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Thread Number: 43162
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Royal 501 vs Dirt Devil 500 |
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| Post# 451273 4/3/2022 at 01:11 (753 days old) by StephanB9 (airwayheights) | ||
Hey guys I am looking at purchasing a hand vac to use on upholstery in my car and on furniture and was wondering which I should get and how much is a good price to pick one up for. I like the look of the old Royal 501s and have seen some performance videos against other hand vacs and was quite impressed however I dont know much about the Dirt Devil 500 the first time I actually saw one in person was a couple days ago when I took my 993 into my local vac shop to be serviced it was a really nice looking black plastic model with the black and yellow royal/dirt devil bag. Any info is greatly appreciated. (pics for reference the royal pic is from here)
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| Post# 451276 , Reply# 1 4/3/2022 at 02:40 (753 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Royal vs. Dirt Devil
Performance-wise, I believe one would be the same as the other, as they were both built by Royal, both have the same brush roll, and if I'm not mistaken, both have the same motor. However, the Royal 501 would be much more durable than the Dirt Devil, having been made of metal instead of plastic. Either one would do a fine job on the upholstery in your car.
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| Post# 451278 , Reply# 2 4/3/2022 at 03:36 (753 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Both are excellent handvacs. But between the two, my pick would be the Dirt Devil. Why? The Dirt Devil is more modern, you'd have better luck of finding parts for it. Also, The Dirt Devil has a much better bag set up. And the Royal is known for clogging if vacuuming up a large mess of debris. That's my two cents.
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| Post# 451281 , Reply# 3 4/3/2022 at 10:42 (753 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Dirt devil | ||
| Post# 451289 , Reply# 5 4/3/2022 at 12:59 (753 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I passed up a Dirt Devil 500 at a thrift shop a few weeks ago since I already had three Royal Prince 501's. It was in its original box and they wanted $25 for it, which I thought was too much, considering I'd bought my third 501 from the same shop a few months earlier and had only paid $20. I've seen 103's on thrift shop shelves for less than $10 and would consider buying one of those as a brush roll donor.
All that said, you can't really go wrong with either one of them but for me, I have to agree with Jeff's assessment that metal wins every time. | ||
| Post# 451298 , Reply# 6 4/3/2022 at 17:48 (752 days old) by StephanB9 (airwayheights) | ||
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Post# 451304 , Reply# 7 4/3/2022 at 23:24 (752 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I have a set of NIB | ||
| Post# 451308 , Reply# 8 4/4/2022 at 00:49 (752 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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| Post# 451679 , Reply# 9 4/16/2022 at 00:44 (740 days old) by StephanB9 (airwayheights) | ||
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Just wanted to update you guys on what I ended up getting. I found a new in box model 5000
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