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Post# 354909   6/29/2016 at 13:40 (2,829 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )        

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Remember these? My aunt had one a few years ago and it started not working a few months after. Ive seen reviews and most were really bad. What about you guys. Ever had any trouble with these? Any of you guys have an idea on how they couldve changed the flawed filter that kept clogging up on most?

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Post# 354911 , Reply# 1   6/29/2016 at 14:16 (2,829 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
I have one in green and white

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A very STRONG and loud vac, it is a monster of a cleaner. Mine still works perfectly, though.
John


Post# 354914 , Reply# 2   6/29/2016 at 14:24 (2,829 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )        
Hey John

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That is great to hear! I know for a fact that it had great suction, but im happy and surprised to hear there were no problems with yours. Did you ever have to repair anything on it?

Post# 354922 , Reply# 3   6/29/2016 at 16:54 (2,829 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Nope

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Nothing.


Post# 354952 , Reply# 4   6/29/2016 at 20:16 (2,828 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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Actually, the green and white bagged version did quite well in Consumer Reports testing when they were on the market (early 2000's I think). Excellent deep carpet cleaning if I remember correctly. I think this has the preferred two motor system that can electrically shut off the brushroll for cleaning bare floors and above-the-floor.

Post# 355004 , Reply# 5   6/30/2016 at 10:17 (2,828 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)        

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No, these are single motor machines, they have use the same V belt and tensioner as a power drive WindTunnel, same brush roll too. The weakest point in these are the screw posts that hold the bottom plate on, they break off SO easily! The filter rotating thing on the bagless models were a disaster too. Its a great machine for a collection, as they will be rare very soon, and in the hands of a collector they will last well enough. but in my opinion they don;t clean any better than a standard or power drive WindTunnel, and they are much more fragile and significantly harder to work on. I worked on one here at work and promptly told my boss that was the first and last one of those I'll be taking apart. It was not fun replacing the motor that rotates the filter.


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