I second the Hoover PortaPower endorsement. I've been using mine for about 30 years, and it shows no sign of ever giving up. I received an Oreck portable as a bonus for buying the Oreck upright (a good, lightweight machine), but it was so noisy that I soon went back to my trusty Hoover. There are two on eBay right now for very few dollars, for example: http://tinyurl.com/5nrrvs -Mark Schecter BobDavis88 at aol.com wrote: > > > The Hoover PortaPower Commercial is such a beast, and is available on > Ebay. I know, because I just got one recently, due to my ancient > PortaPower taking one too many dives. It's powerful, and while not > quiet, at least the noise is commensurate with the power. It comes with > a set of wands and brushes, and has a shake-out-able cloth filter > instead of expensive bags.
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