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Post# 292951   8/11/2014 at 14:13 (3,517 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 292954 , Reply# 1   8/11/2014 at 14:16 (3,516 days old) by ronni (USA)   |   | |
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Very impressive! Do you have a favorite brand and/or a favorite cleaner? Do you collect polishers/shampooers or extractors? |
Post# 292958 , Reply# 2   8/11/2014 at 14:22 (3,516 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 292964 , Reply# 3   8/11/2014 at 14:36 (3,516 days old) by marks_here (_._)   |   | |
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Post# 292971 , Reply# 4   8/11/2014 at 14:54 (3,516 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 292981 , Reply# 6   8/11/2014 at 15:24 (3,516 days old) by DesertTortoise ()   |   | |
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Also on the floor on the right the next vac over from the butterscotch canister is orange and has what appears to be the cord emerging from the center of the right rear wheel. Is that the case? |
Post# 292994 , Reply# 7   8/11/2014 at 16:05 (3,516 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 293023 , Reply# 8   8/11/2014 at 17:36 (3,516 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 293027 , Reply# 9   8/11/2014 at 17:39 (3,516 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 293063 , Reply# 12   8/11/2014 at 20:32 (3,516 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Just Google images for Electrolux AB vacuums and you'll see how interesting the designs were compared to Electrolux USA. The American company - a division of Consolidated Foods - was working with entirely different competition (much of it provided by Kenmore) filled with power nozzle canisters. I think because America gave us a Hoover that deep cleaned wall-to-wall broadloom for the large houses of American suburbia, we focused on cleaning carpets. The cylinder vacuum was invented by the Swedes and so the European market was focused on lightweight canisters that were effective in small flats with lots of flooring and lightweight area rugs.
The evolution of vacuum design was very different on each side of the Atlantic. As you know, I am not a fan of combination vacuums. So it's nice to have a Hoover upright and a Miele canister in my closet reflecting two very different cleaning challenges! :-). It's a throw-back to the days when Hoover and Eureka and GE and Singer offered two-vac cleaning "systems" for the home - the 1940's and 1950's. I tried power-nozzle canisters and on-board tool uprights for a few years, and I came to the personal conclusion that these combo vacs are too bulky and complicated. But that's just me!!!! |
Post# 293188 , Reply# 14   8/12/2014 at 16:39 (3,515 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 293191 , Reply# 15   8/12/2014 at 16:47 (3,515 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 293213 , Reply# 16   8/12/2014 at 19:53 (3,515 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 293242 , Reply# 17   8/12/2014 at 22:53 (3,515 days old) by DesertTortoise ()   |   | |
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Isn't or wasn't National a subsidiary of Matsushita/Panasonic? My recollection is that Matsushita's consumer lines were called National everywhere but the US where that name was already owned by another firm. |
Post# 293268 , Reply# 18   8/13/2014 at 04:43 (3,515 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 293272 , Reply# 19   8/13/2014 at 06:44 (3,515 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Matsushita's vacs were branded National all over the world except in North America where they were branded with the Panasonic name. Not sure exactly when Europe started seeing Panasonic brand vacs, but I think it was in the 1980's.
For quite a long period of time, "National Panasonic" was the brand name Matsushita used for home entertainment products such as radios worldwide. Here's a webpage showing the logo: CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK |
Post# 293280 , Reply# 20   8/13/2014 at 07:47 (3,515 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 293344 , Reply# 21   8/13/2014 at 16:38 (3,514 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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so sorry, but i do have to correct you. Belgium used to be a real upright country. lots of rugs and carpets. I am originally Dutch and so is my collection. we used to call Belgium the hoover country. for example, i work in holland close to the Belgium border, and were they only media market in the counter that sells lots of Miele uprights. All the Belgiums are buying them ;-)))
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Post# 293346 , Reply# 22   8/13/2014 at 16:39 (3,514 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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so sorry, but i do have to correct you. Belgium used to be a real upright country. lots of rugs and carpets. I am originally Dutch and so is my collection. we used to call Belgium the hoover country. for example, i work in holland close to the Belgium border, and were they only media market in the counter that sells lots of Miele uprights. All the Belgiums are buying them ;-)))
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Post# 293347 , Reply# 23   8/13/2014 at 16:42 (3,514 days old) by marks_here (_._)   |   | |
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Post# 293357 , Reply# 24   8/13/2014 at 18:09 (3,514 days old) by DesertTortoise ()   |   | |
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I've been chewing on "a part of my collection". There is, apparently, more? Holy suction Batman! Canister syndrome is a serious affliction. |
Post# 293488 , Reply# 26   8/14/2014 at 03:11 (3,514 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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