I had to use them at work and the dam belts need to be replaced all the time and the fan keeps getting damaged. Replacing belts takes time and less time to get your job done. They are outdated junk.The motor dies on you after a year .

The other day my family went to a Japanese Hibachi food, very delicious but they were vacuuming near the tables with this machine... I felt bad for that Sanitaire...

I like them how all the dirt and debris goes on the fan so I don’t have to deal with clogged filter or dust going through the motors

I clean offices i had a sanitaire for awhile i was changing belts like every 2 weeks i finally convinced them to get my a Windsor sensor xp12 im a happy camper now for sure

I have been in the cleaning business for 35+ years love the sanitar vacuum have very few problems. Good maintenance is key

I have a Santanaire SC-887 which I retrofitted some years ago with the HD commercial cloth bag, I found the machine discard. It was in pretty good shape, needed a new line cord and fan and the latch adapter which I got locally. In addition, to replacing the handle set. The communicator was clean, carbon brushes did not have much or little wear. From what I can tell it has the older style motor, still going strong.

"classic" technology indeed. I'm a central vac owner, and although I fix up vacs to re-sell, there's NOTHING I've seen that will get me to change away from the CV.. As a kid, we had direct air Hoovers, and I remember the fan changes.

Yeah, we use the Windsor sensor XP12 and have had them for awhile, good vacuums and very easy to service.

Sanitaire cleans fast and is easy to use, but dust leaks from the bag latch area getting into the motor

my old work had some of those sanitaire they worked well we couldn't kill them in the hotel, but none of our's looked as rough as those ones. our Oreck didn't live long though

I love the way how these vacuums. It is like they came out of a different century

I miss the old sanitaire set up. I have to older ones with the metal style motor and they’ve lasted years these cheap and plastics one at work don’t even last a year!

whats the best way to put a fan Cover gasket on without it always coming off!!!

Should I take that to mean that Kirby's no longer have a place in the world? I tried a self-propelled one a few years ago and it was one impressive machine, but it was as out of place as a Mack truck in a small suburban house. I used a non-propelled version in my first job out of high school, and it was a handful, but like any fan-first model, it occasionally broke a blade. The fan-first models were more efficient with power, but I guess their vulnerabilities caught up with them. The first bag-first model I owned was a Regina Housekeeper, factory-refurbished (they all needed a retrofit) for $50 in 1993; it lasted 23 years of fairly rough household use.

I do own a Sanitaire sc684 heavy duty commercial vacuum cleaner to cleaned the house with. I restore it myself.

Direct air machines in restaurants are a big no-no. Other settings might be fine, as long as it taken care of. But that won't be the case with most commercial users unfortunately.

Sanitaire’s are very popular for commercial use because of how powerful they are. Direct air vacuums are just fine for commercial use, as long as maintained properly and not abused!

What about bissells for commercial use?

I was looking at a Sanitaire vacuum to use for my workplace. When I saw it had a reusable bag I could not imagine using that at work. My workplace has a 10 to 12 year Riccar. It has a crack in the hose and I think repairing the hose to be the best option for now. My company also wants to buy the cheap generic bags that will bust open. I don't clean for a living although the cleaning company my workplace hired uses our vacuum. It was my boss that thought this one up not me.

Would you recommend a canister vacuum that would have a power nozzle for carpeting for cleaning homes professionally? 3-5 homes daily. I either find one that is for bear floors or carpet only, and have very limited room in the car.