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- Jan 16, 2020
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Back in 1983 I spent $700 for a Filter Queen Majestic for my wife. She thought I was nuts, but she did like the vacuum cleaner! It is a canister type of vacuum cleaner, with a power driven brush on the vacuum head. I have replaced the cord once (the wife's cockatoo chewed right through it, luckily it was not plugged in). I also replaced the switch once, the brush once, several drive belts (glorified rubber bands) and the hose once in all that time. That's it other than the paper cone filters that it uses. My wife won't give it up for anything. A new one now costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $2000. I figure that my $700 investment 33 years ago plus the cost of replacement parts has cost us a whopping $27 per year. That's a lot cheaper than buying a new cheapo at Wal Mart every year or two.