[david@zap-clean]

Assuming daily use and a quality professional machine, how long should I expect a HWE machine to last?  I know they can be repaired, but like cars they will have a finite lifespan.

From reading these forums I see some of you upgrading numerous times, but how long to you keep a machine before pensioning it off?

[Simon Gerrard]

David,
They can last for donkeys years with new motors and pumps but they tend to not look very good as they get older.

Simon

[david@zap-clean]

David,
They can last for donkeys years with new motors and pumps but they tend to not look very good as they get older.

Simon

A bit like cars then... they can last indefinitely, some people change them every year, but most normal people keep then for a while...

[Chris Straker]

Could keep it going indefinately with proper care ............. Trigger maintained his old broom for 20 years, only had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in its time 

[feldon]

Could keep it going indefinately with proper care ............. Trigger maintained his old broom for 20 years, only had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in its time 

Damm beat me to it Chris.

[Kinver_Clean]

I have one of the first Advantages. It has had 4 or 5 new vacs and 1 pump diaphragm and valve set. It gets a going over with T Cut every so often and still looks the part.
My daughters father in law has my first machine dating from 1980, but it has been in semiretirement for quite a time now.

[Doug Holloway]

Hi David

You would want and deserve a new one every 2-3 years with daily use, the older one then becoming back up.

Cheers

Doug