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Post# 287944   7/9/2014 at 14:20 (3,550 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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Hey folks,

When I was little, both sets of paternal great-grandparents were still with us. Both my Nana (Grandma's Mum) and Great Grandma had carpet sweepers that they used in between vacuuming.

 

My Nana had a big old Ewbank. Must've been 1970's. It was mint green with a big lever on the top to release the dustpans.

 

My great grandma had the one I remember the most. It was a Leifheit Regulus in red. I can still hear the sound of it in my head and I always remembered how great they were at picking up. It always reminded me a little of the Hitachi Powerhouse uprights.



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Post# 287945 , Reply# 1   7/9/2014 at 14:22 (3,550 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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So imagine my delight when I found them still on sale

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Post# 287946 , Reply# 2   7/9/2014 at 14:23 (3,550 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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Post# 287947 , Reply# 3   7/9/2014 at 14:24 (3,550 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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Post# 287950 , Reply# 4   7/9/2014 at 14:26 (3,550 days old) by Gr8DaneDad ()        

How cool!!


Post# 287951 , Reply# 5   7/9/2014 at 14:26 (3,550 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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The brush roll. One of the best I've seen on a manual sweeper. No problems with pet fur or crumbs. A lot of modern sweepers have a sort of bottle-brush style roller but this one is fab. I'd be happy with this style roller in my vacuum

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Post# 287952 , Reply# 6   7/9/2014 at 14:28 (3,550 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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All set up and ready to go. Perfect for quick pick ups. I did the living room and hallway with it and it really gets all the surface litter up with ease

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Post# 287955 , Reply# 7   7/9/2014 at 14:31 (3,550 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)        
Sweeper...

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... considering that design of that sweeper is over 30 years old, it's glad to hear it does a good job!

 

Out of interest, where can you buy them?

 

Thanks.

 

Jacob


Post# 287964 , Reply# 8   7/9/2014 at 14:44 (3,550 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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It does a great job, Jacob. I had a Bissell Sturdy Sweep given last year that was rubbish. The brushroll was like a bottle brush and required constantly cleaning to keep it going. This has a proper angled brushroll to really fling the dirt into the dustpans. And it's all metal, which makes it very sturdy and nice to use.

 

They are still available, but in the wrong colour. I managed to find this one on Shipley market in the hardware shop.



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Post# 287972 , Reply# 9   7/9/2014 at 14:57 (3,550 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)        
Thanks Chris.

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Thank's for the link Chris. My granddad has a Bissell Easi-Sweep which is from around 1997(ish), and does an OK job, but needs regular de-fluffing of the brush to keep up performance.



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