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Post# 136800   5/17/2011 at 16:24 (4,698 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 136813 , Reply# 1   5/17/2011 at 18:26 (4,698 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)   |   | |
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Post# 136814 , Reply# 2   5/17/2011 at 18:33 (4,698 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 136815 , Reply# 3   5/17/2011 at 18:34 (4,698 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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This little Kenmore was made by Sanyo in Japan. Very quiet and powerful....Bagless with a large dust "cassette." The hose was electrified so you could turn the vac on or off from the hose handle. Some Sanyo versions of this model gave you a tool box to hold all the attachments including the hose! The main vac itself was designed to sit right on top of the tool box to save space in the closet.
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Post# 136823 , Reply# 4   5/17/2011 at 19:56 (4,698 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 136829 , Reply# 5   5/17/2011 at 20:07 (4,698 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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hey Chase...not sure....I never saw one without the electrified hose. Maybe this was a real budget version made for Sears. Take a look at the notch in the hose port and see if there is a pair of electric contact holes - that's where the electric plug embedded in the hose end would have connected to the electrical system.
On the other hand, if you have an on/off button right on the unit then this one never came with an electrified hose!!! :-) |
Post# 136859 , Reply# 6   5/18/2011 at 00:39 (4,698 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA)   |   | |
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Some time ago, I had a Sanyo Model 289H canister which looks about like this only different color, trim. It took the same cassette filter. It did not have an electric hose. Canister color beige; dark brown attachments. |
Post# 136874 , Reply# 7   5/18/2011 at 06:42 (4,698 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Thanks for that post Gary. I guess Sanyo made some canisters with the electrified hose and others without.
Over the years, Sanyo's canister vacs have been proven to be great performers. Even the bagged Hoover Duros (made by Sanyo) has excellent airflow through the hose according to Consumer Reports. In recent years, Sanyo has marketed a canister vacuum in Japan that actually redirects the exhaust air back into the hose and down the wands to create a blowing effect that is supposed to work with the suction to help remove dirt. Sanyo is now owned by Panasonic, believe it or not. Click the link below to see the latest line up of Sanyo canisters being sold in Japan: CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK |
Post# 137313 , Reply# 9   5/22/2011 at 19:12 (4,693 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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You know Gary, I distinctly remember that Consumer Reports rated the first Duros on the market as "unacceptable" because all the units they bought had faulty bag holders! The part must have been redesigned after Hoover got wind of the problem reported by CR, because the current models in the stores don't seem to have that problem, and they have received decent ratings by the magazine.
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Post# 137320 , Reply# 10   5/22/2011 at 20:37 (4,693 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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I have got one, and I feel that it is a very sturdy, durable machine. But the things that make me absolutely hate it: the hose length, lousy attachments, attachment storage, the bag holder is all screwed up, and causes lots of dust leakage into the bag compartment, and I think the power nozzle is the absolute worst that I have ever used. Other than that, I love it. The suction is strong, it has the variable speed control, direct connect wands, the wands are metal and very nice looking, the ability to use the headlight on the power nozzle without the brushroll being on, and the colors of the machine are very nice! I'm not to sure if all of this is relavant to this thread, but since it was being mentioned, I figured that I'd give my input.
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Post# 137343 , Reply# 12   5/22/2011 at 23:31 (4,693 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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The fact that they only stored the crevice tool onboard, and the "dusting brush" and upholstery tool are left to easily fall off the wand storage. If you are going to have attachments, it is wise, at least I'd think, to put them in the same place! Whenever I use it I always end up just taking the tools off, because they fall of so easily.
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