Thread Number: 42830
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Post# 448821   12/25/2021 at 16:54 (824 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Was scrolling randomly and found this. Looks interesting, is it worth anything? www.vermontcountrystore.c...
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Post# 448824 , Reply# 1   12/25/2021 at 21:09 (824 days old) by thatwasherguy (Kentucky )   |   | |
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Now that I think about it, I think I’ve seen that name on the blow-dryer units at the local pet salon. They looked a lot like the vacuum seen in the link you posted. I looked the name up on YouTube, and found their channel. The styling looks like an Electrolux model G crossed with a Hamilton beach model 26. Nice find! Thanks for sharing it with everyone!
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Post# 448842 , Reply# 2   12/26/2021 at 15:32 (823 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Metropolitan has made residential vacs and light duty industrial vacuums for a long time. They have a small handheld vacuum called the "Data Vac" they made in the 80s and 90s for cleaning out computers (also a blower-only tool made later using the same mold as the DataVac).
I wouldn't think that vacuum worth $400. It's from some holiday catalog shop so the price is massively inflated. Also that model is a low end model that doesn't even have a powernozzle. Like thatwasherguy said, they are mainly popular with their line of blower tools that they sell to pet supply retail and groomers for dog dryers. They also market it to auto detailers for car washing. Here's their history page: metrovac.com/pages/about-metrova... They are one of the few companies left that make their products in the USA.
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Post# 448845 , Reply# 3   12/26/2021 at 18:45 (823 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 448847 , Reply# 4   12/26/2021 at 18:51 (823 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Post# 450256 , Reply# 5   2/21/2022 at 19:35 (766 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 450270 , Reply# 6   2/22/2022 at 00:02 (766 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Paper bags are so OBSELETE today!With todays more powerful motors,paper bags burst,leak or the dirt gets sucked thru them into the cloth bag.Go to a Filtrete type bag,please! |
Post# 450294 , Reply# 7   2/22/2022 at 16:48 (765 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 450316 , Reply# 8   2/23/2022 at 09:02 (764 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Metropolitan has cloth hepa disposable bags for their machine. I have one of their machines from about 10 years ago and those bags were options then. I don't like how strong the exhaust blast is, but as a vacuum it's just like a Royal without swivel ball caster wheels.
Metropolitan started out in Suffern, New York, rebuilding Electrolux trade-ins. Many companies like Spiegel catalog, sold Metro Rebuilt Lux cleaners. I hated that they disabled the ejector in the model LX rebuilds, but they were supplying one ply paper bags with the machines. |
Post# 450327 , Reply# 9   2/23/2022 at 13:17 (764 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 450333 , Reply# 10   2/23/2022 at 17:24 (764 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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And I forgot to mention that the newer Metrovacs now have swivel casters in front of the canisters like the Royals. Honestly, I think it would be cool if TTI resurrects the Royal brand and they would have Metropolitan make the canisters under the Royal brand. I doubt it would ever happen but it would be cool to imagine that happening.
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Post# 450371 , Reply# 13   2/24/2022 at 18:45 (763 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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