Thread Number: 33639
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Why do we like vacuums? |
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Post# 365939   1/31/2017 at 17:17 (2,613 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 365968 , Reply# 3   2/1/2017 at 10:25 (2,612 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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For me, it was all about design and how design affects efficiency. I grew up with a Rainbow and a Compact in our home, my Aunts had Electrolux, neighbors had Kirby, Filter Queen, Fairfax, etc. One had a Sunbeam. They all cleaned differently, mostly due to the bag and where they were purchased (Blue Luster as opposed to genuine bags). But this was at a time when one ply bag were all there were, except for Air-Way and Filter Queen cones (and Lux bags to a certain extent).
Since my mother's Rainbow didn't lose suction or airflow, in my youth I believed it was 'the best'. I learned my lesson later - and now own about 800 vacuums going back to the first electric machines. I now understand how the basic designs affect the efficiency with which the machines remove dirt from carpets. That's really why I collect them, in essence, to test them against each other. |
Post# 365970 , Reply# 4   2/1/2017 at 10:57 (2,612 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Vacuum cleaners were among the first 'big' machines I figured out how to operate as a small child. I never really thought about actually collecting them until I found this site a few years ago. Until recently, the most vacuum cleaners I had at any one time was four in early 1998 and I gave three of them to Goodwill before I moved. I didn't have more than one vacuum again until late 2012, when I rescued a Kirby Gsix from beside a dumpster, which led to me finding Vacuumland. A couple of weeks after finding the Gsix, I told my dad about my find and he said there was a Kirby in the attic (Heritage 1D) I should take with me. I did and my girlfriend promptly appropriated it. Sometime after I bought a house in early 2014, I started accumulating machines and now have about 15. I have admitted that I am powerless over vacuum cleaners and that my life has become unmanageable. I'll be downstairs at 8:00 for the Vacuholics Anonymous meeting.
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Post# 365977 , Reply# 5   2/1/2017 at 12:53 (2,612 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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I have been repairing and cleaning up used machines, often thrown out by relatives, give it to David since I was 7?? I loved the idea that they made mess and dirt disappear! Magic. I still have that childhood machine. My mom was the boss at home, did I want to be her? I did love to keep the house up when I was little, but I like a variety of machines too, each seems to me to have a bonus/ advantage over another. So for me like 3 different ones work well. Kirby, well rugs! Silverado for powerful reliable above floor and a Dyson v6 for the in between, quick ups, even quick in the car messes. Others I find and fix for the challenge and then if someone needs a machine, well what kind do you like?? They may offer me something for it, or not. Just take care of it!!My dingbat neighbor complained when her Eureka 1934? died, I said wow that sucks, free machine you abused for 11 years. I put a used motor in it to shut her up. Still free.
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