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A new cardboard vacuum cleaner..... |
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Post# 150549   9/6/2011 at 05:47 (4,613 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Hi, I've just come across this... A cardboard vacuum cleaner.
Will you be rushing to buy one?? www.pocket-lint.com/news/40822/va... James:o) |
Post# 150550 , Reply# 1   9/6/2011 at 06:55 (4,613 days old) by massagemiracle ()   |   | |
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"Not"! |
Post# 150552 , Reply# 3   9/6/2011 at 07:03 (4,613 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 150556 , Reply# 4   9/6/2011 at 07:20 (4,613 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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It'd be funny if they did do a W&D, the thing would just implode on itself.... :P |
Post# 150561 , Reply# 5   9/6/2011 at 08:33 (4,613 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Its not a new concept at all. There has been at least one US cleaner with a cardboard body mentioned in the Vintage forum, and I have a Goblin, not sure if 1940s or 1950s, and that too has a cardboard body as I was somewhat surprised to find. What alerted me to the fact was how light it was.
Seeing its marked as a Vax I wonder will it be a Hoover in the US? Al |
Post# 150562 , Reply# 6   9/6/2011 at 08:43 (4,613 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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I think it would definitely be marketed (if they do market it) as a Hoover over int he states, being a TTI brand... |
Post# 150564 , Reply# 7   9/6/2011 at 09:20 (4,613 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 150565 , Reply# 8   9/6/2011 at 09:28 (4,613 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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Well, they say they put fire retardants into the cardboard to prevent fires, but, I still don't think it would take off... :P |
Post# 150571 , Reply# 10   9/6/2011 at 09:48 (4,613 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 150584 , Reply# 13   9/6/2011 at 11:32 (4,613 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 150588 , Reply# 14   9/6/2011 at 12:49 (4,612 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest)   |   | |
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I bet it would fit right in with my Paper Mache dishwasher. |
Post# 150596 , Reply# 15   9/6/2011 at 14:09 (4,612 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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But I have a cardboard Montgomery Ward from the late 40s that is as good as ever, after all these years! |
Post# 150597 , Reply# 16   9/6/2011 at 14:13 (4,612 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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From the 1940's eh? Back when engineers actually took pride in their work? Unlike today... :P |
Post# 150603 , Reply# 17   9/6/2011 at 15:30 (4,612 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 150610 , Reply# 18   9/6/2011 at 17:31 (4,612 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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Well it's boun' tee.... :P (Northerner joke there for you!!!) |
Post# 150611 , Reply# 19   9/6/2011 at 17:41 (4,612 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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when things were made properly and not to the lowest bidder in the east.
Today we were doing a bit of rearranging in the shop and I ( stupid idiot ) knocked a late 40's Electrolux off a two meter shelf and it landed on a current model Electrolux bagged cylinder , I should rather say it landed through it. it demolished the machine ( a trade inn from a customer this morning ) only a few scrathches on the old 40's machine |
Post# 150629 , Reply# 21   9/6/2011 at 19:34 (4,612 days old) by KirbyLover (Louisville Kentucky )   |   | |
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cardboard is better than plastic when it comes to cheap vacuums and landfills ;) |
Post# 150633 , Reply# 22   9/6/2011 at 19:44 (4,612 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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Good point actually... BUT, if a vac is well-made, it should never need to go to landfill... ;) |
Post# 150673 , Reply# 23   9/6/2011 at 22:39 (4,612 days old) by KirbyLover (Louisville Kentucky )   |   | |
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Not every vac is a Kirby, twocvbloke, ;) |
Post# 150675 , Reply# 24   9/6/2011 at 22:45 (4,612 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 150678 , Reply# 25   9/6/2011 at 23:04 (4,612 days old) by goadie12 ()   |   | |
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I wonder what kind of motor it has in it but I know I would never buy one but I think they may be more popular in Asia or maybe some one who was in collage. Zach |
Post# 150710 , Reply# 26   9/7/2011 at 07:49 (4,612 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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Nor a Sanitaire, cos they're just brilliant at cleaning, and yes they do outclean a Kirby, be they Shakeout, F&G or ST bagged... :P |
Post# 150753 , Reply# 28   9/7/2011 at 14:16 (4,611 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 150760 , Reply# 29   9/7/2011 at 14:38 (4,611 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 150785 , Reply# 31   9/7/2011 at 17:13 (4,611 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Well if a vacuum can deep clean a carpet it can deep clean a carpet.
Its just that some do it more agressive than others. Its not that it cleans better... I found the UK Electrolux rebranded sanis over here to be a poorer copy of the USAs original Eurekas sanis. Hence I sold mine on. I like the look of some of the older Eureka's Oh well it could be worse they could be made of cardboard;o) James:o) |
Post# 150819 , Reply# 33   9/7/2011 at 21:06 (4,611 days old) by sanifan ()   |   | |
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I'm waiting for someone to make a joke about a cardboard toilet.... Wait. I just did. Never mind! |
Post# 150822 , Reply# 34   9/7/2011 at 21:19 (4,611 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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A Cardboard toilet you say? Yep, it's been done... :P CLICK HERE TO GO TO twocvbloke's LINK |
Post# 151152 , Reply# 36   9/10/2011 at 15:22 (4,608 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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