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05-21-2008, 05:09 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: silver creek
Posts: 1,507
M.O.C. #7770
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Turbocat Zoom
We just received a new Turbocat Zoom EX to use with our central vac. It is a very nice unit and does a good job,"according to the REAL boss" We found it on EBAY. There are vendors selling them for $40.00 plus shipping,a real savings after checking other places. Found some companies selling them for $125.00 plus shipping. This was an auction bid with no reserve and we were the only bidders.
We got ours through gr8wholesale on EBAY
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05-21-2008, 11:25 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Fort Myers
Posts: 5,933
M.O.C. #4282
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We have a Turbocat also. Cheryl loves it...
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05-21-2008, 12:03 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Us also....had it over a year.
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05-21-2008, 04:14 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Signal Mtn.
Posts: 280
M.O.C. #8206
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Hey racerjoe, did you pay $24.99 shipping. That is what wholesalegr8 wants for shipping. I didn't find a gr8wholesale on EBAY.
Thanks
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05-21-2008, 05:24 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: silver creek
Posts: 1,507
M.O.C. #7770
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yes I did, but even with that it was still only half as much as other suppliers. At least that is what I found searching. I did think their shipping cost was high and I did note that in their review.
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06-03-2008, 02:57 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Benson
Posts: 3,121
M.O.C. #1658
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Thanks to racejoe we also bought a Turbocat on Ebay and the wife loves it
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06-04-2008, 09:04 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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OK, would one or more of you mind telling me more about the Turbocat Zoom? When I look online I see pictures but not much in the way of specs.
How wide is it?
How noisy is it?
We recently bought the Shop Vac turbo nozzle at Walmart, the one Ozz has, after looking at beaucoup Walmarts for the past year and just finally finding one. It was marked $17.xx but rang up at $13.xx so maybe they're closeouts.
Anyhow, it does a pretty decent job but that puppy is loud! That thing spins so hard that it really does sound like a turbo on a jet. Sounds like it could take off at any time. Is the turbocat zoom that noisy?
Thanks.
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06-04-2008, 10:47 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: silver creek
Posts: 1,507
M.O.C. #7770
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It is approx. 13" wide and you really can't hear it run, there is very little noise,the vacuum itself drowns out any noise the unit makes.
If I am outside the camper, the only thing you hear is the vacuum itself.
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06-04-2008, 12:22 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Big Sky
Posts: 3,156
M.O.C. #1104
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I have a question too. When you stretch the hose all the way to the end of the Montana does the turbine thing slow down a lot or a little?
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06-05-2008, 04:42 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: silver creek
Posts: 1,507
M.O.C. #7770
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It really should not matter, it should stay approx the same speed all the time. If it is slowing down,it could possibly be a small leak in the hose,so when it is stretched,it is sucking air from the crack in the hose. Just a guess...
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06-07-2008, 02:38 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Ours slows down at the extreme end of the run. The hose is stretched probably 25 to 30 feet at that point. The vacuum is less. I don't think it's a leak, though, but just the dynamics of a long run of hose. Ours is not a turbocat zoom, though. I am still interested in that brand.
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06-08-2008, 04:05 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: anywhere
Posts: 912
M.O.C. #6260
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Hummm, we have had both, the Turbocat and the Shop Vac piece of junk. Dog hair will clog the brush from turning in about 15 seconds. The Turbocat was so great that I threw it as far as possible in the general direction of a dumpster. In all $145 dollars into the trash. We bought an elect powerhead and that works like something in the big stick house. We, for one, had horrible with the vacuum drive power heads.
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