Getting its Bearings

Presenting Renaissance #2, or Model C104H. I've had this fellow for a while, but he had a terribly bad front bearing, which has been replaced. Now, he's quite his old self again.

Putting the bearings and other things to the test:

The C104H is definitely not up to the C104A in terms of looks, but its true that the solid battleship grey machines have a certain kind of homely charm. See the picture at the end for a fantastic exhibition of battleship grey-ness. I'm not sure why they didn't make the trim on this one darker grey (i.e. the same color as the body of the first Renaissance) to give it a little extra dash.

Come to think of it, it really doesn't look that bad, does it?

I believe the major difference between the two Renaissances is in the hose handle circuit board, as the first was apparently problematic. Other than that, the differences are cosmetic: graphics rather than words on the hose handle, and battleship grey body, power nozzle, Sidekick, wands, and hose ends. It's also possible that the C104H floor brush had the openings in the front row of bristles, but I'm not sure, because this one is 'stolen' from the matching-in-color Epic 6500. Incidentally, the Renaissance C104H had color-matching models in the Epic 6500 (which I have), Epic 3500 (which I have), and Ambassador III.

At all events, the Renaissance C104H is back on regular cleaning duty, and that's great. Naturally, he performs as well as his near contemporaries.

The full-on ensemble shot, after a washing, magic eraser-ing, q-tipping, re-washing, and Armor-All coating. The plastic (?)/lexan (?) bodied models really look quite nice when cleaned and detailed...you can even see the shine.