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Thread Number: 32804
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Picking up a nice Royal |
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| Post# 359163 9/12/2016 at 08:02 (2,781 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
I responded to a Craigslist ad the other day for this very nice Royal. At $45 I couldn't pass it up. I've been looking for a Royal from the early 2000s with the extra soft outer bag for quite some time now, so I was very excited when I saw this!
It's a 7.5 amp -- model 2025 from 2000. It hasn't seen too much use, the metal is still shiny and there are no scrapes in it surprisingly. It came with 5 new bags, the manual, and the belt lifter. I'm excited to finally have a Royal that doesn't use f&g bags! It's a little louder than I expected...My newest Royal is a 1989 Classic with a 6 amp motor I believe, there is definitely a difference in sound! This is going to see a lot of use in my house and the Avalir will be retired for a while!
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| Post# 359164 , Reply# 1 9/12/2016 at 08:04 (2,781 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 359271 , Reply# 2 9/13/2016 at 21:42 (2,780 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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| Post# 359362 , Reply# 3 9/15/2016 at 16:20 (2,778 days old) by upright886 (Wauwatosa Wisconsin) | ||
Royal Find Week
I found a very nice 6A 886 this week on the list.
www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-... It came with original bags and a lifting tool. Very nice find you made too. Matt | ||
| Post# 359418 , Reply# 4 9/16/2016 at 13:34 (2,777 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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I like them about as equally compared to Kirby. I feel like I can grab a Royal and vacuum quickly and still know the floors got a good cleaning, although I much prefer Kirby for the attachment use.
Upright886- Your Royal looked very nice! I've always liked that model because it has the 880 colors but the newer style logo, it's a cool combo. I finally got around to cleaning mine up today. There's a few blemishes here and there but it's in great shape. I went and got a new belt and headlight for it today. I think the headlight socket might be bad though. It's lighting up but no actual light is being produced (if that makes sense). In any event, I'll live. I took the sticker off, but this was purchased in 2000 at the Vacuum Cleaner Center in Michigan City, which is where most of the Royals lurking around Valpo came from. Next step: HEPA bags and a deluxe attachment kit! | ||
| Post# 359422 , Reply# 5 9/16/2016 at 14:25 (2,777 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
 Hi matt,
Your 886 cleaned up really nice. I used to have one that I bought new in 1987. I sold it in 2009 because I got tired of changing those darned F&G bags. I bought a couple of Kirby's after that, but I realized I missed my 886.
In 2014 I found a great deal on an almost new/unused Royal Everlast 8300 for $100. It has a 10 amp motor and is sort of loud, but I love the sound of all that power. My favorite thing about it is that it uses B style bags. It has so much suction that I can't use it on throw rugs because it sucks them right off the floor and won't let go unless I turn it off. But for deep cleaning my wall to wall carpets, Not even my Kirby Sentria can match it. | ||
| Post# 359423 , Reply# 6 9/16/2016 at 14:42 (2,777 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 359621 , Reply# 8 9/20/2016 at 04:05 (2,773 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
Use Hoover Type A bags...
I found a Royal model 4000 at the local thrift store several months ago. I feel it's doing a better job deep cleaning my carpets then my GSix Kirby. However, I have come to prefer synthetic HEPA bags in my Kirbys, Electroluxes, Sanitaire/Eurekas(st type bags) and the little Simplicity Freedom. I looked around and found that I can use the Hoover Type A synthetic bags. They fit just fine and seem to be about as long as the Royal Type B bags. I hope you give them a try and see if you like them.
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Post# 359624 , Reply# 9 9/20/2016 at 06:41 (2,773 days old) by KirbyCollector  (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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| Post# 359640 , Reply# 10 9/20/2016 at 13:05 (2,773 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
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What is the cost difference... | ||
| Post# 359657 , Reply# 11 9/20/2016 at 16:58 (2,773 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York) | ||
Very nice Royal! | ||
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