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Author Topic: Whats The Best Vacuum????? Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-30-2003 01:39 PM                     I'm going to buy a new vacuum for at home and was wondering what others out there might reccommend.......Salt Lake City is somewhat dusty and my ole bag type Hoover just never did hold the dust in too well. The Hepa filter vacuums are nice but the hepa filters are expensive. Everything is all plastic now too...Does anyone build em from metal any longer? Mark  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-30-2003 01:52 PM                     There is a local theater that bought some vacuums recently and they are amazing. I will try and remember to get the brand name and model for you when I am there next.  |  IP: Logged Ray Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Dayton, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 03-30-2003 02:14 PM                        I think Kirby still builds theirs's out of metal. They are heavy and built like a tank. Also very spendy. Kirby Website  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-30-2003 02:17 PM                        It has been a long time since I have had experience with their products, and they may not be the easiest to find, but Panasonic used to make an awesome line of commercial vaccuums. I once saw a demonstration where they were able to lift a bowling ball with one of them. I have a Eureka bagless with Hepa, and I also have a Cockatoo, which means lots of white dust. I'm not completely impressed with it. It seems to pick up the dirt OK, but it also seems to be "leaky" as there is always a lot of dust coating its internals.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-30-2003 03:02 PM                     I need a new vacuum, too. It has to be quiet. I hate loud vacuums. The one I try to buy for the Imax booths is a Windsor Versamatic, but I don't want to spend $600 for home.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-30-2003 03:04 PM                     The Hoover Wind Tunnel sees to be a good machine. If you want to get a Kirby, you can make one out of a CFS platter.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 03-30-2003 03:07 PM                        quote: from Paul: If you want to get a Kirby, you can make one out of a CFS platter. ... and it'll weigh just about as much! --- I bought the wife one of those "8 pound" Orecks last year. All of his hype aside, it is a pretty good machine, and MUCH lighter than a Kirby! It was packaged with a smaller handheld canister vacuum... which I immediately commandeered for the smaller areas of the booth! Service support seems to be pretty good on this machine, though I don't know how much of that might be tied to local personalities. Based on the experience, I bought their commercial-size model for the lobby & auditoriums.  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-30-2003 03:23 PM                        The newer Kirby's have more plastic than previous models that I've used. I still like my Castex Portapac. The one I use does not have HEPA filtration but that is available as an option. My ideal is a central vacuum system. Castex Portapac Consumer Reports evaluated canisters and uprights in 2003 February.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-30-2003 03:38 PM                        For the home you should treat yourself to the Oreck. You can try it free for 30 days and I think you will be presently surprised. Check it out. http://www.oreck.com  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-30-2003 03:57 PM                        I have a great hand-held vacuum cleaner in the form of a shark! It is called the "dust shark" and you can "feed" it different adapters!  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-30-2003 05:45 PM                     We hae had some problems with sweepers that take the dirt in through the fan into the bag. The Panasonic was one we considered. There is also one made by Sears that does not take the dirt through the fan. The help was sweeping everything from under the seats into the aisle and then expecting the vac to collect it. Hard candies and unpopped corn kernals were the death of two "Boss" machines befor we got the Panasonic. This machine is quiet enough to use in the lobby after intermission without disturbing the audience. The best overall machine was a Sears shop vac with 1.3 HP Motor and an extra long hose. That machine does not take the dirt into the blower blades and has lots of pulling power. They are noisy though.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 03-30-2003 05:49 PM                     I have a small Kirby Dual Sanitronic that was built in 1969. I found it on eBay for $30. After a thorough cleaning, and new bearings, it really sucks!!  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-30-2003 08:10 PM                        Bruce, I guess your 'puter is fixed?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-30-2003 11:32 PM                        HEPA filters kick ass.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Mehocic Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 804 From: New Castle, PA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-31-2003 02:10 PM                     What's a vacuum ?  |  IP: Logged

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