Thread Number: 39941
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Trash find yesterday |
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Post# 424000 , Reply# 1   4/22/2020 at 21:20 (1,463 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Nice. I found my Shark Rocket in the trash. Mine was in immaculate condition, missing the attachments, and someone had snipped off the cord. I can't fathom why they tossed it. It was not even clogged or anything. There's a lot of people around here that absolutely LOATHE Sharks, and I guarantee one of them is gonna tell you to throw it right back in the garbage.
I, however, like my Shark. It's simple, pleasant to use, and designed well. Works pretty good too. And I definitely respect them a lot more after my machine took a 5 foot fall onto concrete and survived unscathed. It's definitely not 'plastic crap.' I've seen plastic crap, I have plastic crap, this ain't it. I'm trying to figure out the duct tape on the hose there. That's a swivel joint. Maybe they broke it? |
Post# 424012 , Reply# 2   4/22/2020 at 22:30 (1,463 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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What a great find! This was a $180 vacuum, one of Shark's high end models. I love the orange color on it.
Vacuum parts are expensive for two reasons 1) too many selfish people just throw them out instead of selling parts, and for the case of Shark brings point number 2) vacuum companies do not manufacture parts for their vacuums. This creates a bottleneck where there's more demand than supply of what parts are around. You can get the parts, it just takes time. I've been waiting 3 years to try and find a rubber plug for my Hoover Z700. I have tape over the hole for now but that gets messy. You just have to take what you can get, ask the sellers to see if they will take any lower on the part. Maybe try your local vacuum shops - they might have the parts on hand. I have a Hoover Windtunnel 2 vacuum that just needed a bin latch. I had to pay $35 for an entirely new bin and swap the bin out just to fix that problem. It was a brand new vacuum that someone vandalized for that part then returned it to the store saying it didn't work. I paid $18 for it on eBay from a store that resold return salvage. |
Post# 424093 , Reply# 4   4/23/2020 at 21:12 (1,462 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.)   |   | |
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They are fun to experiment with if you're a NuB. But yeah, some are just too shot, or poorly designed to be worth fixing. |
Post# 424110 , Reply# 5   4/23/2020 at 23:49 (1,462 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 424135 , Reply# 7   4/24/2020 at 13:29 (1,461 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA)   |   | |
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Post# 424140 , Reply# 9   4/24/2020 at 14:52 (1,461 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.)   |   | |
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See, there you go, you got parts out of it. That's the way to do it.
If you find another one next week that is good but is short those parts you'll be several steps ahead. Beside, you can use the parts with your current cleaner. |