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Thread Number: 40514
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
My new Panasonic MC-V5248 |
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| Post# 430346 8/20/2020 at 13:18 (1,344 days old) by Johnsmith96 (East Coast) | ||
Hey there guys,
I was on Craigslist looking for apartments and decided to check the vacuums in the area. I found a near mint condition Panasonic triforce performance plus platinum. It's a beautiful silver metallic. The bulb is occasionally flashing/flickering and I tried to remedy it. I'm going to my auto parts store to try and find one as soon as I'm done writing this. It purrs like the day it came off the assembly line. I bought it from an older lady who had a yard sale going and told me that if I didn't pick it up today it was going into the yard sale tomorrow. I drove an hour to get it (which isn't a big deal since I'm used to traveling just for groceries). She met me outside with curlers in her hair and said "come on in, we are going to vacuum my dining room" lol! So I went in and she told me how it was left here by the previous man who owned the house. Bought it at a local vacuum shop, and must have owned a dog because the bags he left with it had a puppy on the front (hahaha!). I have never used one of these triforce Panasonic's but I loved it. I paid 25$ for it with 3 cloth bags (always used in it) and a new belt. She was a hoot to talk to. Could someone please date this for me because I can't find the sticker on it anywhere!
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| Post# 430354 , Reply# 1 8/20/2020 at 16:19 (1,344 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 430355 , Reply# 2 8/20/2020 at 16:39 (1,344 days old) by Johnsmith96 (East Coast) | ||
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| Post# 430358 , Reply# 4 8/20/2020 at 17:24 (1,344 days old) by Johnsmith96 (East Coast) | ||
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| Post# 430364 , Reply# 5 8/20/2020 at 21:00 (1,343 days old) by Hooverman99 (Pennsylvania ) | ||
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| Post# 430385 , Reply# 6 8/21/2020 at 17:43 (1,342 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
The very first Platinums came in a petrol green color before the metallic grey ones.
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| Post# 430390 , Reply# 7 8/21/2020 at 19:48 (1,342 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska) | ||
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Very sharp looking machine. Panasonic always made such good vacuums. I have an older Jet-Flo similar to the one in reply 3, it’s one of my favorites! | ||
| Post# 430392 , Reply# 8 8/21/2020 at 19:58 (1,342 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 430396 , Reply# 9 8/21/2020 at 20:42 (1,342 days old) by bagintheback  (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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Amazing Machine 
Those are one of the rare clean-air machines where both the suction and airflow are fantasic. A metal baseplate and quiet motor. The brushroll really vibrates the carpet. I owned one of those before I had to downsize. If most or all of your house is carpet, that's about as good as an upright you can find. The only machines I've had that clean carpets better are probably Kirbys and Hoover Concepts. Congrats!
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Post# 430397 , Reply# 10 8/21/2020 at 20:45 (1,342 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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| Post# 430403 , Reply# 11 8/22/2020 at 06:28 (1,342 days old) by Johnsmith96 (East Coast) | ||
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Wow, thanks everyone!
I wish our house had more carpeting! Oddly this doesn't groom as good on this carpet in my living room. It's definitely cleaning though, our carpet is just odd. This vacuum sounds fantastic, and the airflow and suction are very very very strong as noted by bagintheblack. I should get a tool kit for it so the tool cleaning is easier. The crevice tool is super nice since it's long and skinny. I wish they put real upholstery tools on these machines. | ||
| Post# 430420 , Reply# 12 8/22/2020 at 14:42 (1,342 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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bagintheback
You are correct, that model or basically any Panasonic with the Platinum name was only sold through authorized Panasonic dealers. I still remember when I was little, I went to our old local vacuum store and they had these exact same Platinum models that I had the opportunity to try out along with the black Performance Plus version as well because they had them sold in two different colors at the time. In my opinion, I think these were the best clean air or bypass uprights that you could've ever gotten for the money. My personal favorite one from the Platinum line would be this MC-V7348 from my earlier post. Such a great performer, fun to use, love the sound of if whenever it is in use, and that petrol green is my most favorite color ever on a vacuum.
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| Post# 430421 , Reply# 13 8/22/2020 at 15:03 (1,342 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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Apologies
It was the grey MC-V5248 that I tried out along with the black version of it. It sounded like I was referring to the green ones but they were the grey ones that I saw from the vacuum store. And speaking of which, this one that I own was definitely one of the models that I also remember seeing from our same dealer but had not tried it out before at the time.
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| Post# 430516 , Reply# 14 8/23/2020 at 22:45 (1,340 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 446769 , Reply# 15 10/2/2021 at 20:37 (935 days old) by Zinda (Peoria) | ||
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I picked up a gray and a blue one this week both are nearly mint! | ||
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