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Thread Number: 37154
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
There’s a “Thunder” Storm in my Collection! |
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| Post# 396873 8/17/2018 at 11:57 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
So remember the post I made yesterday about the Fantom Thunder I saw at the Salvation Army and mentioned that there’s no suction? Well I went back there this morning and checked the clean out port and sure enough it was clogged! So I asked a worker to lower the price and got it for $16! So I brought it home and use one of my jet flos to vacuum up all the crud out and it now has great suction! Plus it needed one new spare lightbulb that came with my Fury and a belt of course. This works like a charm and all it needs is a dusting brush, floor tool with holder and a good clean up!
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| Post# 396874 , Reply# 1 8/17/2018 at 11:59 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 396875 , Reply# 2 8/17/2018 at 11:59 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 396876 , Reply# 3 8/17/2018 at 12:02 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 396877 , Reply# 4 8/17/2018 at 12:06 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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This was can be removed or connected to the handle. Why? And is this rare?
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| Post# 396878 , Reply# 5 8/17/2018 at 12:07 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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On/off switch and hose button.
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| Post# 396879 , Reply# 6 8/17/2018 at 12:08 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Here’s all the dirt that clogged up the vacuum. Now you see it.
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| Post# 396880 , Reply# 7 8/17/2018 at 12:09 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Now you don’t!
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| Post# 396881 , Reply# 8 8/17/2018 at 12:11 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Thunder in action. Works so amazing! What do y’all prefer the mysterious handle part on the handle wand or the handle wand itself?
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| Post# 396882 , Reply# 9 8/17/2018 at 12:13 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Picks up a great amount of dirt!
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| Post# 396883 , Reply# 10 8/17/2018 at 12:14 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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What year was my Thunder made in?
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| Post# 396885 , Reply# 11 8/17/2018 at 13:44 (2,071 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 396886 , Reply# 12 8/17/2018 at 14:01 (2,071 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 396913 , Reply# 13 8/18/2018 at 14:04 (2,070 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 396923 , Reply# 14 8/18/2018 at 16:19 (2,070 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 396947 , Reply# 15 8/19/2018 at 03:51 (2,070 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 396950 , Reply# 16 8/19/2018 at 10:30 (2,070 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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| Post# 396952 , Reply# 17 8/19/2018 at 10:36 (2,070 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 396959 , Reply# 18 8/19/2018 at 12:23 (2,069 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
I love Fantoms. The Thunder is better than their Fury, IMO.
I’ve never seen nor heard of that handle extension, but it looks to be just that. The original Thunder handle wasn’t exactly at the most comfortable angle, so I’ll bet that was an option they offered to people if they found the vacuum uncomfortable. I wouldn’t mind finding one of those attachments for my Thunder simply so I could preserve the original handle grip. | ||
| Post# 396979 , Reply# 19 8/19/2018 at 18:31 (2,069 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Broomvac, would you like to have the handle part? I don’t mind using the Thunder with the handle wand while vacuuming.
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| Post# 397054 , Reply# 20 8/21/2018 at 02:08 (2,068 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 397093 , Reply# 21 8/21/2018 at 22:36 (2,067 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
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| Post# 397110 , Reply# 23 8/22/2018 at 11:03 (2,066 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY) | ||
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Liquid car wax will shine these up like new | ||
| Post# 397275 , Reply# 24 8/25/2018 at 13:38 (2,063 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Well I got some good news and sort of bad news, the good news is that the floor tool I got for the Thunder is exactly what I needed, but the bad news is the dusting brush that I thought would be for a Fantom vacuum turned out to be for a Dirt Devil or another vacuum. So yea......
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| Post# 397277 , Reply# 25 8/25/2018 at 13:39 (2,063 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Here’s a pic of the dusting brush from the eBay seller that I brought from.
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| Post# 397281 , Reply# 26 8/25/2018 at 15:04 (2,063 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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I would message the seller and let them know that what you received didn't match the picture. You may get lucky and they'll just send the correct one to you. Oh, and glad to hear you got the floor nozzle, maybe you can get the dusting brush too. It does look like Fantom used a nice soft dusting brush compared to most of tools on board machines, especially newer ones.
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| Post# 397283 , Reply# 27 8/25/2018 at 16:02 (2,063 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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