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Sterilaire Professional ST-450 Vacuum |
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Post# 272112   3/16/2014 at 14:41 (3,664 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Never saw one of these before and it does not show up in the archives. This one is on Ebay used for $600 plus shipping. $1700 msrp (see link) CLICK HERE TO GO TO stricklybojack's LINK This post was last edited 03/16/2014 at 17:16 |
Post# 272125 , Reply# 1   3/16/2014 at 14:51 (3,664 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 272133 , Reply# 2   3/16/2014 at 14:55 (3,664 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Looks like a Neumatic Henry...
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Post# 272135 , Reply# 3   3/16/2014 at 14:59 (3,664 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 272154 , Reply# 4   3/16/2014 at 17:07 (3,664 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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They have been around since the 30's and offer a full line of vacs. This model (at link below) looks to be a Tacony product. CLICK HERE TO GO TO stricklybojack's LINK This post was last edited 03/16/2014 at 19:58 |
Post# 272157 , Reply# 5   3/16/2014 at 17:27 (3,664 days old) by Loganvac (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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Post# 272164 , Reply# 7   3/16/2014 at 19:25 (3,664 days old) by piano_god (British Columbia, Canada)   |   | |
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The machine in the picture is a rebadged Centaur SL-3 canister equipped with a Plastiflex direct connect hose setup along with a Wessel Werk EBK 340. As Eric mentioned, the other "Sterilaire" machines appear to be rebadged Numatic machines.
As for Centaur, they're a commercial vacuum and floor equipment manufacturer in Markham, Ontario. CLICK HERE TO GO TO piano_god's LINK |
Post# 272180 , Reply# 8   3/16/2014 at 20:12 (3,664 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Alrighty then, how do they perform? Their website says they have the biggest Hepa filters out there. To bad the Canadian dollar took off otherwise these could sell here in the States for far less.
Great vacs live on in the Commercial space no doubt. Smart move for this company to repupose them for home use. |
Post# 272202 , Reply# 9   3/16/2014 at 23:39 (3,664 days old) by piano_god (British Columbia, Canada)   |   | |
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Centaur manufactures extremely rugged, heavy duty machines. It's difficult to find a commercial machine today that is better constructed than a Centaur. Now that I see it being sold as a residential machine, it should survive well under abusive conditions...
The only negative I see with the "SterilAire" is its listed price... An SL-3 configured with the Plastiflex setup and Wessel Werk EBK 340 should sell closer to $899, not $1695. Price aside, the SL-3 recently was upgraded from the Ametek Lamb 116311 to the 115923, so the most modern variant is more powerful. I personally own two Centaurs, an SL-2 (predecessor to the SL-3) and an SL-6. So I can vouch for their quality! |
Post# 272440 , Reply# 10   3/18/2014 at 18:48 (3,662 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware)   |   | |
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This looks like my kind of machine,simple design and powerfull two stage motor. |
Post# 272711 , Reply# 11   3/20/2014 at 16:44 (3,660 days old) by 2011hoover700 (owosso michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 272782 , Reply# 12   3/20/2014 at 22:16 (3,660 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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those are fantasic machines! How completly unexpected and cool looking. I'm telling you i am flabergasted these are not better known and loved among collectors. Being pretty rare if not completely unknown in the US market may have something to do with it of course. The Sterileaire variation may help but i'd rather have a colorful Centaur like yours.
I might start looking online for a used one near my where my friends live in British Columbia and have them send it to me...may take a while, but that's okay. Of course we may be able to work a trade out for one of my machines, what might you be looking for? So glad you posted, this is a real find for me. |
Post# 272788 , Reply# 13   3/20/2014 at 22:31 (3,660 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 442045 , Reply# 15   5/21/2021 at 06:45 (1,042 days old) by compuvac ( )   |   | |
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Again replying to a old thread.
The ST-300 and ST-350 are rebadged Numatic "castle top" style machines. The STC-400 appears to be a rebadged Kerstar Prima And as said before the ST-450 is a Canadian Centaur machine |
Post# 442057 , Reply# 16   5/21/2021 at 09:42 (1,042 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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