National Vacuum Day

[panasonicvac]

Today is February 4th and it's National Create A Vacuum Day where it's technically talking about spaces void of matter. And you celebrate by creating your own vacuum as a science experiment. But you can also celebrate by just using a vacuum cleaner to clean your home and enjoy just how cool in my opinion the invention is. So just for fun I thought I'd post a thread just I did with dishwashers about what vacuum cleaner everyone has or if you have a vacuum collection like me, what's your favorite one?

As for me, my very favorite vacuum ever is the Panasonic Performance Plus MC-V7387. I love it because it's a cool looking and quality machine. It did a great job at our first cabin we've owned before. Sounded very pleasant. And my favorite part is the automatic cord rewinder it had which you'd normally see on canister vacuums but this was an upright. Central vacs are my personal favorite type of vacuum to use. I find them to be very powerful, easy to use, maneuverable, quiet, best for air quality, reliable, and adds value to the home. If I could own any central vac on the market today, it'd be an MD. We had a SilentMaster unit with the Stealth powernozzle at our last cabin and it was the best vacuum I've ever used.

 

[combo52]

National vacuum cleaner day

Hi Alex, what a great idea. I couldn't agree with you more though about the central vacuums since I put one in a 1984 in my primary house I've never had a vacuum cleaner in the house.

I put one in the mountain house about 1988 and again there are no portable vacuums in that house. No need for them at all.

We just picked up some cool central vacuums from a collector here in Maryland that passed away one of the neatest ones. We got some 1964 whirlpool built Kenmore vacuum that uses water for separation you plumb it in. You never have to empty it every time you shut it off all the dirt goes down the drain. I'll try to post a picture.

This past Sunday I found a dual motor vacuum flow unit at a Habitat for Humanity type thrift store we're gonna put it in the warehouse eventually because we're using two central vacuums in series now because it's such a large space.

John L

 

[combo52]

Central VA pictures

First the Kenmore 800 Central vacuum cleaning system with aqua separation built by whirlpool in 1964

Next to photos are the vacuum flow 960 dual motor unit that will probably use here at the warehouse eventually

 

[luxflairguy]

John! In the manuals and literature is the instruction booklet for the Kenmmore central vacuum. It gives a great rundown of how the system works and how to unclog it if needed. IT also talks about how to empyty it and then letting it refill to get suction. Kinda fun! Greg

 

[panasonicvac]

Very cool John! You might get a kick out of these videos from Owen Perkins who's a central vac dealer in Chicago. What kind of systems do you personally have in your homes?

I'd love to have a Aqua-Air or a DrainVac Automatik central vac if I could, not sure if that'd ever happen though because they're expensive and more work to put one in. My parents' house is eligible to have one since they have a sink right next to their unit in the garage so the water line and drain wouldn't be much of an issue if they were to change their Beam out which I highly doubt. In my humble opinion I think they're the best bagless if not the best vacuum cleaners hands down. Such a shame that the Kenmore didn't sell really well, would've been a whole different story today if they did and would've likely put Rexair Rainbow out of business.

That Vacuflo is a really nice unit, in my opinion the best bagless vacuum that isn't water filtered. I've used a VacuMaid S-3200 with the same motors as the Vacuflo, I think the Vacuflo was a better design but I wish that the bin was plastic like their other models. I really do like their 566Q and 760 models, either one would be my pick if I wanted a bagless central vac that isn't water filtered but I prefer bagged myself.

 

[combo52]

Our central vacuums

Hi Alex, in my home I have an 1984 Kenmore, it was there bigger one at the time it's worked without any problems all these years survived major renovations to the house. It was used when the shop was still at the house all the time for cleaning out dryers and everything else. When I originally put it in, I only needed three inlets to do the whole house but then we doubled the size of the house and I now have 10 inlets on that system with the hose in the garage I can vacuum the whole driveway if I like as well as cars and everything else, we also extended it out to the screen porch and can vacuum everything there. I'm thinking about extending it out to the workshop shed although I can take two hoses and hook them together and go out and vacuum the shed out I have no use for portable vacuums.

About 10 years ago, Jason put a bigger motor in it.

The house in the mountains has the basic whirlpool central vacuum, I bought it when whirlpool discontinued them around 1988 I got a deal on it from the distributor. It's never had a problem of course though it doesn't get many hours of use a year.

I prefer a bagless vacuum one of the things I loved about getting a central vacuum in addition to the cleaner, indoor air and no smell was never having to buy bags again and I've never bought bags since 1984 for a vacuum cleaner.

I can remember a couple times when I was younger that I wanted to clean the house and ran out of vacuum cleaner bags and I figured that was something I never wanted to do again lol

John L

 

[panasonicvac]

Very cool John, I love those 80's Kenmores! Thankfully there's a Galaxie GA-100 you can buy today that has the same cyclonic design as your Kenmore and Whirlpool. Panasonic at one point had a couple of central vacs just like the Kenmore and Whirlpool when they took over the vacuum business but didn't last on the market for very long.

I definitely agree one thing about cyclonic central vacs, no bags to ever purchase or replace. One of the reasons I prefer bagged is not just because they're cleaner to empty but also they help protect the motor. I had to have the motor replaced on my aunt's bagless Allegro that only lasted for a couple years since the motor wasn't designed to handle all that dust in the bearings. If a wet/dry model was out of the picture for me and if I still wanted a bagless system, I'd have a cyclonic separator hooked up to a bagged unit where about 4% would be sucked into the bag like this set up for example but it's much more pricier than just getting a Vacuflo which I may end up getting anyways someday. Vacuflo is probably the most reliable bagless brand on the market today.