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Nothing beams like a Laser... |
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Post# 159846   11/23/2011 at 13:15 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159847 , Reply# 1   11/23/2011 at 13:17 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159849 , Reply# 2   11/23/2011 at 13:18 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159850 , Reply# 3   11/23/2011 at 13:19 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159851 , Reply# 4   11/23/2011 at 13:21 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159852 , Reply# 5   11/23/2011 at 13:22 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159853 , Reply# 6   11/23/2011 at 13:24 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159854 , Reply# 7   11/23/2011 at 13:25 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159856 , Reply# 8   11/23/2011 at 13:39 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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A bit of history for those who don't know - Goblin in the UK have mostly been a budget brand since the 1970's. The Laser series was launched in the early 1990's (at the same time as the new style Rio cylinders) to replace the old Commander uprights. In terms of design, the machine is not that different from the commander at all. Both are dirty fan designs are relatively similar. The main difference is the appearance and the style in which the hose attaches. They retails from between £60 - £90 depending on retailer/model. The first Lasers were these 2 from 1992 - a softbag with optional tools, and a hardbag with built in tools (although both require the tools to be attached, they are not intergrated). The attachable tool caddy was available to purchase from Goblin separately on models which did not include this. I remember my Dad's cousin having the softbag version, but with on board tools.
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Post# 159858 , Reply# 9   11/23/2011 at 13:43 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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So I've had a bit of chance to use it now, and as far as a cheap upright goes, it's not half bad! It has very strong suction as an upright and an ok brushroll. It also does a pretty good job on laminate floors. The hose suction is pretty poor though, but certainly no worse than the turbopower's. The cleaner is very light to lift and manoeuvre, which I imagine is why it would have appealed to the older generation at the time.
The plastic is dreadfully cheap, but it's not brittle like the turbopower was. It's much more flexible. I swear, it's made of play dough! The bag door is a bit of a nightmare, as you really have to squash it down and mould the plastic yourself to get the thing to shut. |
Post# 159860 , Reply# 10   11/23/2011 at 13:45 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159861 , Reply# 11   11/23/2011 at 13:45 (4,509 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 159862 , Reply# 12   11/23/2011 at 13:46 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159863 , Reply# 13   11/23/2011 at 13:46 (4,509 days old) by Jakesvacs ()   |   | |
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you get to have a NIB Goblin laser! Great find! |
Post# 159864 , Reply# 14   11/23/2011 at 13:48 (4,509 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 159866 , Reply# 15   11/23/2011 at 13:48 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 159868 , Reply# 16   11/23/2011 at 13:51 (4,509 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 159872 , Reply# 17   11/23/2011 at 13:57 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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I wouldn't quite have said that. The Turbopower was britain's best selling vacuum for the best part of 10 years, replaced by the Panasonic 40 series in the early 1990's briefly and then by the DC01. However, they were popular due to them being inexpensive at not bad vacuums (although they're certainly nothing special, especially when compared with the Turbopowers and Electrolux Contour series of the time). As average as they were, the Laser and Rio had their market. I remember a fair few of these around from when I was little, but few seem to have survived to today. I think with Turbopowers and other more high-end vacuums, people took care of them and got them repaired if anything went wrong. Whereas the Laser, I imagine, was purchased as a knowingly budget vacuum that one would just through out if it broke. Kind of like the equivalent of an Argos Value upright today.
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Post# 159873 , Reply# 18   11/23/2011 at 14:01 (4,509 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 159875 , Reply# 19   11/23/2011 at 14:04 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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^Actually, I used the basic bagged Argos Value upright recently as was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a pile of rubbish, but it wasn't half bad. The hose was a bit naff and it was quite small, but it's performance was ok. Certainly on a par with my Mum's Electrolux Powerlite upright and far better than the Hoover Purepower's. I wouldn't touch the bagless one - nasty clogging filter mess! Having said that, I wouldn't touch any bagless vacuum lol.
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Post# 159888 , Reply# 20   11/23/2011 at 16:11 (4,509 days old) by baglessball ()   |   | |
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Ooh, got have me some dyson! I like seeing the muck! What is the suction at the hose like? I used a couple of these when I was younger, but no body had tools for them! They are no turbo power! :) |
Post# 159890 , Reply# 21   11/23/2011 at 16:18 (4,509 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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You do realise, you could pick up more with another brand of vacuum and just empty out and examine the contents of the bag if you're really that bothered? But anyway, thats a discussion for another time. We don't do bagless in this house :P
Suction on the hose is certainly poor, but no worse than the Turbopower's hose suction. I'd also say that the Laser's tool setup is easier to use than the Turbo's as there is no pan converter. The setup is similar to the Moulinex Major with the slot on the head of the machine. I'd say floor suction is possibly almost as strong as the Turbo's, but it obviously doesn't have the activator brushroll or adjustable height settings that the TP's had and therefore doesn't clean as well. |
Post# 160092 , Reply# 24   11/25/2011 at 06:35 (4,507 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Rolls, I agree about Hoover being THE upright for carpet cleaning. However, the activator brushroll had a lot to do with that. The suction on the laser is pretty good, but let down slightly by and under performing brushroll. It's a very average vacuum, but deffo still worthy of a place in a collection
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Post# 230952 , Reply# 27   5/2/2013 at 15:42 (3,983 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 231346 , Reply# 29   5/5/2013 at 17:44 (3,980 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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The Electrolux Boss was out in 2001 but under different guises with the "Minimite" model -this is really where the model numbers help rather than the name as they are tons of different "boss" models. Later in 2003, the first wave of Electrolux Boss successor models came out, the B3105, B3115 in yellow and blue.
Also see previous thread on here regarding these mini 2litre/2.5 litre dust bag fitted models www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-... www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-... also shows off upright vacuum scans as well as info regarding the Goblin Rio Yours truly owned an Electrolux Boss B4111 in 2003. A brilliant cylinder vacuum cleaner and very much made in the same kind of layout as the Hoover Telios, another favourite cylinder vac of mine. |
Post# 231348 , Reply# 30   5/5/2013 at 17:54 (3,980 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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It depends on the model. The Boss z1080 here was from 1999: CLICK HERE TO GO TO vintagerepairer's LINK |
Post# 231349 , Reply# 31   5/5/2013 at 17:56 (3,980 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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This one was also from 1999: CLICK HERE TO GO TO vintagerepairer's LINK |
Post# 231361 , Reply# 33   5/5/2013 at 18:39 (3,980 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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The one you've sent a link there to the vacuum dust bags, VR is the one I knocked back for a Hoover Microspace. I loved that little Microspace - a U.S model I believe originally. Had it for a few years before selling it to a lady who needed it for her caravan. Also had an Electrolux 965 Minilite as Hi-Lo says.
Didn't ever like the main floor head that came with it though. |
Post# 231366 , Reply# 35   5/5/2013 at 18:51 (3,980 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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Here it is: |
Post# 231405 , Reply# 36   5/5/2013 at 23:20 (3,979 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 231419 , Reply# 37   5/6/2013 at 03:12 (3,979 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Was there a green model of that style cylinder Electrolux? |
Post# 231450 , Reply# 39   5/6/2013 at 10:10 (3,979 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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That's because the one you show is the Mondo that replaced the excellent series beforehand. Those ones didn't have the tool storage flat on the front, but rather a thick plastic PVC holder that could either hold three or four cleaning tools clipped to the hose. I had a Z2305 "light blue" one as well but god it was awful - the slightest bit of dirt on the "flush" wheels meant they could stick whilst the plastic quality was worlds away from the heavier and more robust Mondo series before it.
Hi-lo - check the previous thread regarding Electrolux Mondo cylinder vacs - www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-... |
Post# 231457 , Reply# 40   5/6/2013 at 11:21 (3,979 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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The Laser's were out about 1990/91 to replace the Commander uprights. The original design consisted of a base model soft bag, soft bag with on board tools, standard hardbag and TOL hadbag with on board tools. These early models needed the hose to be removed from the toolcaddy and plugged into the hose port.
They were on sale as late as 1998, albeit in a very basic form with no tools. Here is a pic of the first style Laser |
Post# 231458 , Reply# 41   5/6/2013 at 11:25 (3,979 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 231466 , Reply# 42   5/6/2013 at 12:21 (3,979 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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Even though the suction was bad on the Mondo, I still liked it. And in the previous thread (your link) that was the Mondo you reviewed on Ciao! |
Post# 231524 , Reply# 43   5/6/2013 at 19:24 (3,979 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 362583 , Reply# 44   11/20/2016 at 13:24 (2,685 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 362584 , Reply# 45   11/20/2016 at 13:25 (2,685 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 362585 , Reply# 46   11/20/2016 at 13:30 (2,685 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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