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Post# 428332   7/9/2020 at 07:16 (1,386 days old) by Countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)        

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My bf has this Fantom..... Any idea when it was produced?

Thanks
Gary



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Post# 428377 , Reply# 1   7/9/2020 at 17:58 (1,386 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
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End of the run of Fantom. 2000-2001.
Les

Post# 428379 , Reply# 2   7/9/2020 at 18:15 (1,386 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA)        

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Lesinutah, it is a bit newer than that. This is one of the Euro-Pro Fantoms, not one of the originals.

Countryguy, a photo of the ratings plate might make it easier to date the machine.

Post# 428380 , Reply# 3   7/9/2020 at 18:16 (1,386 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA)        

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That model was sold at least in 2004, newspaperarchive.com/cedar-rapid...

Post# 428510 , Reply# 4   7/12/2020 at 06:46 (1,383 days old) by vacman101 ()        
I know these like the back of my hand!

 These were some of the first Fantoms made under Euro-Pro ownership. These machines along with the Sanyo built Twister were introduced around 2002 and were initially sold via HSN. They were only sold for a couple years before being replaced by the not as good, but still decent Falcon machines. Then around 2003 or 2004 Shark/Fantom reached an agreement with K-Mart to be the exclusive sellers of these machines until around 2006 when they were sold at Target and Euro-Pro launched their own online store, the Target agreement didn't last long as after 2007 they reverted back to being K-Mart only, then in 2009(?) the deal expired and they started being sold in stores like Wal-Mart and Lowes.

Post# 428543 , Reply# 5   7/12/2020 at 21:45 (1,383 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
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I seen a sanyo canister exactly like this on eBay recently. There is two euro sharks very similar to these.
I mentioned the year Fantom flopped.
I would dare say look for a sanyo, shark or another rebrand and it would be the same power nozzle. You may have a hard time finding one.
Les


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