Simplicity Freedom upright vacuum any good?

Posted by me on March 8, 2006, 11:23 am

Does any own one of these upright vacuums?

see link

http://tinyurl.com/jbery

Posted by siskuwihane on March 8, 2006, 4:38 pm

me@privacy.net wrote:

Hey me, it's me, the person who gave you that site. I don't own a
Simplicity, but in this months CR, they have the "biggest test ever" of
vacuums and the Simplicty upright vacuums are rated number one in the
"more repairs" catagory. Not good news I'm sure.

FWIW, In the ratings charts, they are also listed as "Riccar". The
Simplicity Freedom F3500 (Also known as a Riccar Supralite RSL3) came
in at number 8 in the ratings and retails for $350.

Posted by me on March 9, 2006, 8:30 pm

Hi how are you doing?

Well I did go look at the Simplicity units at local
dealer

They are what I want as far as being simple units with
no tools but I also saw the CR report you mention above
and was concerned they placed dead last in reliability.

have any idea what's up with that?

Also.... why are Riccar and Simplicity placed together?
Are they made by same manufacturer?

I'm on the verge of buying one but the CR ratings have
me a bit spooked. hence the recent post

Posted by Arthur Shapiro on March 9, 2006, 10:29 pm

Yes...same factory.  I think they're peas in a pod, although I've had pros in
the business say that they're slightly different.  (Oddly, there's a
disagreement as to which is the premium brand!)  I have a Simplicity 7000
series unit and a Rainbow, and like them both; the Simplicity sure looks like
a friend's Riccar from all visible angles.

Art
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Posted by me on March 11, 2006, 11:35 am

arthur-temp-3@cox.net (Arthur Shapiro) wrote:

have any thoughts on cheapest place to mail,ail order a
Simplicity model?