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Weird Dirt Devil Website Find |
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Post# 240763 , Reply# 1   7/18/2013 at 10:49 (3,906 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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Also a Regina manual CLICK HERE TO GO TO compamac's LINK |
Post# 240817 , Reply# 2   7/18/2013 at 17:55 (3,906 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 240822 , Reply# 3   7/18/2013 at 18:16 (3,906 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)   |   | |
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Royal bought the rights to the Regina name in 2000, and used rebranded Dirtdevils for the product line. Check out Reply #7 on the link below for a more detailed history. CLICK HERE TO GO TO bagintheback's LINK |
Post# 240836 , Reply# 4   7/18/2013 at 20:09 (3,906 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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I need to go back onto web archive and look at that haha! |
Post# 240965 , Reply# 5   7/19/2013 at 15:48 (3,905 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 241181 , Reply# 6   7/21/2013 at 07:25 (3,904 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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That second Dirt Devil link to another Regina upright looks very similar to the LG upright bagged vac I had in the 1990s. Similar front, base plate and rear, even though the LG had a better design with a plastic looped handle and the hose at the back. Perhaps the LG was an early TTI/Dirt Devil in disguise. |
Post# 241182 , Reply# 7   7/21/2013 at 07:29 (3,904 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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I am not quite sure what to say. All of these brands were so good. Why does TTI need everything, they don't! |
Post# 241201 , Reply# 8   7/21/2013 at 11:21 (3,903 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 241204 , Reply# 9   7/21/2013 at 11:29 (3,903 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Is Bissell owned by TTI? |
Post# 241212 , Reply# 10   7/21/2013 at 12:23 (3,903 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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For example Dirt Devil's were great until TTI came along |
Post# 241321 , Reply# 11   7/21/2013 at 22:38 (3,903 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Well, on the basis that Vax UK were importing Dirt Devil Swift uprights (and so many others) from the U.S, it gave Vax a bigger market share than they had had previously. TTI ownership thereafter allowed more "Vax" products to be sold.
From previous posts on here, it seems that some Hoover uprights in the U.S under Maytag ownership were worse than previous. TTI aren't to blame for sole destruction of building poorer vacuums - they can built good quality vacuums - but I rather think it is down to economy and cost of parts, one reason alone to why TTI are producing similar vacuums in a lot of the brands they own. I don't think TTI own Bissell outright but rather share a division of products amongst the brands, in the same way that Shark seem to follow suit - up until very recently for example, Shark's uprights have made it over here under the Morphy Richards brand - and the two companies seem to be developing very similar products. Or just swap and rebadge. |
Post# 241400 , Reply# 12   7/22/2013 at 06:43 (3,903 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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I wonder what Bissell would be like if TTI owned it. But Bissell is managing its own way right now. |
Post# 241445 , Reply# 13   7/22/2013 at 10:22 (3,902 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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What happened to Vax™ USA? I typed in vaxusa.com & it says vax.com; but it doesn't show USA, Canada or Mexico on the website. |
Post# 241454 , Reply# 14   7/22/2013 at 10:52 (3,902 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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I am not sure I remember seeing a few Vax uprights in USA at BestBuy a few years ago but I dont see them anymore. Maybe they didnt do well here. |
Post# 241643 , Reply# 15   7/23/2013 at 05:41 (3,902 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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From my understanding, the Vax USA website folded after TTI took over - reason being that the X3/X5/VX1/AVC previous upright was not a TTI product, but rather one that was developed between Bosch of Germany and Vax. Didn't stop Dirt Devil producing a version for themselves though.
See previous post www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-... |