How many Sanitaire 887 guys do we got here?

[Mikey P]

Anyone who has spent 6 months with a 887 Dirt Cup knows that nothing will out "dry" clean a wall to wall or area rug.

With a tight belt, fresh brushes and a clean Dirt bag it can't be beat.

 

[Able 1]

Not yet, first thing I will buy in spring if I can wait that long. I figure I'll keep two vacs. in the van one for the nasty's and one for Mrs. P. Thing is when I pull out my powerforce and she has a Dyson feel kind of foolish.


Keith

 

[Larry B]

We keep 1 in a dental lab and after sucking plaster all night nobody wants to be the person to dump the cup and shake the bag.

 

[Mikey P]

 

[Jim Williams]

How's the filtration on those things? I almost bought one but went with the 5845 bagless instead. I like that big ole HEPA filter out there where Mrs. Pilf can see it.

 

[Mikey P]

Filtration is horrible, that why they out suck any other vacuum out there
It's a catch 22 when it comes to vacuums.

Wear a banana if you have to but the dust escaping the 887 will not exceed what is being left behind by the so called Hepa vacs.

Not even close.

 

[Chads]

This is the one I got but I prefer my Bissel better.

 

[rhyde]

all the Sanitaire vacuumes are good the dirt cup is nice to see what you are picking up

 

[Mikey P]

Chads


Needs a 50 ft cord, ditch the 3 ply bag, fresh brushes and a new belt and it BLOW away your Bissell on most carpets.

 

[Chads]

How much are the brushes for this thing and what bag I did get a bunch of belts for it made a little difference, picked it up for twenty bucks from a carpet cleaner retiring from his scrub and run biz.

 

[Mikey P]

brushes are 1.99 but the Dirt Cup assembly will set you back $100 or so.

 

[davegillfishing]

mine should be in any day now, they shipped it monday..

 

[steve frasier]

don't believe in using a beater bar vacuum on residential carpet

 

[John Watson]

Our Linhaus let us down for a couple of weeks and I bought a Dirt cup sanitair piece of shit. sold it for $125 at the swap meet last Sat... They are loud, they don't pick up on the edges they are just usless in my book. Last time I used it the flippen on/off button flew out. The cord is always a flippen mess. I would just as well use a dirt devil or orick instead!!!

 

[gasaxe]

Our Linhaus let us down for a couple of weeks and I bought a Dirt cup sanitair piece of shit. sold it for $125 at the swap meet last Sat... They are loud, they don't pick up on the edges they are just usless in my book. Last time I used it the flippen on/off button flew out. The cord is always a flippen mess. I would just as well use a dirt devil or orick instead!!!

:shock:

 

[vincent]

Mikey I agree with everything you say on the 887 which I have and use daily. But the cat litter, small pebbles, and sand type size material it just doesn't cut it. Worse it just kicks it forward.

Otherwise good machine.

 

[Jimmy L]

Beater bar is okay for residential just NOT commercial.

 

[Grant D]

How many CFM's do these have? The royal 1028 has about 125, a true beast. Not an option for me with the horrible filtration. I don't want that crap in my lungs. A bagged model maybe though. Seems like edge cleaning should be good on the sanitaire if it has good suction.

 

[steve g]

with a fresh belt, an 887 will vac better than anything I have used, with maybe the exception being the pile brush. they are nice because if you get a nasty the bag can really hold alot, you would be dumping the bissel more than 3 times. the only thing I don't like is it comes with only one upper cord wrap hook, I solved this on my new one after flipping the one off my old one and grinding the notches off it and using a couple sheet metal screws to secure it to the pole, now I have a cord wrap for my 887 that is neat and doesn't leave the cord flopping all over the place.

 

[Numero Uno]

Looks kinda close to what the new account bought us? So maybe I can qualify as a user? I might have the 883?

 

[Lyman]

Vincent your belt is on backwards, your brush is going in the wrong direction.

 

[Art Kelley]

I voted yes although I have the SC886. It's not as gay as the 887, i.e it doesn't have the little dirt cup. It has a man's cloth bag. Picked it up brand new on EBAY for $75 plus shipping based loosely on Mikey's recommendation. Stainless steel housing, 50 foot cord, built like a tank. This one will last for decades. For those times when you really really need to vacuum.

 

[Rex Tyus]

Sanitare is a good vac but the dirt cup thingy sux. To messy. I had a couple and bought the bag filter conversions from Hesco.

 

[Paul Demers]

Has anyone tried the new Mytee vacuums? 8 amp, 138 cfm, 50 ft. detachable cord. Two models avail bad and dust cup.

 

[matt sheppard]

the 887 rules. i like the dirt cup because y ou can show the custy how much extra crap you pulled out of the carpet. i've had mine 5 years now with no complaints.

 

[hogjowl]

I wonder ... can Mikey be trusted to provide us with good information now that he is on the take?

 

[Mikey P]

Has anyone tried the new Mytee vacuums? 8 amp, 138 cfm, 50 ft. detachable cord. Two models avail bad and dust cup.

I used one for three weeks.


Some cool features but it does not "clean" as well as the 887 and it's a real mess to empty.


Eats up belts like Danny goes through Hoe Hoes.