why would i not buy the 2 motor vac when the 86t3 is just dollars different in price?
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I bought the dual motor 10N2 and I am glad I did. It has incredible power and cleans better than any other single motor cleaner I have owned. I highly recommend it to everyone.
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Don't know much about the 86t3 - I had a big rug doctor before the Bissell 10N. It cleaned fine...but water extraction was backward only. The 2 motor 10N allows water extraction forward and backward...it cleans better than the rug doctor. As far as answering your question...as stated, I don't know much about the 86t..it didn't even come up when I was researching a new machine. The 10N was the highest grade machine Bissell offered at the time as far as I know.
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My motor went up in 10 months. It didn't sound like it did when I bought it and it wasn't picking up hair and dirt like it had. I took it to our local Sew & Vac who said they were an authorized dealer. When they called, I was told that the work needed to repair it was not under warranty and that it would cost me $90 to repair it. Honestly, I hated the vacuum for a number of reasons so I told the repair shop to throw it away. I ordered the Panasonic UG471 and got it in less time than if I had waited for my Hoover to be repaired. I have a huge GSD and need to vacuum daily.
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Personally, I won't use anything but a shop vac simply because of the amount of dust that will clog up most expensive filters. The shop vac filters are easily washed and can be reused several times, are inexpensive, and I've never had any damage done to my shop vac motor that I'm sure I'd have encountered had I used my other vacs. The shop vac I have I purchased at Menards for under $40 and I've worked the poor thing to what would have been death for a 'normal' vac. As long as you take care of it, and make sure to keep the filters cleaned when they need it, I suppose you could use any type you wanted, but...as I stated...shop vacs, in my opinion, are much better suited for the 'tough' jobs.
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Its not the "cheaper version" its the new version without those features. You can find Hoover models with these items, I think its called Anniversary Edition, at WalMart and its like $125. I lucked out - went to Blain's Farm & Fleet and they had an "old" box in among the new ones....lo and behold, my version is the 2008 and has the headlight and bag full indicator. So I'm a lucky guy. BUT after having these features I can tell you I would not pay an extra $50 for them.....just open the panel every once and awhile and feel to see if the bag is full, and turn on the freakin lights in your room when you vacuum so you don't need a "headlight". Its disappointing that Hoover is removing these INEXPENSIVE TO BUILD features but my guess is this model was TOO MUCH OF A VALUE and they want to incentivize people to consider the Anniversary edition or other more expensive models by making you "compromise" and "do without" your headlight and bag indicator.....
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Sorry, I don't know if there is a difference. Maybe the prices just vary. I would compare and make sure the model #'s are exactly the same, and if not, research the model numbers.
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Hey Health Nut, I feel your pain, the conclusion I came to is that they don't want you to know. They don't list the model #'s on their own homepage. I bought 3 of the 3512 only to find out a month later that my local parts dealer had them for $5 apiece cheaper. You might shop around locally and get a pleasant surprize, I wish I had. Good Luck.
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My apologies - I am not sure which one I received. It is hard to tell from the picture with the e-mail. It only shows one attachment. I was just impressed with the light of weight and pick up for a vacuum this size. I also purchased the Panasonic MC-CG917. In case you can't tell I am a fan of the Panasonic vacs. The last one lasted at least twenty years. The vacs are not heavy like many of them on today's market. I have hard wood floors and don't like the floor attachment on the 917 like I did on my old Panasonic. I don't know why they have had a thing about changing the floor attachments. Wish I could be of more help. If you get the vac and don't like the floor attachment ask them to send you the other one. It is nice that Amazon has the bags for the vacs. Many local stores try to sell you other brands that don't really fit as well.
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I think it is just one but my problem is that the version I got is not the same as the ads I have been looking at. The one I received does not have the switch to convert it from a blower to a vacuum. Instead, the one I got requires me to change attachments to make the conversion. This is a big disappointment to me because it seems like a bait and switch deal.
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They are pretty much the same, 86T3 is branded for retail, where the BG10 is for commercial. The Bissell BG10 is the same machine as the Bissell 86T3 (branded for non-commercial use), except for external packaging differences, such as having a yellow colored power cord. The BG10 Bissell does offer a decent commercial use warranty over the 86T3 which is restricted to in your own home use.
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I agree with Carol. This is the only vacuum I've used over 30ish years. I've had to replace it once or twice. I run mine year round. The flaps wear out but are cheap and easily replaced, but don't need replacing very often. Will only use this type of vac. Great for the price and far better than the pricey ones.
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I actually purchased this vacuum at Costco because I was there and was able to look at it and saw that it had a brush attachment. I know the same vacuum is cheaper at Amazon and if I buy another (for a backup vacuum) I'll definitely get it from Amazon and perhaps one that has more attachments, although I'm perfectly happy with this vacuum. As for the 356 model, that one comes with more attachments, the 352 also seems to come with an extra crevasse tool (there are two sizes in the box. I hope this helps.
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If the vacuums were the Hand held Platnum collection, looks like they are the same.I just looked it up and saw a video on Amazon that said there the same.
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I bought a refurb leaf vac/blower from them a year ago. I couldn't fine a thing wrong with it. Looking at a line trimmer now. At almost 50% off I feel you can't go wrong
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From what I have read the BG10 has two motors and detachable power cord vs. the 86T3 which has one motor. The BG10 is a serious cleaning machine and works great with the three dogs and two kids in the house this is the deep cleaner.
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Make sure you look at the model number on your drill because no where did it say it was for the 18v drill model number such it was a different number by one didn't ever see any milwaukee drill comments saying model 1 or 2 of the 18 volt version now I have a use less box.. Because it win't fit inside and was given no option to resolve this via return etc.. Don't get it
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I called Dyson on this myself. The only differences are: (1) the attachments that are included and (2) the color. The main body of the unit is the same between the two.
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I too had to buy a new wand for my vacuum at a cost of about $130 (remembering off my head - didn't look up the actual and I bought it about 5 months ago). It came down to deciding whether to throw out an otherwise perfectly good vacuum and paying at least $300 - $500 for one that may or may not be any better a year or two later or spending the 130 and getting at least another year or two out of this one. I chose to buy the part while some others here went for the new vacuum - it's a crap shoot either way it just depends on what you want to do.