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What was Your Worst Vacuum Experience? |
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Post# 215116   1/21/2013 at 14:11 (4,084 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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What was your worst vacuum experience? Tell me. |
Post# 215117 , Reply# 1   1/21/2013 at 14:16 (4,084 days old) by Ultimatevacman ( Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 215121 , Reply# 3   1/21/2013 at 14:23 (4,084 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Also joe lol that happened to me with a dyson dc07 in blue, just blew up lol |
Post# 215122 , Reply# 4   1/21/2013 at 14:24 (4,084 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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The argos exploded!?!?!? And the Eureka maxima is the same company as the Electrolux just different divisions of it. So i see where you are coming from |
Post# 215130 , Reply# 5   1/21/2013 at 15:08 (4,084 days old) by Ultimatevacman ( Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 215147 , Reply# 6   1/21/2013 at 16:20 (4,084 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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If you're going to start a thread with a subject head like that then the onus is on you to be the first contributor.
Otherwise you run the risk of being considered a Twitterface dorkhead artificially running up their post count. Idle conversations rife with hyperbole like this are best reserved for private communication or Facebook/Twitter accounts, not cluttering up a serious discussion Forum. I, and many other anonymous long-term members of this site are bored with these speculative and specious 'what if' threads from junior newbies. If you won't contribute something of substance then please...don't. Watch the 'approval checkmark' rating on the top right corner of my comment climb to get a clue what I mean. thank you for your consideration, Dave, flame on and poised to immolate...or ignore with yawning indifference! |
Post# 215153 , Reply# 7   1/21/2013 at 17:09 (4,084 days old) by TheHooverMan (United States )   |   | |
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Post# 215172 , Reply# 8   1/21/2013 at 17:46 (4,084 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 215212 , Reply# 9   1/21/2013 at 20:45 (4,084 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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When I started to collect vacuums many moons ago, one of the first machines "given" to me was my parents' old Vax tub canister vacuum, a Powa 1400 watt deep blue vac 3 in 1 machine. A big old thing, great for washing carpets and it was a great all rounder until my parents could no longer drag it along or lift it up. It had lasted 20 odd years and still goes, albeit with a cracked top and a bit taken off the side where the castors go. I use it for sucking up the dirt after I've pressure washed the paving stones (yes, seriously!).
Long before I realised the worth of using a squarer, more rectangular shaped machine on stairs and probably just beginning to get into the art of cleaning, I went about cleaning stairs with the Vax and wondered why no one had attempted to do the stairs before with a round tub! Well I eventually found out the hard way and never to leave a tub at the top of the stairs with you at the bottom and with the hose in the hand! With a slight tug to the hose, and with my back to the machine, the Vax came tumbling down the flight of carpeted stairs, crashed into me, taking me down face first and ended up knocking myself out on the bottom landing with a huge gash across my left ear as it had cushioned the blow of the impact! The Vax careered into the wall to the left hand side of me, taking a section of plastic off the side of the machine at the top revealing the motor! To say that I felt like a right TWIT was an understatement. I never attempted to clean stairs again with a round tub vacuum cleaner, even with Henry and his longer hose! |
Post# 215247 , Reply# 10   1/22/2013 at 01:31 (4,084 days old) by mr_mom (pittsburgh (PA))   |   | |
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Post# 215281 , Reply# 13   1/22/2013 at 09:33 (4,084 days old) by parwaz786 ( )   |   | |
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I have a black hoover alyx, got it for £2 at a carboot sale and it had a burnt out motor! Now its in the garden. |
Post# 215293 , Reply# 14   1/22/2013 at 11:18 (4,083 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Well I was using the dyson dc07 and it just started arcing and sparking! Also I had that Kirby issue in the vintage forum |
Post# 215313 , Reply# 15   1/22/2013 at 13:14 (4,083 days old) by joshuak420 ()   |   | |
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Post# 215323 , Reply# 17   1/22/2013 at 14:29 (4,083 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 215333 , Reply# 18   1/22/2013 at 16:14 (4,083 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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My worst experience was with a Kenmore baless canister vacuum. They clog very easy and the filter is not removable. Also I accidentally stepped on the hose and it crushed. |
Post# 215663 , Reply# 20   1/24/2013 at 17:32 (4,081 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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Boy....many of these are very interesting |
Post# 228608 , Reply# 24   4/16/2013 at 09:44 (4,000 days old) by filterboy244 ()   |   | |
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I had a fantom Thunder have its belt melt right onto the brushroll which then burned up the motor. |
Post# 228853 , Reply# 27   4/17/2013 at 19:15 (3,998 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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Is just one of those brands that work well but aren't good quality depending on model. |
Post# 228871 , Reply# 28   4/17/2013 at 21:29 (3,998 days old) by Ipreferkirby ()   |   | |
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As far as I know that model is made by Panasonic, normally a very reliable brand but when you build a machine down to a price you have to cut corners somewhere. |
Post# 229125 , Reply# 31   4/19/2013 at 15:51 (3,996 days old) by ultraperformer (Derbyshire, UK, Europe)   |   | |
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Bissell "Zing" ! I don't know what I was thinking buying it, but it was £19.99 in Tesco and I thought well it's very small I could just use it for the cars. It was so noisey my ears hurt, the filteration was terriable there was a coating of dust on the exhaust grill despite the air passing through three filters. Tried using it in the house but the plastic tubes would bend so much on carpet I expected them to snap, it was thrown away soon after.
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Post# 229189 , Reply# 32   4/20/2013 at 07:05 (3,996 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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I bought this one many years ago for £39-99 online for a friend who had just got a dog. The machine worked well for the first couple of months then she brought it back to me saying that she had followed the user manual and "cleaned" the filters. So I looked at the Vax and discovered that whilst she had cleaned the outer mesh filter, the paper cone filter was completely caked in dog and dust. This is when I got covered in dust from head to toe cleaning all the dust off.
After cleaning it off with another vacuum cleaner and then washing the filter and waiting to dry, I put a new fresh filter in and the Vax still wasn't working. This was because the main central telescopic suction tube that also acts as the main spine of the upright was completely clogged up with dog hair, biscuits, cat hair and cat litter all jammed up. Took about five attempts to knock it all out and thus also got covered in pongy pet hair. I Have to say then, it was probably one of the worst experiences of my life!! Thereafter the upright worked but then a year later, bits of plastic started to fall off it. I think the U.S have had this upright as a Shark/Euro-Pro. Aside from the filter design, it is one of the worst uprights I've ever used as it is very heavy, has cheap plastics and quite noisy. |
Post# 229238 , Reply# 34   4/20/2013 at 10:46 (3,995 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 229240 , Reply# 35   4/20/2013 at 11:13 (3,995 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 229241 , Reply# 36   4/20/2013 at 11:46 (3,995 days old) by vacuumfreak95 (Aransas Pass, Tx)   |   | |
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Post# 229267 , Reply# 38   4/20/2013 at 13:45 (3,995 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Some years ago I was doing some prototype testing on a new Motor to be fitted to a Shopvac style vacuum cleaner. We had about 10 prototypes running in various stages of assembly. We were having some trouble with Motor failure when one of the half bodied units exploded sending bits of motor everywhere. The cooling fan shot off and hit me in the head making some nasty cuts.
It was later found that the batch of sample motors sent out by the manufacturer had a faulty brush mount causing the ruptures. Just one of the many reasons that prototypes are tested so vigorously. |
Post# 230530 , Reply# 40   4/29/2013 at 13:51 (3,986 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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Did it get all over the walls and furniture? |
Post# 230578 , Reply# 41   4/29/2013 at 20:14 (3,986 days old) by seboguy ()   |   | |
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it went ALL over... windows, furniture, you name it... I even could taste it upstairs |
Post# 230589 , Reply# 42   4/29/2013 at 22:00 (3,986 days old) by vacuumman206 ()   |   | |
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had that happen, but never heard the thud! I hate any shop vac that doesn't have the filter screwed on. |
Post# 231128 , Reply# 46   5/4/2013 at 02:33 (3,982 days old) by Ultimatevacman ( Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 231158 , Reply# 48   5/4/2013 at 07:15 (3,982 days old) by compamac ()   |   | |
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They accidentally left it on to long? That is something I have never heard lol. I have heard of motors going naturally bad but not that |
Post# 231828 , Reply# 49   5/8/2013 at 17:55 (3,977 days old) by anthony (leeds uk)   |   | |
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