Thread Number: 35542
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 381915   11/28/2017 at 22:17 (2,312 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Hey
I remember growing up my parents had a canister vacuum that was yellowish 4 wheels hose came out the front. The top half of vacuum popped off to change the bag. I think was late 70's early 80's Kenmore. It clogged easy suction was horrible. Anyways I have 10 plus kirbys from a 510 up to sentria. I have 2 riccars a 8950 and a vibrance. I was wondering if if anyone had suggestions on cannisters. I read about riccar canisters with electronic hose. They sound nice but I'm looking for something I might find at a thrift store or something like that for under $100 I appreciate any suggestions or help. Les |
Post# 381932 , Reply# 3   11/29/2017 at 10:42 (2,311 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I'll expand on what Kevin said and would recommend any Electrolux canister made in the last 40 or 50 years (1205, Super J, Olympia, Silverado, Diamond J, etc.) that have the contacts for electrified hoses built into the connector. They can often be found very expensively, either on eBay or at thrift shops and are thus a whole bunch of vacuum cleaner for the money. They're also very easy to work on. About a year ago, I snatched up a Diamond J with a generic third party hose, wand and PN5, all in great shape, at a local Goodwill for the princely sum of $10. Definitely the deal of the year for me.
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Post# 381971 , Reply# 5   11/30/2017 at 15:21 (2,310 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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I'm interested in your listing "Vintage Electrolux Vacuum" on KSL. Is it still available?
www.ksl.com/index.phpQUESTIONMARK... Is this Silverado everyone is talking about. |
Post# 381977 , Reply# 6   11/30/2017 at 16:47 (2,310 days old) by toddk13 (Milwaukee, WI)   |   | |
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No. That is the Electrolux XXX or "30", which is older than you probably want. |
Post# 382036 , Reply# 8   12/1/2017 at 13:42 (2,309 days old) by josh (Forest Park, IL & Spring Grove, IL)   |   | |
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Another brand to keep your eyes open for is Compact, or as they are more recently called, TriStar. Great machines, powerful, and easy to service. You can find them occasionally in garage sales and resale shops. I have one I only paid $10 for, and another I got for about $12.
I also agree wholeheartedly with the recommendations for a metal Electrolux. They truly are great machines. |
Post# 382409 , Reply# 9   12/9/2017 at 15:39 (2,301 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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I myself love old Hoovers and Eurekas best. Eureka B bag style Rotomatic canisters have power nozzles with VGII brush rolls and clean great with lots of power.
Hoover Dimension 1000 and Celebrity canisters are also extremely powerful and wonderful cleaners. I'm not a big fan of Electrolux. I have found that in use many of the Lux units flip over on their side and skid around the house rather than roll on wheels. I also feel that bags are small and attachments/ carpet grooming are just ehhh. Electrolux canisters are solidly built though. |
Post# 382480 , Reply# 11   12/10/2017 at 23:05 (2,300 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Kevin wrote: The G will flip over if it gets caught sideways on something and you pull hard. But it happened once to me and so you learn. The models after the G are much more stable that way.
I reply: Yes, the G and ones like it have a higher center of gravity and the wheels have a narrower track, which make the machine very susceptible to tipping. This was a definite improvement with the 1205 and newer canisters. I haven't had much of an issue with mine tipping over. Come to think of it, I don't recall my grandparents' LX with the skids having much of a tipping problem, either. |