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Thread Number: 12074
This Year's Florida Vacuums! |
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| Post# 129278 3/27/2011 at 20:53 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
Every year, we come down to Naples, Florida to visit my grandparents, and every year, I get a vacuum from the flea market. I went to the vacuum store I always get my vacuums from and got an Oreck DutchTech. I have wanted one for years and finally had the opportunity to get one. I paid $225 including bags for it, and it's worth EVERY penny! It is seriously the best canister vacuum I have EVER used! The suction is absolutely amazing, and the power nozzle really deep cleans. It is great! After I bought that, I found a very nice Tri Star DXL for $20 dollars! It is missing one of the back wheels, but I can get one of those easily. It came with an aftermarket hose, wands, power nozzle, crevice tool, upholstery tool, and the metal floor brush! The cord and bumper are perfectly white with no rips or scuffing, and the inside doesn't have a spec of dust! I was so surprised to find that, especially from a flea market vendor! I have a feeling it was refurbished and bought from a vacuum store since it is so clean, and has the aftermarket hose. But you can't beat that price! The Dutch Tech picture is kind of bad, but it's the best I can do for now.
-Chase 
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| Post# 129279 , Reply# 1 3/27/2011 at 20:55 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 129281 , Reply# 2 3/27/2011 at 20:59 (4,772 days old) by KirbyDS80 (California) | ||
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Nice. Hey that's not a bad find. Although personally i would have gotten the Oreck as a used machine. -Jayson | ||
| Post# 129282 , Reply# 3 3/27/2011 at 20:59 (4,772 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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NICE! What kind of grip does that tristar hose have? Is it the pistol grip, or gas pump? The machine end looks close to original, with the exception of a strain relief type feature. Here is the hose of one of mine.. 
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| Post# 129283 , Reply# 4 3/27/2011 at 21:03 (4,772 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 129284 , Reply# 5 3/27/2011 at 21:04 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 129285 , Reply# 6 3/27/2011 at 21:07 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 129286 , Reply# 7 3/27/2011 at 21:07 (4,772 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Cool! I think their length is good compared to some. I think mines a 10'. I dont know if thats the only size they came in. I would like to see a long filter queen hose, or kenmore whispertone hose. Those would be great. | ||
| Post# 129287 , Reply# 8 3/27/2011 at 21:08 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 129288 , Reply# 9 3/27/2011 at 21:09 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 129289 , Reply# 10 3/27/2011 at 21:09 (4,772 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Forgot to ask.. Whats the difference between the CXL and DXL? Whats the serial number on your DXL? (or if you know how to date them by it) The CXL in the picture I posted was made in 1998. I dont recall when current CXL was made. I think it was 92. | ||
| Post# 129290 , Reply# 11 3/27/2011 at 21:10 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 129292 , Reply# 13 3/27/2011 at 21:21 (4,772 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
It's interesting to hear that your Dutch Tech says Made in the USA. I always thought that the canister unit was made in Holland by the Philips Company which is why Oreck called them "DutchTech" vacs. I guess Oreck bought the design drawings and specs to make the canisters in the USA.
You can still find the 220volt version of the canister in homes in Europe - maybe our friends overseas can verify this for us? | ||
| Post# 129301 , Reply# 14 3/27/2011 at 21:40 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 129316 , Reply# 15 3/27/2011 at 22:07 (4,772 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Chase - believe it or not, Philips used to give European city names to each of their canister vacs at some point in the past. Your canister was called the Philips "Oslo"!!!!
I found a British Amazon website selling bags for your vac that shows a pic of the Dutch version of your canister. Just click on the images on the left of the page (under "see larger image and other views") to blow it up and you'll see the Oslo line up of Philips vacs - one is identical to your green machine: CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
| Post# 129319 , Reply# 16 3/27/2011 at 22:08 (4,772 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 129327 , Reply# 17 3/27/2011 at 22:24 (4,772 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 129410 , Reply# 18 3/28/2011 at 09:20 (4,771 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 129423 , Reply# 19 3/28/2011 at 10:13 (4,771 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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I thought.. | ||
| Post# 129447 , Reply# 20 3/28/2011 at 14:31 (4,771 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC) | ||
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| Post# 129467 , Reply# 21 3/28/2011 at 16:33 (4,771 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
I have the Euro 220v | ||
| Post# 129505 , Reply# 22 3/28/2011 at 18:51 (4,771 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 129506 , Reply# 23 3/28/2011 at 18:52 (4,771 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 130272 , Reply# 24 4/2/2011 at 08:40 (4,766 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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