Beam Central Vacuums 1993 Dealer VHS: "Products, Programs, Profitability"

[@owenperkins]

I like how they show a bag half full of dirt on a competing "messy bagged" unit, but the Beam they are emptying is spotless. And a circuit board based control module was in no way a reliability upgrade...just a cost saving measure.

[@WJCTechyman]

Regarding PCB use, I have to agree with your comment. PCBs fail more often than people realize. I have dealt with PCBs enough to know this, especially computer systems and heard from some appliance repair techs that some fairly major appliances are prohibitive to fix for some reason because when the microcontroller board fails, and more often than the old mechanical timers and thermostats, it's cost-prohibitive to replace the board versus just buying a whole new appliance. It used to be that people easily got 20+ years from appliances and the ones now you would be lucky if you got 5-10.

[@scottd1432]

What a nostalgia trip! When I was growing up, a local vac shop was kind enough to loan me a copy of a beam video very similar to this one. Needless to say I watched it at least a dozen times! Maybe not the finest central vacs ever built, still a fun memory.

[@PatOgKeenan]

The Original and the Best. Thanks for sharing. BEAM Dealer, Ireland.

[@almightyian]

Original central vacuums were by Spencer, beams are not the best in the us but probably are in Ireland.

[@alecmets2011]

Congrats on 2k subs. Bet you never thought a channel dedicated to central vacs could do that 😂

[@t.j.ozminkowski334]

7 years later they came out with the Beam Serenity Central Vacuums. Beam Serenity Central Vacuums nowadays can be converted to bagged, not just for better filtration, but for better operational life. Beam has come up with Bagged Filtration Conversion Kits for their Beam Serenity Central Vacuums from 2011 to now. So I am just wondering if you could upload the early 2000's Beam informercial, the early 2000's Beam Installation Video and the early 2000's Beam Dealer Video featuring the Beam Serenity Series?

[@NigelMontezuma]

Featured Vacuums: 1. Kirby Classic 2. Dirt Devil hand vac

[@richardhz-oi8px]

Oh yes, a crappy tiny relay soldered to a PCB, so much higher quality...

[@NigelMontezuma]

But do those Beam power nozzles have jam detection sensors? You know if you pick up something and you jam it, the nozzle's supposed to shut down to protect the belts?

[@mikearrigo5674]

Interesting video. Of course, what they don't tell you is how messy it is to empty a bagless unit, when you remove the bucket and empty it, the dust goes everywhere, including all over the person emptying it. What they also don't tell you is that these filters really don't clean themselves, and as soon as the filter becomes caked with dust, the airflow will be restricted. I have just about every brand of central vacuum unit in my collection, but Beam and Nutone are two brands that I have no interest in. The only units I will ever use are those that can use a bag.

[@sparks869]

Didn't realize Beam Rugmaster Plus was that old. My mom thought she bought hers 15 years ago, but maybe like 20+? Edit: Found the box in her basement dated 1998. So 25 years old. Crushproof hose in that kit still works great. Replaced the handle recently. 😄

[@mikearrigo5674]

I think the Beam Rug Master is similar to the Eureka Express power nozzle, I have the Eureka Express version, it's ok, the biggest disadvantage of it is that it uses a flat belt so it will need to be replaced frequently. There is also no way to adjust the height.

[@sparks869]

@@mikearrigo5674 Yes. new power heads like the EBK360 or the sebo ET-1 are much nicer. My mom recently got a sebo et-1 kit to replace rugmaster, but still uses 25 year old beam hose with accessories.

[@mikearrigo5674]

@@sparks869 I would say the Sebo ET1 or ET2, Wessel-Werk EBK360 and Lindhaus PB14 are the best power nozzles available, you really wouldn't go wrong with any of those.

[@allclevernamesgone]

More proof of the power of creative marketing. I don't know how it is everywhere else ---- But in Canada beam absolutely crushed everyone in the 80's/90's in terms of sales. It's now a different story after the great beam alliance electrolux suicide disaster. Just imagine how much $$$ was left on the table with selling a filtered unit for 60 years and the never ending horror of vacuum installers having to inhale/clean dirty self cleaning filters on a worldwide scale. In beams favor they certainly did popularize central vacuums in our country ---- I remember a former sales manager telling me they had 10 installation crews back in the 80's in Toronto.

[@mikearrigo5674]

You do have some great central vacuum brands in Canada, Drainvac is really good, so is Duovac, Canavac and Cyclovac. Another really good brand is Galaxie and I think those are also made by Cyclovac.

[@almightyian]

@@mikearrigo5674 Weren't galaxie made by Lindsay mfg? (astrovac, vacumaid, imperium)

[@panasonicvac4036]

No, Galaxie is made by CycloVac.

[@colinatlantic]

Do you have the old MD cartmaster or SilentMaster vhs?

[@t.j.ozminkowski334]

Can you please upload Beam video from the early 2000's?

[@panasonicvac4036]

Back when Beam in my opinion was a little more decent. Before the Electrolux take over, the units were made in Iowa, the accessories were better, and they were much more nostalgic. So far I haven't seen any changes made when Nuera Air bought out Beam other than moving production to Canada and removing the Electrolux brand. But either way, I'd never use one in my own home. I can never deal with the messy "self cleaning" filter that barely works.

[@HenriBeaudoin]

Beam dealer here, I will agree the good ol days of Beam were the Iowa units, and Electrolux was an absolute disaster, however the quality of units produced by Nuera is so much better, imo better than ever before. The new Gore filter material is much better than the old Dacron shit, they actually seem to shed debris now 😂

[@panasonicvac4036]

Enlighten me more on how they're better made nowadays. Did they thickened the metal? Did they put more coats of paint on? Did they put in different electrical components? The Beams today appear to be exactly the same as the Electrolux units. The gore filters came out before Nuera Air bought out Beam from Electrolux. I never had problems with the dacron filters.

[@almightyian]

@panasonicvac4036 Were the Beam-electrolux units from the eureka owned Electrolux or Aerus, which made the centralux systems?

[@panasonicvac4036]

No, they're separate companies.

[@micear8424]

Well that was a very interesting and misleading program lol. Many brands back then had built-in inlet valves, switches and breakers lol. I'd take any bagged cv unit over this bagless filtered nightmare.

[@techseth]

Back when beam was actually a name brand and not the terrible product it is today (I hate new Beam, I call them “Bean” because of the bean bag filter.) Edit: after watching video, I’d rather use a Bissell Zing II mounted on a wall. At least it’s bagged! And my old house had a beam exhausted indoors, and that room was so dusty it broke dad’s new shopvac at the time

[@user-vacgod2739]

I agree with you. Beam SUCKS nowadays in a HORRIBLE way!

[@techseth]

@@user-vacgod2739 sucks in the wrong way? Well, it’s better than a Dyson I suppose lol

[@panasonicvac4036]

I agree, I'd take a Beam over a Dyson.

[@user-vacgod2739]

@@panasonicvac4036 At least Beam central vacuums are function-over-form unlike Dyson.

[@Jon-hx7pe]

those filters never cleaned themselves

[@panasonicvac4036]

I agree, ours NEVER did.

[@VacMaster2020]

@@panasonicvac4036 have you replace the unit at your parents house