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Thread Number: 43101
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 450862 , Reply# 1 3/18/2022 at 20:06 (768 days old) by Tseg (World Traveller) | ||
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You likely made a good choice. Immense airflow with this vac, hopefully not too much on setting 6 if your carpet is real thick. As I’ve said before, this vac is a one trick pony, and that trick is to vacuum carpet. If that is all you’ll do with it it likely will be perfect. | ||
| Post# 450865 , Reply# 2 3/18/2022 at 20:41 (768 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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| Post# 450873 , Reply# 4 3/18/2022 at 21:18 (768 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Definitely a Good Choice...
You can't kill those machines. They're kind of like an AK-47 in that they're based on a dead simple design that's stood the test of time. They're both durable and super easy to repair for minimal down time.
Replacement parts are also plentiful and dirt cheap, especially in quantity. I needed to replace a cord hook on the first one I got, an SC686, and it was cheaper to buy three pairs than to buy just the one I needed. That turned out to be a good move because the next one I got, an S645, also needed a hook but it was not an issue as I already had several on hand. | ||
| Post# 450878 , Reply# 5 3/18/2022 at 22:59 (768 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
I think you made a good choice. Personally, they wouldn't be my first option to get. My first choice would be a Bissell BG101H for 50 cents more. Why? Because they use a metal motor whereas the Sanitaire, it uses a plastic motor. From my experience, the plastic motors do not last nearly as long compare to the metal motors. It was a shame that Sanitaire moved away from metal to plastic motors. Not to mention that the Bissell still sounds like an old school Eureka F&G vacuum.
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| Post# 450895 , Reply# 6 3/19/2022 at 12:13 (768 days old) by Jo (Dallas,TX) | ||
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I wonder if…. All of these are all made by one company and then sold to various companies…Eureka, Sanitaite, Bissell, etc. with some small changes in equipment but basically the same thing. Either that or everyone is copying the classic design if the patents have run out. Jon | ||
| Post# 450902 , Reply# 7 3/19/2022 at 16:27 (768 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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| Post# 451161 , Reply# 12 3/29/2022 at 14:16 (758 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Sanitaire Cords...
Chan55 wrote: I don’t think the plastic hooks would last long with all that weight
I reply: Yeah, that's likely why both of my Sanitaires, an SC686 (red commerical series) from the late '70s/early '80s and an S649 (blue professional) from 2012, came to me with broken cord hooks. Fortunately, you can buy them in bulk online for very little. The 50-foot cord on my SC686 is indeed a monster. Not only because of the length but because it's a three-lead cord, which would be a third heavier than a two-lead cord of the same length. It's essentially a heavy duty drop cord. My S649 came to me with not only a broken cord hook but a badly chewed up cord, which I ended up replacing. I upgraded it from a standard 30-foot cord to a 40-foot and replaced the original hooks with larger ones for the commercial model. The larger hooks were a bit of overkill but at least they match. | ||
Post# 451183 , Reply# 14 3/30/2022 at 12:29 (757 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I was visiting a very good, but very ill friend the other | ||
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