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Thread Number: 13946
Quite An Amazing Curb Find! |
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| Post# 147610 8/18/2011 at 01:30 (4,629 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
For me at least! Today I found this very nice BOL Hoover Tempo sitting all alone on the side of the road for the garbage men. Luckily I got to it first! There is literally nothing wrong with it. It even has a perfect belt. It is just missing the attachments, which I have somewhere. This one is different from the more common baby blue one. This is purple, and not a 'wide track'. I haven't seen this one before! It's a Windtunnel, so it's very powerful and really digs into the carpet. This will definitely be one of my daily drivers!
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Post# 147648 , Reply# 2 8/18/2011 at 09:38 (4,628 days old) by bagintheback  (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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| Post# 147665 , Reply# 3 8/18/2011 at 10:53 (4,628 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 147674 , Reply# 4 8/18/2011 at 12:27 (4,628 days old) by goadie12 () | ||
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Ya I notice that you can find some great vacuums on the curb it's amazing what people through out. Zach | ||
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Post# 147742 , Reply# 6 8/18/2011 at 21:13 (4,628 days old) by fanonthefloor (Augusta,Georgia) |
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Whats a Caddy vac anyways? A caddy vac was a hoover vacuum with a removable tool caddy on the side. Nice vac chase. | ||
| Post# 147743 , Reply# 7 8/18/2011 at 21:16 (4,628 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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Aren't the Caddy Vacs still made today? The Caddy Vac's head looks more like a Convertible than a Elite. | ||
| Post# 147744 , Reply# 8 8/18/2011 at 21:17 (4,628 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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Chase How old is that Tempo? | ||
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Post# 147748 , Reply# 9 8/18/2011 at 21:34 (4,628 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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The Caddyvac was made from the late 90s (not sure of the year, definitely 1997 or later) to 2005. It featured a removable tool caddy and a 7.2amp Elite motor, which changed to 12amps later in the run. This is a picture of my grandparents' TurboPower Caddyvac, with me vacuuming with it. The model in the picture was bought in Decmeber, 1999 at Frys Electronics. I think the one vacman117's picture is the original green model.
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| Post# 147764 , Reply# 10 8/18/2011 at 22:59 (4,628 days old) by jodan3399 (Brownsville, PA) | ||
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Great find! : ) Probably like the brand new Bissel (bagged model) I found. The husband walked out as I was loading it, told me his wife used it for maybe a week and bought a bagless instead. | ||
| Post# 147850 , Reply# 12 8/19/2011 at 17:05 (4,627 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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I think the WindTunnel MAX & Savvy (that have ONE brush roll) uses TRUE Wind Tunnel technology, unlike the T-Series & Platinum Generally, I prefer the ORIGINAL WTs (pre-TTI) better than the T-Series & MAX. | ||
| Post# 147851 , Reply# 13 8/19/2011 at 17:07 (4,627 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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Better than a WindTunnel... I prefer a Convertible or Dial-A-Matic! | ||
| Post# 147868 , Reply# 14 8/19/2011 at 17:54 (4,627 days old) by lux1521 () | ||
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As nice as that Tempo is, I can't help noticing the Eureka Victory Enviro-Vac in the background. I'd be tempted to start a thread on those. | ||
| Post# 147904 , Reply# 16 8/19/2011 at 19:50 (4,627 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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The Platinum does use Windtunnel Technology.
Floor-a-matic.... I mean this in the nicest way possible but I didn't ask what you would want over a Windtunnel. If you ask ME, a Windtunnel will out clean a DAM or Convertible any day... Brandon, the Eureka you had experience with must have had something wrong with it, because the Victorys are about as quiet as an upright gets. Unfortunately the Enviro Vac in that picture has bad bearings and is going in the trash. | ||
| Post# 147908 , Reply# 17 8/19/2011 at 19:57 (4,627 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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I DO like the WindTunnel for its performance; but for style I like the Dial-A-Matic. Both are my favorites; I use whichever I'm in the mood to use. And I also like the bagged WindTunnel MAX (which I own) too, just as much as my 1998-2000 WT canister & uprights. | ||
| Post# 147909 , Reply# 18 8/19/2011 at 19:59 (4,627 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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Eureka Enviro Vac maybe I'll take it? I'm getting CRAZY for later 1980s, 1990s & early 2000s vacs now, too. | ||
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