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Thread Number: 6196
favorite hand vac? |
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| Post# 69313 , Reply# 1 5/14/2009 at 01:03 (5,460 days old) by ridgidvac () | ||
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Royal Prince best hand-held vac w/power brush (I have 3 of those Royal "Prince" vacs) so far. | ||
| Post# 69331 , Reply# 4 5/14/2009 at 07:36 (5,460 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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I use my Royal Prince for the carpeted stairways, does a good job. I had a plastic Hoover Handvac with rotating brush a few years ago. It didn't work as well and worse being plastic the cat hair tended to stick to the vacs outsides with static electricity, annoying. | ||
Post# 69369 , Reply# 5 5/14/2009 at 18:52 (5,459 days old) by kirbyclassiciii  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 69375 , Reply# 6 5/14/2009 at 20:29 (5,459 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
Royal Prince | ||
| Post# 69376 , Reply# 7 5/14/2009 at 20:41 (5,459 days old) by vacuumfreeeke () | ||
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Thanks... I think I will look at the Royal Prince. Has anyone tried the new bagless "Classic" version? I bet it's awful! Cute though. | ||
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Post# 69387 , Reply# 9 5/14/2009 at 22:50 (5,459 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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A HOOVER | ||
| Post# 69408 , Reply# 10 5/15/2009 at 16:37 (5,458 days old) by riccarlover () | ||
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John... Could we see some pictures? Thanks! Clayton :) | ||
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Post# 69413 , Reply# 11 5/15/2009 at 20:47 (5,458 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA) |
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You truly can not beat the Royal metal hand vac. I have used many other brands and still think the metal Royal has them all beat. I did not know that they also have a paper bag liner that works very well. The Dirt Devil version (which by the way is not bad either - the older style)also had a paper bag adapter. They are great for quick touch ups before company arrives, making sure Coco and Soloman have left no hair behind. Stairs steps, car, vans especially, small areas. They also work well with the hose attatchments. Morgan | ||
| Post# 69477 , Reply# 15 5/16/2009 at 12:50 (5,458 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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Handvac | ||
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Post# 69535 , Reply# 16 5/17/2009 at 05:23 (5,457 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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What Do You Use Your handiVac For??? | ||
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Post# 69542 , Reply# 18 5/17/2009 at 09:27 (5,457 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Whisk | ||
| Post# 69736 , Reply# 19 5/18/2009 at 11:30 (5,456 days old) by electrikbroomgu (Rome, NY) | ||
Hand vacs
I have had good luck with both the Royal Prince and DD red/black hand vacs. Be sure to use a paper bad insert on the Prince though because the rubber gasket is almost always shot on the bag end and they leak dust without the paper insert. The red/black DD vacs can leak too and they offered a paper bag adapter for the 1994 and older versions. You can identify a newer model that has the paper bag adapter built in by the tool adapter black rubber cover where you insert the hose. The older ones will have a round pull out plug and the newer versions have a squared off cover that stays on the machine. The metal bottom plate comes off with two philips screws so changing belts and clearing off debris on the brushroll is easy. Also note that the older models with the round front access plug have adjustable brushes for wear. You will see this by removing the brush roll and see numbers 1-4 on each end. The newer models omitted this. I also like the Metro straight suction hand vacs from the 60's-80's. They aren't very powerful when the little bag starts to fill up but they are neat looking and made of all metal. They were the later versions of the old Goodyear hand vacs of the 50's I believe and they still make the same basic machine today in black or stainless steel as the "vac n go". I have a bunch in my collection with colors ranging from avacado green to orange to brown or black. I have seen blue ones also but have yet to find one for my collection. | ||
| Post# 69831 , Reply# 20 5/19/2009 at 09:00 (5,455 days old) by andy02 () | ||
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Nice! Thats in great condition. I had a dirtdevil hand vac, I wanted a hoover sidewinder, Neat tho, What year is this mode | ||
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