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Thread Number: 31564
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
What is you favourite type of vacuum? |
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| Post# 348863 3/28/2016 at 14:05 (2,943 days old) by Numaticrule29 ( london uk) | ||
So hi there
I just wanted to know what is your favourite type of vacuum. For me it has to be the commercial tub vac. I was brought up with Numatics and premier mini 175s etc. My dad used to work in schools, that had a lot of these type of vacuums. I am also a fan of shop vacs, but as I live in the uk there are not many about. Please share your thoughts and what your favourite types of vacuums are. Thanks Daniel | ||
| Post# 348867 , Reply# 2 3/28/2016 at 14:33 (2,943 days old) by citroenbx (england) | ||
up right
dyson DC01 dyson DC04 dyson DC07 I use it for cleaning out other vacuums VAX 121 1000w and more P.S I service and repair vacuums too SEE pic(3) because I see your poster on the wall | ||
| Post# 348869 , Reply# 3 3/28/2016 at 15:52 (2,943 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Domestic cylinders from the 80's onwards. I do like having both an upright and a cylinder to use, but if I had to pick one, I'd go with high end cylinders. The Lux Twin Turbo's are my favourite cleaners, but if I had to choose one for day to day use, it would be a cylinder. I find them much better for doing a really thorough clean - carpets, hard floors, nooks and crannies, above floor, under furniture without having to change machines.
Whilst I love my modern Henry, my favourites have to be 80's Lux's, particularly the 2000 series. I have an Ingenio & a Dolphin too that are also great vacuums. 
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| Post# 348870 , Reply# 4 3/28/2016 at 16:35 (2,943 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana) | ||
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My fav... is the Hoover 63 upright.And my GE roll-a-around pink/coral canister. | ||
| Post# 348872 , Reply# 6 3/28/2016 at 16:54 (2,943 days old) by Oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK) | ||
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| Post# 348881 , Reply# 8 3/28/2016 at 18:07 (2,943 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Post# 348911 , Reply# 9 3/29/2016 at 00:50 (2,943 days old) by n0oxy  (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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my favorite vacuums My favorite is bagged canisters, whether a backpack, a roll around canister, or using a central vacuum and attaching the hose directly to the unit. Much more flexible than an upright, especially if used with a power nozzle. | ||
| Post# 348913 , Reply# 10 3/29/2016 at 01:39 (2,943 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Definately Tanks and canisters from the 50s and 60s...I dislike most any appliance newer than the 70s. | ||
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Post# 348916 , Reply# 11 3/29/2016 at 01:49 (2,943 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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I would be in trouble if I was going to be sent to outer space or something-can't narrow vacuum choices to just one machine or type.My favorites would have to be Kirbys,Metal Royals,NSS M1 "canister" and my MD Silentmaster central vacuum. | ||
| Post# 348919 , Reply# 12 3/29/2016 at 02:15 (2,942 days old) by Numaticrule29 ( london uk) | ||
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Thanks all | ||
| Post# 348924 , Reply# 13 3/29/2016 at 04:48 (2,942 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
Tough one, I too like uprights for carpets and cylinders for everything else.
In an ideal world I'd pick an upright with a full set of SEPARATE tools, proper ones at that. Sadly, such a thing barely exists any more, with the exception of Kirby and Vorwerk. It would be nice to see something along the lines of the Lux Twin Turbo once again, where you could fit or remove the hose and tools on-the-hop without even switching the cleaner off, but I think the chances of that happening are slim to zero. A cylinder with power nozzle covers both bases equally as well, albeit in a reverse fashion to the above, so that's what I use nowadays. Fortunately I seem to "get on" with it OK, although I understand the reasons why they may not necessarily be everyone's cup of tea. | ||
| Post# 348928 , Reply# 14 3/29/2016 at 06:38 (2,942 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 348929 , Reply# 15 3/29/2016 at 06:52 (2,942 days old) by SharkCar19998 (Michigan) | ||
Difficult 
Well some of my favorite uprights are the Hoovers with Twin Chamber and I am in love with kenmore progressive uprights oh and I'm in LOVE with the Eureka smart vac, I know I know it's plastic but it's a nice vac
Now for canisters I love my little Majic Blue DX and I want a windtunnel canister, the old style in green | ||
| Post# 348962 , Reply# 16 3/29/2016 at 12:51 (2,942 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
My Rainbow is the one vacuum I can't live without. Love my new 75th Anniversary Edition - it runs almost (not quite) year round on LO speed in my bedroom to clean and humidify the air. It's used to clean house only when I want to 'deep clean'.
Kirby Diamond for the daily pickup on the rugs. Vacuflo Central Vac with Riccar Premium Power Nozzle Kit for once a week cleaning of everything in the house. Every blue moon, the Electrolux Diamond Jubilee, Tri-Star, or Filter Queen - just to play with. Still, if you took away EVERY vacuum I own with the exception of just 1, you may be sure I would keep my Rainbow.
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| Post# 348988 , Reply# 17 3/29/2016 at 15:44 (2,942 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Depends...
...on what I'm doing.
For carpet cleaning, you can't beat an upright and my favorite there is the Kirby G series for its raw power and ease of use, despite its weight. The Tech Drive is a wonder, but the hose and tools are a joke. For hardwoods and generally using attachments, I prefer a canister and my favorite of those is metal Electrolux machines from the 1205 forward. They're plenty powerful, easy to use, and damn near indestructible. But if the toilet overflows or I've got to suck up water for some other reason, my Dayton wet/dry vac is my go-to machine. With the exception of the Dayton, which is plastic and bagless, my general preference in vacuums runs toward machines that are metal, bagged, and designed to be taken apart and repaired, which leaves most of today's disposable chinese plasticrap machines out of the running. | ||
| Post# 349032 , Reply# 18 3/29/2016 at 23:17 (2,942 days old) by thermokid (Casper, Wyoming) | ||
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My Favorite would be a Kirby of course | ||
| Post# 349255 , Reply# 19 4/1/2016 at 14:06 (2,939 days old) by sanitaire (anchorage, alaska) | ||
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my favorite vac is my nilfisk advance carpetwin 16xp. very quiet and super powerful. my favorite canister type is my nss m1 pig. | ||
| Post# 349273 , Reply# 20 4/1/2016 at 19:00 (2,939 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York) | ||
Water Filtration Canisters!
Rainbows are great. I'm also tempted by a Pro Aqua on Craigslist for $180. I currently have four Rainbows and I love them all. I'm still looking for a '30s-'40s Rexair though. A couple nice ones on eBay caught my eye but they're too expensive. Besides Rainbows: Filter Queen, Air-Way, Electrolux and Compact are great too. I'm a canister person if you can't tell already. For uprights, I like a bagged Simplicity Freedom or Royal (metal) upright. For bagless machines, I really only like the Fantom Thunder.
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Post# 349282 , Reply# 21 4/1/2016 at 22:05 (2,939 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Well most of you probably know mine, but....
My favorite part of a vacuum is the brush roll. Additionally I love the flexibility and skinniness of maneuvering a skinny wand around rooms, between furnishings, under beds, etc. Therefore my favorite style vacuum is an electric power nozzle equipped canister vacuum cleaner! There are 11 power nozzle canisters in my home.
I won't take in a straight suction machine. My favorite kind of flooring is a medium high dense carpet that grooms well. Anytime I move, the carpeting is a prime aspect of my search criteria. Other than bathrooms, kitchen and some entry ways, I prefer as much carpet as possible, especially steps. I'm definitely not a fan of hard steps. I would much rather push a power nozzle around than to do a bare floor brush process followed by wet mop. Needless to say whenever my bare floors get cleaned I always use a bare floor brush as opposed to just a power nozzle with the motor off. A designated bare floor brush that is designed well and hopefully has horsehair bristles gives floors a great full dusting and filth removal which keeps mopping bucket water cleaner longer and minimal hair collection on the mop head. Here's a recent photo of just the Hoover power nozzles that are in my house! ***The black Windtunnel bagless power nozzle on the far left was recently gained by me and has yet to be refurbed, therefore that is actual dirt on the top of that one! Photo 2, I just took 2 days when I used the Hoover PowerMax with a separate dedicated wand set for the bare floor brush. Taken the same day is Photo 3 of me in my cleaning attire. I cleaned the bathroom and mopped floors on Wednesday after classes. ***Don't mind my appearance, I always wear the worst clothes that I own for bathroom cleaning day, this photo took place after everything was mopped and scoured too, so I was worked up and sweaty too. LOL | ||
| Post# 349284 , Reply# 22 4/1/2016 at 22:25 (2,939 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 349319 , Reply# 23 4/2/2016 at 12:44 (2,938 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
My favorite would be
Metal clean air uprights such as Panasonic, Tacony(Riccar/Simplicity), ESSCO(Evolution/Morse/Bernina/Cirrus), and including the discontinued brands such as Sanyo and Sharp. They are vacuums that uses a metal handle, a metal bottom plate, and a metal brushroll. My favorite brand out of all those would be Panasonic because I grew up around with them, always loved the looks on them, and they just always impresses me when I use them. Unfortunately I would now have to say Panasonic would be my new favorite vintage brand instead of the modern brand because their performance plus platinum uprights are now disappearing in the U.S., there are only 2 that are still being made today and they used to have like six of them at the time back then. I would be favoriting Tacony to be my new favorite Modern brand today because they still use components that Panasonic used on their vacuums as well. Eureka Sanitaire types would be my second but just wished they haven't changed the motor on them today. And central vacuums would be my third but it's defiantly the vacuum I would want to use out of all the vacuums I would use for my own home but I were to own a cabin as well, I would use a Kirby which would be my fourth favorite of all time.
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| Post# 349321 , Reply# 24 4/2/2016 at 13:29 (2,938 days old) by delaneymeegan (Mary Richards lived here) | ||
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Post# 349351 , Reply# 25 4/2/2016 at 20:46 (2,938 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Great lineup, Zippy. Well, MY favorite is a Hoover Convertible. Big Surprise there!! For attachment use, I'll use a Constellation or sometimes a Slimline. For 'quickies", I'll grab a quickbroom. For the staircases, I'll use a Brushvac. There are many from which to choose. Opposed to opinion that I'm "mentally damaged"... having way too many Hoovers all through the house, I disagree. Comments from those who have never been in this house, and never will, really don't influence me at all. I have great, handy access to any model, type, color, vintage vacuum. | ||
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Post# 349470 , Reply# 26 4/3/2016 at 23:47 (2,937 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Thanks John!!
You know I love my Celebrity and PowerMax canisters a lot!! I love your collection John, you're a Hoover expert and your home is like a Hoover Exhibition!
PanasonicVac- I couldn't agree more on your statement of the Sanitaire motors. I did commercial cleaning for a year using several Sanitaires in various accounts that I was cleaning. The vendor I worked for had older and newer SC886 and machines, and SC899 and some plastic hood ones. The newer motor on the SC886 produces a really obnoxious sound that I can't stand to hear. It's powerful but actually too powerful for the SC886 12" model, it makes rubber bottomed mats a P.I.T.A to clean and those rugs are commonplace in commonplace in commercial environments. I found the machines only wanted to eat the rugs and not clean them!! The plastic hood Sanitaires had a pleasant sounding much quieter motor and did a great job of cleaning and being much more efficient over the newer model SC886 series. | ||
| Post# 349474 , Reply# 27 4/4/2016 at 00:30 (2,937 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I meant to mention.. I have very few power nozzle canisters, I love straight suction rug nozzles. | ||
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Post# 349495 , Reply# 28 4/4/2016 at 10:29 (2,936 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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And, Rob, | ||
| Post# 349500 , Reply# 29 4/4/2016 at 11:19 (2,936 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
For Me... | ||
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Post# 349519 , Reply# 30 4/4/2016 at 17:07 (2,936 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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John, I'm glad I was able to "corrupt" you!! hahaahha They are really are fun machines to use once you've tried one and the Celebrity's groom well!!
But also John, I have been trained well by you. I like my Decade 800 very much. I have a Convertible Elite that I like a lot too and also my Hoover Widepath Softguard machine! The only 3 uprights that I have in my collection and they're all Hoover! | ||
| Post# 350447 , Reply# 32 4/16/2016 at 16:19 (2,924 days old) by deluxevacs (Bath) | ||
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