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Thread Number: 16846
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| Post# 179887 , Reply# 1 5/4/2012 at 14:30 (4,368 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
I never buy or | ||
| Post# 179888 , Reply# 2 5/4/2012 at 14:33 (4,368 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I have picked up MANY! From the trash, I empty them before I bring them in!, If really bad, I clean them outside!! | ||
| Post# 179889 , Reply# 3 5/4/2012 at 14:36 (4,368 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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Post# 179892 , Reply# 4 5/4/2012 at 14:51 (4,368 days old) by kloveland  (Tulsa) |
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Unfortunately that’s the way it goes!
My 66 and 33 are still very distinguishing! I plan to clean them up this week, for me half the fun is cleaning them up. I know I’m not alone here. I try not to bring dirty vacuums into my main living area, but it does happen. I’m just glad I’m not living at home anymore. My mother and especially my sister would give me grief over bringing a dirty vacuum in the house, every time! I've never had an illness due to a dirty vacuum cleaner.
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Post# 179894 , Reply# 5 5/4/2012 at 14:55 (4,368 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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| Post# 179896 , Reply# 6 5/4/2012 at 15:09 (4,368 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 179902 , Reply# 8 5/4/2012 at 16:34 (4,368 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 179933 , Reply# 9 5/4/2012 at 20:53 (4,368 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845) | ||
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sicknes once i got nemonia from a old kirby. | ||
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Post# 179941 , Reply# 10 5/4/2012 at 23:26 (4,368 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Any used ones that come my way | ||
| Post# 179942 , Reply# 11 5/5/2012 at 00:34 (4,367 days old) by briguy (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
I always take used bags out & discard outside & blow out loose crap in my trash dumpster. I like to take apart most of my vacs to the extent I can & clean & disinfect as well as possible inside & out. To me that's the fun especially finding a treaure that is really dirty & restoring it to almost like new condition. I am however trying to be more cautious in recent times, as I am a bit concerned with bringing home bed bugs in an old vac. They seem to be prevalent in so many places recently. In all my years of collecting though, I have never gotten an illness or encountered bugs of any sort so far.
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Post# 179950 , Reply# 12 5/5/2012 at 06:32 (4,367 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Like others,change the bag,or empty the machine,vacuum it out with the M1,Wash or clean parts as required.Its Yard sale day-will I find any treasures?Report coming later. | ||
| Post# 179952 , Reply# 13 5/5/2012 at 07:17 (4,367 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 179954 , Reply# 15 5/5/2012 at 07:45 (4,367 days old) by coppercitymt () | ||
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Edit, the Panasonic don't have bugs, just a thought if one did! | ||
| Post# 179968 , Reply# 16 5/5/2012 at 13:24 (4,367 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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Jamie | ||
| Post# 179974 , Reply# 18 5/5/2012 at 14:19 (4,367 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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I'm not denying that Dan, but it is incredibly rare to find a Vintage Vacuum still in the box and if you can, it costs a lot of money, which I for one don't have.
Besides, I much prefer buying an old cleaner and fixing it up to like new condition. Much more satisfaction than getting a new one out of the box already in great condition (although I can see the pleasure in that as well). | ||
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Post# 180017 , Reply# 20 5/6/2012 at 01:41 (4,366 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Als--no vacuums at the yard sales-Its baby junk and old clothes time-no vacuums. | ||
| Post# 180021 , Reply# 21 5/6/2012 at 02:03 (4,366 days old) by danemodsandy () | ||
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Rex: I know what you mean. Pregnant women must think they've died and gone to heaven with today's yard sales, but the rest of us aren't finding so much. | ||
| Post# 180109 , Reply# 24 5/7/2012 at 05:33 (4,365 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
 As some of you Know I run our vacuum shop from our house, although its a completely seperate building on our property to our house things like bugs and dust and stuff still concearned me. I set up a huge air cleaning system for our workshop because of this. It turned out to be very good investment because they are very strict on air pollution in our area and had I not fitted the unit I would have been shutdown.
We vacuum out all the machines , strip them down , wash them completely to remove any dust and grim. It just makes the customer happy when they get there vacuum back that it smells clean and fresh.
I love to work on old vintage vacs and I prefer it when they need lots of work as it makes me prouder to own it once its rebuilt. | ||
| Post# 180112 , Reply# 25 5/7/2012 at 06:51 (4,365 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 180124 , Reply# 26 5/7/2012 at 08:57 (4,365 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 180137 , Reply# 28 5/7/2012 at 11:38 (4,365 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 180138 , Reply# 29 5/7/2012 at 12:18 (4,365 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
Things were more expensive back in the "old days" th
Im another one who dosnt not know where you get these sweeping comments from JM.
Based on what? I certainly know that my 2009 Hoover Freespace when stood on would probably come off better for wear than the 1974 Hoover Freedom. Likewise a turbopower vs the Purepower we have. As for running the motor for hours on end to see which one died first, I would have no idea which would nor would anyone. | ||
| Post# 180140 , Reply# 30 5/7/2012 at 13:00 (4,365 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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Based, Robert, on the fact there was more metal used in place of plastic and the plastic there was, was thicker.
Take, for example, the "stair test". The normal vacuum cleaner faces falling down the stairs at least once in their life in most cases (be it slipping from the operators grip while vacuuming stairs or toppling over while sitting at the top of the stairs), with an all metal Vacuum Cleaner, the worst that would happen is a dent. With a plastic one, the best you can hope for is a hairline crack, but normally it is a full on crack or even a chunk missing. Another thing is the motors. In dirty fan ones for example, the fans used to be metal, but most modern day ones are plastic, hence fins snapping off more often. In clean fan models, there is so much post-motor filtration that the motor runs hotter, hence reducing the service life. I'm sure Benny would know a lot more about it than I do, based on the fact he ran a Vacuum Cleaner repair shop for years, but I'm just telling you my opinion. | ||
| Post# 180143 , Reply# 31 5/7/2012 at 13:10 (4,365 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 180144 , Reply# 32 5/7/2012 at 13:14 (4,365 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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