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Thread Number: 32617
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 357575 8/13/2016 at 15:43 (2,812 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
I was recently inspired to make a display of vacuums that are considered by some to be 'abominations', or "monstrosities" (to quote my friend Hans).
All the machines in the display are either extraordinarily huge and unwieldy, or they broke when you looked at them.
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| Post# 357576 , Reply# 1 8/13/2016 at 15:45 (2,812 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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the Thermax
First up is the Thermax AF. Like pulling a coffee table behind you, the Thermax AF is one of my first choices for the title "monstrosity". If you pull it fast, water sloshes into the motor and then onto the floor. You cannot pick it up with water in it to clean the stairs, the water will blow out the bottom. It has mediocre suction and filtration, it's a pain to use and clean with, and a hassle to empty. Terrible idea and poor execution. Weighs a TON.
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| Post# 357577 , Reply# 2 8/13/2016 at 15:48 (2,812 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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the Regina Housekeeper 2000
The Regina (to me) qualifies as an abomination in the fact they ALL broke in use. The plastic was extremely flimsy, it used an Electrikbroom motor, had low suction and almost no cleaning ability. Terrible design that was extremely 'not well thought out'. This is probably the only one in existence that isn't broken, mostly because it was never ever used.
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| Post# 357578 , Reply# 3 8/13/2016 at 15:50 (2,812 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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the Hoover Z
This machine takes the crown when speaking of Monstrosities and Behemoths. Weighs a TON, has low suction, and an absolutely horrible filtration design. Very poorly executed machine.
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| Post# 357579 , Reply# 4 8/13/2016 at 15:52 (2,812 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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the Electrolux upright
The Electrolux Heavy Duty upright is a very large, heavy, and unwieldy vacuum to use. They clog with dirt so easily, they included a plastic stick that the user had to ram up the cleaning duct to unclog it. And they didn't clean very well at all (especially compared to the tank cleaners available at the same time). It might be will built, but it weighs a ton and is anything but easy to use.
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| Post# 357580 , Reply# 5 8/13/2016 at 15:53 (2,812 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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the Lady Kenmore KenKart
The Lady Kenmore is a very heavy and hard to use machine. It might be pink, but that's about the only thing going for it. It's very difficult to pull around, it's very hard to get it up the stairs, and the suction isn't 'all that'. This didn't stay around for very long, for a reason.
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| Post# 357581 , Reply# 6 8/13/2016 at 15:56 (2,812 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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the Bison
Like a real bison, the Bison vacuum is a huge machine that's difficult to clean with as well as being extremely loud. The Bison has some fatal flaws to its design, and there are not a lot of them in working condition today, because most all of them broke. The cleaning head drive mechanism was the Achilles heel, wobbling out and making the machine unusable.
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Post# 357582 , Reply# 7 8/13/2016 at 16:03 (2,812 days old) by vacuumlad1650  (Wauponsee, IL) |
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Post# 357584 , Reply# 8 8/13/2016 at 16:41 (2,812 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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| Post# 357589 , Reply# 9 8/13/2016 at 20:03 (2,812 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 357601 , Reply# 10 8/13/2016 at 23:15 (2,812 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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aren't all Kirby's heavy? | ||
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Post# 357607 , Reply# 11 8/14/2016 at 01:30 (2,812 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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 ~ How about the one that was built into a wooden cabinet that looked like a night table, and the one built into a circular hassock?! And the Electrolux CA "Housekeeper's Cart"??!
Oh, and what about the Haley's Comet?! | ||
| Post# 357622 , Reply# 13 8/14/2016 at 06:55 (2,811 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Thermax
I had an AF1 for a while. I was really disappointed with it's airflow i think the motor was rated for like 90 cfm, and it could pull a 9/10 at the motor port on the baird meter, but when you added the water chamber and the hose it would struggle to pull a .5/10. I thought it was a interesting design but it just wasn't all that functional.
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| Post# 357623 , Reply# 14 8/14/2016 at 07:44 (2,811 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York) | ||
Here are a few more modern ones. 
The Fantom Wildcat, the Fantom Crosswinds, the Hoover Windtunnel 2 with the troublesome "rotating" filter, the Hoover Savvy with the double brushrolls, the Eureka Bravo, the Dirt Devil Upright with the "C" bag, the Bissell Powerforces with the hopelessly clogging filters, the Eureka Airspeed One with the flat foam filter? Not all of these machines are necessarily "bad" but their reputations have come into question many times on this site.
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| Post# 357636 , Reply# 15 8/14/2016 at 13:18 (2,811 days old) by singerman (Missouri) | ||
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Post# 357652 , Reply# 16 8/14/2016 at 15:47 (2,811 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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I didn't realize that the Thermax made that list!! Wow- even worse than an Oreck upright or Garry Vac!! I thought the design of the Thermax vacs looked cool cause they could vacuum and shampoo. What caught my eye on them is that the power nozzles are a revision of a Hoover PowerMax and Futura series nozzle. I have never seen one outside of the internet though so I have no clue what they actually look like nor the weight or construction!!!
The Hoover Z I always thought looked wierd but I never tried one. The Electrolux upright I used to have. I got one at a yard sale for cheap and was excited because it looked unusual and would have been my first Electrolux. Well-----first off I'll say that even after cleanup it still was one of the ugliest and bulkiest vacuums I'd ever seen. I have pictures on my computer saved it as the Ugly Duckling and that is my nickname for it!! In addition to that it is super heavy with lousy agitation and lousy airflow. I found a vacuum collector to trade it to and he liked it and that's all that mattered. Everyone has a taste for something different. I still think the Oreck is an awful machine and fits that list of yours!!!! I have allergy attacks to every upright of theirs I have ever tried. | ||
| Post# 357661 , Reply# 17 8/14/2016 at 17:51 (2,811 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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| Post# 357698 , Reply# 18 8/15/2016 at 09:17 (2,810 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
I have one of each of the vacs pictured and though I agree not the best performers, they sure are interesting conversation pieces. I do enjoy my Thermax the most out of all these.
Tom what about the Rotho TT lol theres another monstrosity. I don't know anyone who has one of these. Ive never tried one before. | ||
| Post# 357701 , Reply# 19 8/15/2016 at 10:04 (2,810 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The Rotho is a good choice for this display, as is the Haley's Comet. The Amway isn't so huge or heavy, or awful to make the list.
I think the "Self Cleaning Rotating Filter" on the Hoover series, especially the Z, was absolutely the worst idea ever. How could the company have given that thing a 'green light'? And it was made and designed in America. Perhaps that's why Hoover doesn't make vacuums here in the USA any longer. | ||
| Post# 357709 , Reply# 20 8/15/2016 at 12:25 (2,810 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 357720 , Reply# 21 8/15/2016 at 15:53 (2,810 days old) by jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
That Hoover is a DISGRACE to the Real Hoovers... | ||
| Post# 358126 , Reply# 22 8/23/2016 at 17:15 (2,802 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
I must agree about the Thermax. Its the only one of that lot I have ever seen and used. horribly built poor suction poor water filtration.
I remember when they came out they were referred to as Home cleaning systems .. NOT a vacuum Cleaner. Even the Pn was poor quality with the back wheels breaking off. I also just love the way that the casters turn sideways the minute they hit any obstacle like a stand of dog hair | ||
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