Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I love my Filter Queen vacs so far; but want to know if the 360 style tools are good/bad or the old style tools are better?  Mine are the brown & salmon mdls (salmon one is suction-only; brown one has Mdl 88 Power Nozzle)

this is my mdl 31 Filterqueen

An update.  I saved the old smelly dyson DC07 from the dump.  Took more time and effort than most in the business are willing to take/charge for.  I used many of the techniques provided by vacmanuk, thank you very much.  And a few of my own from the old days.  Sorry SEVERUS no sand blasting.  While rice may be good to loosen dust on the inside of a hoses, caked on dirt with pet smell on hard plastic doesn't lend itself to sand blasting.  Deteriorates the plastic.  I didn't replace any of the DC07 parts.  Both filters were still new from recent replacement.  Brush roll was still good too.  As was the dirt by pass hose which however was a pet smell trap, like the u tube air way and dirt inlet tube.  Should be fine now however, at least for awhile longer.  I return it tomorrow.

Carmine D.

An update on the dog smelly DC07.  The owner used it today to vacuum her upstairs and down [where the dog resides] and reports no smell of dog odor at all.   None. 

Carmine D.