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Post# 142151 , Reply# 2 7/6/2011 at 10:26 (4,670 days old) by bagintheback  (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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Welcome! I'll try to answers you questions for you. We do have meets, but I've never been so I'll leave that to the others.
1. The first vacuum I remember seeing was my parent's Hoover Elite and my grandparent's Eureka. My first vacuum I collected was given to me as a gift as my 5th birthday present. It was a Eureka Bravo II. 3. Yes! I use collectable cleaners all the time! I do have some vacuums I only own for collecting reasons, but most vacuums go in and out of service. Each vacuum I own was used for a least one cleaning 'cycle', which is normally until I run out of bags. Every vacuum I own expect one was bought for my collection. That one exception is my 1996 Miracle Mate which I bought to clean the house and such. My current daily cleaners are my newly found Kirby Tradition, which is fantastic by the way, and the Miracle Mate. Although the forum says vintage is pre-1980, I think the Miracle Mate is vintage; 90s vacs are part of a different era then what we have now. | ||
| Post# 142162 , Reply# 6 7/6/2011 at 14:32 (4,670 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 142187 , Reply# 8 7/6/2011 at 17:57 (4,670 days old) by vac_whisperer () | ||
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As for first vacuum, there are many different options. I guess whatever really catches your eye! For me its any good Kirby or an art-deco 1930's Hoover. VW | ||
| Post# 142218 , Reply# 10 7/6/2011 at 22:45 (4,670 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Don't most of us collectors get bit by a bug early and by one machine that is just magic? My aunt's early Kirby, first upright experience was just that. It made big noise, bag blew up and came apart. My favorite toy when we did weekly visits. I think Thursday evenings, I remember the Monkeys was on, on their huge, what 23" Sears color console. She and my uncle were 20 years older than my parents, like a second set of grands, loved them both dearly. I still get to visit the house, a friend bought it 5 years ago, she has 2 of my vacs!
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| Post# 142229 , Reply# 11 7/7/2011 at 00:48 (4,670 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
welcome andrew! | ||
| Post# 142237 , Reply# 12 7/7/2011 at 05:11 (4,670 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Hi Andrew:
Welcome. My recommendation for a first machine would be something that has meaning to you. Be it a machine that you remember your mom or gran having or even just one that fascinated you in your childhood. In that way there is more attached to it than just "being your first machine". Of course you never know, you may also come across something that catches your eye just because of its design. Either way, make it something special. Doug | ||
| Post# 142261 , Reply# 15 7/7/2011 at 15:00 (4,669 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Hey! There are a whole fleet of collectors on here from the uk. | ||
| Post# 142296 , Reply# 16 7/8/2011 at 00:22 (4,669 days old) by Real1 () | ||
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And..... from Canada! | ||
| Post# 142310 , Reply# 18 7/8/2011 at 02:39 (4,669 days old) by swiveltop (Galveston, TX) | ||
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What a Crock If You Reread The Post And Read between the Lines you Can Tell This Person Is Just Mocking Our Hobby and Vacuumland, A Collection Of Brushes And Pans, Paleeeze, and a dog with that name, This Guy Is Pulling Your Leg. Oh Fred , What Do You Think? | ||
| Post# 142330 , Reply# 19 7/8/2011 at 09:38 (4,669 days old) by Real1 () | ||
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Really...although a bit of an unusual intro, I didn't get that. I hope you're wrong.:-( Kevin | ||
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