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Post# 144508 , Reply# 1   7/23/2011 at 20:41 (4,632 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Hoover and Royal are both owned by TTI of china as for the electrolux...couldn't tell ya, i know they changed the design www.aerusvacuums.com/freshera/...
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Post# 144515 , Reply# 2   7/23/2011 at 21:51 (4,632 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC)   |   | |
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You are correct about TTI. They cross over a number of models between Hoover and Royal. Some Dirt Devils are even turned into a Royal "commercial" line.
As for Aerus' former design on the signature- I talked to our only Aerus store, about 20 minutes from our store in Columbia and compared notes. It is(was) manufactured for Aerus by TTI. Many times, a large company will do this for another company if the money is right. Even back in the day in terms of the "Starks" Royal upright and canister vacuums- it was manufactured by Royal for Starks. According to my TTI rep, I think the minimum order on Metal Royals to have them branded with "your company name here" is around 5,000. What happened with Aerus, is they had an emergency need for a lightweight upright- so while they were developing their own product, they had the Lux Lite, by TTI, to hold them over for the interim while they did product development for the "Fresh Era" As a side note, the wholesale costs of the three vacuum cleaners were exceptionally different. The Hoover Signature is the least priced, the Royal 6400 is about $35 more than the Hoover Signature, and from what I am told, the Lux Lite ran a whopping $125 more than the Hoover Signature when a franchisee purchased those units. Just goes to show that appropriate retail cost is only as high as the name and salesman selling the machine. |
Post# 144546 , Reply# 4   7/24/2011 at 06:05 (4,631 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC)   |   | |
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Post# 144549 , Reply# 6   7/24/2011 at 07:17 (4,631 days old) by Trebor ()   |   | |
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VAX for sale along with Royal/Dirt Devil and Hoover North America? |
Post# 144553 , Reply# 7   7/24/2011 at 08:14 (4,631 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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Well, Vax is a subsidiary of TTI, so I'd guess so... |
Post# 144566 , Reply# 8   7/24/2011 at 10:46 (4,631 days old) by massagemiracle ()   |   | |
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I this the model you speak of? |
Post# 144581 , Reply# 9   7/24/2011 at 15:30 (4,631 days old) by JDrums0789 ()   |   | |
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Yep, thats the Hoover version. |
Post# 144749 , Reply# 10   7/25/2011 at 22:42 (4,630 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 144750 , Reply# 11   7/25/2011 at 22:43 (4,630 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 144876 , Reply# 12   7/26/2011 at 20:31 (4,629 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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I don't think its owned by TTI? Maybe I could be wrong? |
Post# 144882 , Reply# 13   7/26/2011 at 20:38 (4,629 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 144884 , Reply# 14   7/26/2011 at 20:45 (4,629 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Vax USA is owned by TTI but in the USA seems to have been contracted to sell 120-volt versions of the Siemens or Bosch 2-motor bagless uprights that are sold in Europe:
www.vaxusa.com/default.aspx... |
Post# 145966 , Reply# 15   8/5/2011 at 19:26 (4,619 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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I guess someone else owns Vax USA instead of TTI now. |
Post# 146249 , Reply# 16   8/7/2011 at 21:46 (4,617 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Craftsman & Ridgid have exact same designs on shop vacs Here's a pic of a Craftsman w/detachable blower |
Post# 146250 , Reply# 17   8/7/2011 at 21:47 (4,617 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Pic of cleaner. Exactly like a Craftsman. I own both vacs. |
Post# 146286 , Reply# 18   8/8/2011 at 09:20 (4,616 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC)   |   | |
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Ryobi, Milwaukee, AEG, Homelite, Hoover, Royal (Dirt Devil), Vax
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