Thread Number: 16829
IONA FANTOM SALTON/APPLICA |
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Post# 179689 , Reply# 1   5/2/2012 at 00:44 (4,348 days old) by jasefantom ()   |   | |
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That mixer is from IONA Fantom. Here is the first vac I'm looking for though- The lightning. I'm not familiar w/ the Fantom uprights which one is the "best"? Thanks |
Post# 179736 , Reply# 2   5/2/2012 at 15:36 (4,348 days old) by director12 ()   |   | |
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Hey Fantomvacuumfan, look at the mixers. |
Post# 179757 , Reply# 3   5/2/2012 at 20:16 (4,347 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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The Fantoms seem to me to be hard to find. Although I saw them at Kmart when they were new, they never seemed to be all that common in my area. I did see a Fury in a thrift store a few years ago, but other than that I never see any around now. I think most of them probably have worn out by now, and also the fact that there were no replacement parts made after 2001 or so if I recall correctly, which makes them rare these days.
The Thunder I believe was the original model and was 11 amps and later 12 amps. The Fury was a smaller, less expensive model to the Thunder and had lesser amps, but later was also 12. I think the Cyclone XT was an improved new model for the Thunder. I don't know much about the others or the Westinghouse versions. There were Sears Kenmore versions as well of the Thunder and Lightning at least called the Destiny series. |
Post# 179807 , Reply# 5   5/3/2012 at 15:29 (4,347 days old) by director12 ()   |   | |
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Euro-Pros are horrendous. Lets hope Fantomvacuumfan doesn't get a Euro-Pro product. |
Post# 179816 , Reply# 6   5/3/2012 at 16:55 (4,347 days old) by jasefantom ()   |   | |
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Eruo-pro is an embarrassment to the IONA name from what I've been told. I won;t touch those EVER |
Post# 179826 , Reply# 7   5/3/2012 at 18:43 (4,346 days old) by FantomVacuumFan (St.Petersburg, Florida)   |   | |
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2 Euro-Pro Fantoms. Both actually worked really well, but the first one developed the electrical problem they commonly had, and died after only 7 months. The other one, I donated to Goodwill as the filtration sucked.
As for which upright was the best, it depends on what you consider the "the best". The Thunder seemed to clean the best, followed closely by the Fury. The Fury was the lightest, and easiest to maneuver around furniture. The Cyclone had the most features of all, and had the least stuff to break off, as well as the tool storage was very nice, as the tools were hidden in the top of the vacuum. The Crosswinds and Wildcat were not as impressive, and did tend to have problems. I would say as far as durability, the Uprights would rank: Thunder: 1 Fury: 1.a *almost as good but not quite Cyclone: 2 Crosswinds, both probably 3rd although I only have used the Crosswind 200 Wildcat: 4th as the handles tend to snap off Jason,if I am not mistaken, you messaged me a while ago on youtube. Am I thinking of the same person? |
Post# 179864 , Reply# 10   5/4/2012 at 08:44 (4,346 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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It would indeed be fascinating to read the full history of that vacuum factory in Welland Ontario. Welland is not a very big city, and so I imagine there must be someone at City Hall who could refer us to a book about the history of that site. Would be fun to even get an address for the factory! Some pics would be great too!
Our vacuum expert Doug in Saskatchewan used to have an extensive collection of Canadian vacs, including those made in Welland. I would ask him to chime in here, but he unfortunately has been recovering from a tragic fire which resulted in the sad loss of a lot of his collection. |
Post# 179918 , Reply# 11   5/4/2012 at 19:26 (4,345 days old) by director12 ()   |   | |
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What is the full history? |