Venson

Thanks again DC18.  The links were great.  My only problem with the You Tube clip is that the guy's house was too darn clean to tell how well it performed.

I notice that the Slalom has no front wheels or rollers of enough size to give it significan support meaning the front end of the cleaner has to "float".   Is it possible that carpeting with deep pile might be a challenge for it?  I don't know what carpeting preferences are like in the UK or Europe.

Best,

Venson

Best of luck DC18.

Venson

Hi guys,

This may be equally edifying.  Please use the following link -- http://service.hoover.co.uk/fault-finder/FaultFinder.aspx?Section=43

I could not find a URL to download a user's manual for the Xarion but did find a page that links to aids for maintaining and trouble shooting this canister. 

This next link leads to a downloadable PDF of the Slalom's user guide.  http://service.hoover.co.uk/manuals/pdfs/SL8127-PETS.pdf

I will say up front that the Slalom does not provide a carpet height adjustment.  Instead it features a suction relief valve underneath the base of the cleaner which is claimed to be set at low at the factory.  Users may use a coiin to turn the valve from low to medium or high to suit their needs.  This is the manner in which you would make pushing the machine easier.

To facilitate fairness and an even playing field in regard to what's wonderful and what's not, I also include a link to Dyson's user page for the DC25. http://www.dyson.com/support/help.asp?article=1169&product=DC25-ALLFLOORS

Best,

Venson

Hi Vernon,

If your "Perfect Lux's" power nozzle has the same old cogged belt as of old, none were ever quiet enough to make an impression.  In general, there hasn't been a relatively quite Lux since the model G and no other Luxes has ever had as a PN at least as quiet a couple of other significant brands.  What you describe has the earmarks of a power nozzle with a smooth belt.

Exactly how did you adjust the belt on your cleaner?

Best,

Venson

Hiyardsell,

I'm sure you must live in a very blessed part of the country and am glad for you.  Please give me the name of your town so I may move there too.    However, in my neck of the woods, New York City proper (and please don't take that as bragging) the comparison for the cost of a plain old whole "fresh" chicken that I could buy from my local supermarket rates as exhorbitant.  The exact same price will not cover that of a couple of the old colonel's fried chicken breasts that would seem to price as though prepared as  haute cuisine.  Not even talking today but  several years back, I could probably have bought a whole chicken plus the farm it was growm on for far less money  than a few pieces of franchise-fried chicken even then.

If I recall correctly you made mention that you could get baking soda for fifty cents.  I just paid $1.29 for one box today.  To me it only goes to prove that whatever they wrote about all men being equal in The Constitution doesn't apply once you start shopping.

As well and as I stated, my comment was not to uplift Oreck but simply to say that the "Trust Dad," campaign seems to have worked well and people often to buy into it.  We have lived our lives here trusting Betty Crocker and the guy who made Dad's Rootbeer  -- and Arthur Godfrey too.

I know.  You're too young to remember.

Venson