On 8/16/2019 6:03 PM, dsi1 wrote:

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> My daddy used to sell vacuum cleaners. He sold Filter Queens which sold for a lot of dough. We always had a Filter Queen in our house. I would take off the top cap and attach the hose to the outlet to get a high velocity stream of air. Holy smokes, that's a lot of fun for a kid. I would float balls in the air stream or use it to stoke a charcoal fire. You could have a full fire in a couple of minutes. Amazing!
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> My son's family is living at his in-law's home and I was surprised that they had a Filter Queen. It's the same design as the one we had in the 60's. When we had one, I thought it was way too expensive for a vacuum. Ha ha, the new ones cost 4 grand!
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Wow, I never heard of the brand, only the overpriced Rainboq. Not that
I'm interested in one at $3398. I'm sure it is good, but you can get
clean and HEPA filtered for a lot less.

On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 1:26:15 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/16/2019 6:03 PM, dsi1 wrote:
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> > My daddy used to sell vacuum cleaners. He sold Filter Queens which sold for a lot of dough. We always had a Filter Queen in our house. I would take off the top cap and attach the hose to the outlet to get a high velocity stream of air. Holy smokes, that's a lot of fun for a kid. I would float balls in the air stream or use it to stoke a charcoal fire. You could have a full fire in a couple of minutes. Amazing!
> >
> > My son's family is living at his in-law's home and I was surprised that they had a Filter Queen. It's the same design as the one we had in the 60's. When we had one, I thought it was way too expensive for a vacuum. Ha ha, the new ones cost 4 grand!
> >
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> Wow, I never heard of the brand, only the overpriced Rainboq. Not that
> I'm interested in one at $3398. I'm sure it is good, but you can get
> clean and HEPA filtered for a lot less.


Most people are not interested in a vacuum at that price point. These machines are presented to people in a carefully controlled/structured setting. It must be one hell of a presentation!

The Filter Queen has a radical design, featuring a big heavy-duty motor and a large filter surface area which results in being able to move a large amount of air. It's built very well although emptying one of these babies is a nasty, dirty, business. Don't believe the videos!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvvb7Ec1lsg