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Thread Number: 40456
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
1994 Panasonic MC-5501 Ultra Pro |
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| Post# 429559 8/5/2020 at 18:48 (1,358 days old) by Hooverman99 (Pennsylvania ) | ||
I recently picked this up at a goodwill for 7 dollars that I cleaned up. Its an interesting model of panasonic since I've never seen a Ultra Pro in this color scheme before, you usually seen them in black and yellow and what strange is that it has a reusable bag that ive never seen in any panasonic in my life but it could be aftermarket tho but its interesting.
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| Post# 429567 , Reply# 2 8/5/2020 at 23:09 (1,358 days old) by Hooverman99 (Pennsylvania ) | ||
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Its does have a heavy duty three prong cord and it does hose port on the back. There's something I forgot to mention that this came without a bottom cord hook and it looks like it didn't came with one when it was brand new since there no place for it. Its still a downside to it and I wish it came with one.
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| Post# 429579 , Reply# 3 8/6/2020 at 13:04 (1,357 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 429580 , Reply# 4 8/6/2020 at 14:26 (1,357 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 429585 , Reply# 5 8/6/2020 at 18:29 (1,357 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska) | ||
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My versamatic has two cord hooks to wrap it but also had a place to loop up under the handle. Much easier and faster to use it that way.
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| Post# 429590 , Reply# 6 8/6/2020 at 20:42 (1,357 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Also the reason why it only has 1 cord hook is because for whatever reason (I don't know how it started) in the commercial industry you learn to wrap the cord in a figure 8 loop and then it stays bundled up that way.
I never learned how to bundle a cord like that, and I hate it because the cord gets knotted up and it makes it have a messed-up memory in the cord and if you put it flat on the floor, it will want to curl up and wad up and get tangled everywhere. I just loop cords in a simple hoop like rolling up a garden hose.
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Post# 429982 , Reply# 7 8/13/2020 at 22:36 (1,350 days old) by Durango159  (State College, PA) |
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That's an older Panasonic. It looks kinda similar to the Jet-Flo uprights. They were good vacs.
The black and yellow Ultra-Pro models came a little later. Many commercial uprights are a single top cord hook. It's annoying for homeowners but convenient for a hotel Housekeeper, commercial building janitor or other. They don't want to stand there winding, they just want to quickly wrap it on their arms and toss it somewhere. | ||
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Post# 450008 , Reply# 8 2/10/2022 at 17:17 (804 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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hooverman99
My 1987 Royal 662 Heavy Duty Commercial upright has a thick 50-foot long cord, but obviously because of its length, the stationary top cord hook does it no favors when it comes to unwinding it and one of these days I am going to convert this to the top handle with the quick-release swiveling cord hook for extra convenience.
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| Post# 450220 , Reply# 9 2/21/2022 at 00:23 (793 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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Post# 450222 , Reply# 10 2/21/2022 at 06:46 (793 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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One should NEVER wrap a cord in a figure 8 fashion-it is hard on the wires and plugs.Plus where it goes into the vacuum.A LOOSELY wound cord on the hooks is better for your cords.NSS and Sanitaire,and Kirby do not recommend figure 8 winds. | ||
| Post# 450234 , Reply# 11 2/21/2022 at 17:11 (793 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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