol. Unfinished and really falling apart. Just a few months ago a rafter brace broke. :P



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