1983 Royal Prince 501 

Nice vacuum find.

I remember these from when I was a kid. Not to mention the Dirt Devil. Those were EVERYWHERE.

That vacuum seems to work very well still. It's a keeper, I think. Metal impeller and the belt still good.

Solid performance for being as old as it is - def deserves a spot on the shelf - if not daily drive this thing when no other vaccume would survive!

Awesome! I had a Royal Dirt Devil hand held for vacuuming church pews, back when I cleaned my old church. It was perfect for that application. This older one looks to be even better, as the bag locks in place, instead of just slipping on, and off, via a rubber collar. I had a couple of instances where the bag slipped off, and caused a big mess.

The little prince is very hungry! Cool looking vacuum

I enjoy your videos, keep up the good work👍

I have this exact one and also a model 103, which is red and has a plastic body. I just ordered some belts and bags for the Prince.

I also scored Royal Prince 501 handheld vacuum cleaner for $4 at the estate sale, and I still happen to have three Dirt Devil 103 handheld vacuum cleaner and they are all made in USA. American Pride like a Eagle.

Made of that now exotic material called…steel.

Just a heads-up... Your bag was on upside-down in the video while you were vacuuming up the rice! ~ Other than that, wonderful video! Always glad to see other people enjoying their Royal Prince hand vacs! I honestly have over 10 Royal Prince's in my collection now... Something about these old Royals just draws me to them & I'm an especially big fan of the Royal Prince hand vacuums! ~ Happy Vacuuming! ~ Justin in Illinois 🌪️

Cool. Where can I get one like that?

2:52 - built in August 1983

I was using my Royal 501 Prince to clean and I noticed a metallic electrical smell coming from it in the motor town went down slightly should I continue to use it?

Yes Sir, that's when they made REAL vacuum cleaners. You could suck up the furniture with those. 😂