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| Post# 127166 3/10/2011 at 07:27 (4,789 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
I have always wondered why vac-makers use the term "wands" for the extension tubes provided with vacuum cleaners.
The only "wand" I ever heard of besides those that come with vacs are the "magic wands" that sorcerers and other characters use in stories and legends. Anyone know the source of this word for use with vacs? Which vac-maker used it first? Is it a German or Swedish word (Miele and Electrolux)? Why did they not just use the word "tube" or "pipe"? What's so "magical" about a 2.5 feet of aluminum or steel? | ||
| Post# 127179 , Reply# 2 3/10/2011 at 13:06 (4,789 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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In very early Electrolux instruction manuals, the wands were referred to in singular form -- "wand," or "two-section wand." My mom called them "sweeper poles" heheh. | ||
| Post# 127192 , Reply# 3 3/10/2011 at 15:51 (4,789 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO) | ||
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Well, let's add to that terminalogy ! Tubes Growing up with our good ole Air Way 66. because they both curved. We always called them tubes. ? I'll have to go back and look and air way 66 manual to see what it says. Norm | ||
| Post# 127204 , Reply# 4 3/10/2011 at 18:46 (4,789 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Reaching for the Stardust with a Lewyt 'extension tubes&
I grew up calling them wands, which I think suits the airy lightness of aluminum for reaching the high & distant places one-handed.
Electrolux and Hoover Constellation/Portable Cleaning Center telescopic wands have a definite magical flair and perhaps Electrolux was the source of the term as printed in their manual to differentiate them from mere extension tubes. Aluminum wands are my choice on any vacuum cleaner and American Electrolux aluminum versions are a excellent swap on the majority of other machine brands. As for curved aluminum Air-Way or Roll-Easy or Monitor, which sounds better..J-wands or J-tubes or J-pipes? On the other hand chromed steel tubes have the heft, inertia and fatiguing quality of heavy plumbing pipe and seem somewhat overkill for the light duty required of them conveying household dust and debris. Filter Queen, Royal and Modern Hygiene rubber-collared J-wands are heavy chromed steel in keeping with a robust industrial strength vacuum but they sure are tiring to use above the floor and require both hands for support. But, they do bring serious heft as a defensive weapon... "Lady Throttlebottom in the Drawing Room, done in by Maisie the Day Maid with a cast iron Dominion Vacuum pipe." 
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| Post# 127388 , Reply# 6 3/12/2011 at 19:24 (4,787 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 127389 , Reply# 7 3/12/2011 at 19:50 (4,787 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thanks for that Dave....
Eureka has used the word "wand" since at least 1960. It was the word used on the cardboard attachment carrier which came with our Eureka 250 Automatic upright. I must have been the only 6 year old in Montreal who knew how to spell "wand" and "upholstery nozzle" because of the writing on that tool carrier! | ||
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