[bookofjoe]

And how about my long unused (over 35 years!) but still working 1967 (built when my house was constructed) central vacuum?

[asdff]

Why don't you use yours? I would love to be able to just carry a plastic tube over lugging the vacuum around the house.

[bookofjoe]

1. It's noisy 2. The coupling and uncoupling effort is significant 3. The anticlimax of having to go down to the basement and empty out the canister after having completed vacuuming