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| Post# 56063 , Reply# 3 12/11/2008 at 08:44 (5,613 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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Amen to that | ||
| Post# 56083 , Reply# 12 12/11/2008 at 21:45 (5,612 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO) | ||
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Rob Do I understand from what you said earlier in the thread, that "they pushed you to sell the 1205, Lux" Didn't know you had door to door experience ? We'll have to talk ! Norm | ||
Post# 56104 , Reply# 18 12/12/2008 at 12:02 (5,612 days old) by vinvac  (Dubuque IA) |
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Well now it is my turn to join the fun! It is very hard for me to rate my vacuums as most have special meaning for me. Many of my vacuums are gifts from friends or models that I grew up with as a child. So here it goes: Most Beautiful: Air-Way Model 88 Design: Any of the Eureka Canned Hams Surprise: Oreck XL21 - I was truly surprised and amazed at this machines cleaning ablilities. It is my daily driver Most fun to use: Any of my Royals - uprights or canisters - they clean extremely well, quiet (the older models) well built and handle like a dream. Most useless: Anything bagless.... Best Value: Kirby by far. They may be expensive up front, but they last forever. And if they don't you send them back for a good ole spa treatment and run them for a another twenty years. Poorest Quality: Dirt Devil or Shark Over all any of my Electrolux's would take an uppper rank as well. The flip tool design in my opinion was way ahead of the design game. The model L's though simple in design, cleaned like a champ. But the truth of the matter is "I Love Them ALL" Morgan | ||
| Post# 56105 , Reply# 19 12/12/2008 at 12:08 (5,612 days old) by methodistbill () | ||
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Electrolux Oxygen This is the one I had. CLICK HERE TO GO TO methodistbill's LINK | ||
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Post# 56173 , Reply# 22 12/13/2008 at 09:02 (5,611 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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My turn to play too!
Most Beautiful: Twin Motor Air-Way Model 37 Honorable Mention: Air-Way Dirtmaster Best Design: Hoover 150--Hoover at it's best, a true gem. Surprise: Kirby Sentria--who knew it was built like a Sherman tank until we visited the factory? Fun To Use: Miele Champagne Most Useless: Eureka Vibra-Beat....remember the cleaning competition from a few years back? Oy! Best Value: Air-Tec Black Knight 2000--yes, I am biased since I sell them! Poorest Quality: EARLY Kirby Dual 80--the new plastic green handle at the top broke all the time until the plastic was re-engineered. I even broke my Mother's! Poorest Quality: Any plastic bodied "dust blower" from the big box stores. I won't even touch them. They are a bane to the industry. Overall Winner: Tie between Miele Champagne, Air-Way 88 Mark II, (with power nozzle) and Air-Tec Black Knight. I agree with Morgan that I like them all and enjoy using them. I've finally whittled the collection down to what I really like and what they mean to me. Charlie W. | ||
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Post# 56178 , Reply# 24 12/13/2008 at 09:14 (5,611 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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Mike, When I broke the handle on my Mother's, she, typically, went ballistic since it was new. I went to the vac store that I liked and got a metal handle from a Dual 50 that the owner gave me for free. I went home and put it on and it worked fine even with the tan hand grip contrasting with avocado green. (I don't why Mother got so worked up over it--she pushed it maybe twice before it was replaced) Luckily I left for college shortly thereafter and when I came home the next time, it was gone! | ||
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Post# 56187 , Reply# 26 12/13/2008 at 10:25 (5,611 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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Well, we definitely need the next generation to carry the torch. Many of us are old enough to be your father or perhaps grandfather! I only grew up with all metal vacuums and the Hoovers did use some bake-a-lite. The first really plastic vacuum that I remember, (I only speak for me), was when Electrolux shifted to an all plastic bodied vacuum after the Ultralux family ended. I'm not sure when Hoover when all plastic. They did of course have plastic hoods on the convertibles and 62/63/64 models. They went through some issues too with warping due to the heat of the light bulbs and their proximity to the hoods. I liked it when, you needed a vacuum, you went to the local vacuum store(s), or dealer. NOT to Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, etc. But it seems specialty stores are becoming a thing of the past. Look at Hoover closing 25 of their stores. Meanwhile, keep saving the older metal monsters--the vacs that really cleaned! | ||
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