Royal Classic upright vacuum cleaner

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Published 2009-07-17

Love this vacuum, it's extremely powerful and does a wonderful job on carpet without being very noisy either. simple design, simple to use, extra extra long power cord, very bright headlight and a brushroll light much like on the Kirbys. Extra wide wheels make it very manouverable. and it has the "adjust-rite" button on front so you know when it's set to the right carpet height, neat.

All Comments (20)

@ronstadtfanaz 14 years ago

I do animal rescue so I needed a good vacuum. Must have tried everything until I found a Royal Commercial vacuum similar to this one without the bells and whistles. Best darn vacuum I have found so far.
@pkguy3 14 years ago

We pitted it against the yellow Dyson upright. One big scoop of beach sand on some plush carpeting. When the Dyson could pick up no more sand this Classic Royal honestly picked up about 5 good sized tablespoons worth of sand out of the test carpet. I no the second vac always picks up something left behind by the first vac but that much was very unusual and impressed me.
@sunstroke21 11 years ago

your dog just loves that dirt! he's always eating it before you start vacuuming!
@ArbokLover1618 8 years ago

I like how those Royals agitate and draw the dirt towards the vacuum.
@ClassicTVMan1981X 11 years ago

And those models, if you don't know, would be 888 (Royal) and 980 (Electro-Hygiene), both of which were finally dropped after 1987.
@pkguy3 14 years ago

No doubt, the more I've used this vacuum the more I like it too
@pkguy3 14 years ago

I don't think they were ever in "direct" competition with each other other than just being in competition against all the other vacuum cleaner companies.
@electroluxlad 10 years ago

I have a new one and your is in awesome condition
@ClassicTVMan1981X 11 years ago

The only Royal that would have been more direct toward Kirby were those models produced from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s that had the removable head. Also, the Extra Equipment Kit gave the Royals extra versatility (the small bag is out for me, I'd use the original bag with the portable handle).
@bolt974 14 years ago

Neat, but your should show the throw away bag if it mount it ;-)
@matkovicha 14 years ago

cool
@DJBJ24 14 years ago

were royal and kirby ever in competition with each other? their machines have always been so similar
@rangerrick222 8 years ago

Problem with this is he doesn't mention the model or year of manufacture. Need this information for reference, always.
@pkguy3 14 years ago

I don't know yet, haven't done it
@JJ9715 14 years ago

Isn't changing the belt on one of these classic Royals hard to do?
@JPa311979 14 years ago

Were do they manufacture Royals?
@Al7628584 14 years ago

what is the model? thanks
@sarahfaith316 8 years ago

would you consider selling this? I'm very interested!
@raymondplouffe9521 8 years ago

Say, does this machine do a better job at cleaning than a cheap Bissell, Dirt Devil or Eureka from Walmart?