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Thread Number: 20133
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| Post# 225555 3/29/2013 at 15:08 (4,044 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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| Post# 225568 , Reply# 1 3/29/2013 at 16:54 (4,044 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Hoover Windtunnel This vacuum here pictured above I would consider rare. Maybe others don't, but these are not common near me at all. The dual brushroll design is why I like them so much. It is a good idea too for dual brushrolls. Is this machine yours though? | ||
| Post# 225570 , Reply# 2 3/29/2013 at 16:56 (4,044 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Vax I live in the USA so I have NOT seen one of these in person, but from this picture this machine is ugly. I think that the UK has these. 
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| Post# 225572 , Reply# 3 3/29/2013 at 17:01 (4,044 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Vax I have no problem with the Vax being listed as ugly. Do I think it is so? No, but then I am used to it. That particular design was first seen here around 1990, sold as the model 2000 & replacing the 122 which came before it. This same style is still to be found today. | ||
| Post# 225573 , Reply# 4 3/29/2013 at 17:02 (4,044 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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121 cleaner, I meant to say. | ||
| Post# 225580 , Reply# 5 3/29/2013 at 18:09 (4,044 days old) by adambomb (Undisclosed ) | ||
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OH MY GOD!! My mother bought a green one identical to that one and so did my grandmother. We didn't hate that vacuum, we DESPISED it!!! Loud, heavy and made a hell of a mess emptying it. It was then I went to Kirbys. Although the older metal based Hoovers are built really well and clean great! | ||
| Post# 225587 , Reply# 6 3/29/2013 at 18:21 (4,044 days old) by ultraperformer (Derbyshire, UK, Europe) | ||
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| Post# 225606 , Reply# 7 3/29/2013 at 20:34 (4,044 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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Not my Hoover...
but dual brushes sound intriging & headache inducing at the same time.
I love that Vax! More orange vacuums please. I found that same model/color Vax at a thrift store but it needs a hose. What kind could i use? The store still has the vacuum & i see it every time i go in. Without a hose nobody is inersted in it. If something standard would work i'll pay the $15 & make it my bench vac. | ||
| Post# 225658 , Reply# 8 3/30/2013 at 07:33 (4,044 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Any hose from any vax tub vac will usually fit:) | ||
| Post# 225662 , Reply# 9 3/30/2013 at 07:55 (4,044 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Another Vax pic Here you go Robert, another Vax picture but I do not know what model any of these are. 
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| Post# 225666 , Reply# 10 3/30/2013 at 08:27 (4,044 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 225667 , Reply# 11 3/30/2013 at 08:31 (4,044 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Was it really? I did not actually know that. I dont see any Vax cleaners in the US so thats why I do not know much about them. I would like to own one though. It would be a nice addition to my collection. How much were they when the came out in the US? | ||
| Post# 225702 , Reply# 12 3/30/2013 at 13:33 (4,043 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
 Actually Im a big fan of the old Vax tubs. I had a blue one passed to me from my parents; a Powa 1400. Had it for about 15 odd years until I gave it to a local shop who were susceptible to floods. It was a good all rounder and reminded me much of the old Shop Vacs you get in the U.S I'd never say they were good looking but more practical looking than anything else. The old 101 (before the 121) was very much a door-to-door sales machine before they arrived in the stores and a lot of brands tried to copy Vax; in fact I think Hoover UK were rapped over the knuckles with their advertising of their similar 3 in 1 tub canister as being the first to offer the shampoo tools when Vax had been doing it well beforehand.
They've since been produced in Australia now as opposed to the UK though the UK ones in the 1990s were solid and much heavier than the present ones you can buy now = and most models now don't come with the rather helpful variable suction control dial. 
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| Post# 225717 , Reply# 14 3/30/2013 at 16:54 (4,043 days old) by compamac () | ||
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I still... I still just in my opinion do not like the Vax cleaners. I would prefer a Shop-Vac. | ||
| Post# 225725 , Reply# 16 3/30/2013 at 18:10 (4,043 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Vax I have no problem with a Vax but for a Daily Driver is no for me becuase they look too bulky. | ||
| Post# 225727 , Reply# 17 3/30/2013 at 18:12 (4,043 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Bulky Yes, that is exactly what I always thought, and upright users did not take to them either. | ||
| Post# 225738 , Reply# 18 3/30/2013 at 19:26 (4,043 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Well... I obviously collect vacuums and use various types so upright or canister doesnt bother me. But the Vax like I said is too bulky and big to roll around while cleaning. | ||
| Post# 225743 , Reply# 20 3/30/2013 at 20:33 (4,043 days old) by ilikeoddvacuums () | ||
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vacuum with more ugly than anything else i am surprised nobody has talked about the dirt devil cruiser 
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| Post# 225748 , Reply# 21 3/30/2013 at 21:21 (4,043 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Dirt Devil I totally forgot about those. Yeah they are heavy and ugly too | ||
| Post# 225751 , Reply# 22 3/30/2013 at 21:42 (4,043 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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Vax is in the Haus!
Oh yeah baby got the orange Vax today,$10, Shazaam! Bought it along with the Filter Queen (shown) & a Panasonic (not shown) i'll be posting about in a different thread.
This Vax has a cloth shack out bag inside, are paper bags available too? Made for the US market & our different power system. Need to find the hoses & attachments for the Vax, would Electrolux work? Seems i read that somewhere. I have a line on a Lux Renaissance with a pile of hoses & attachments included & if i could use them on this Vax i'll snap up that Renny ASAP. 
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| Post# 225753 , Reply# 23 3/30/2013 at 21:51 (4,043 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Nice Nice find you got there! Enjoy the machines! | ||
| Post# 225793 , Reply# 25 3/31/2013 at 08:42 (4,043 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Well said VR.
However, the variable suction models in my experience are better as they don't rip the paper dust bags with the full force of fixed suction like current models - and there's a normal "half way" dry cleaning mode setting on the dial. Its a pity that Vax haven't offered the current models with the variable control dial - they are plenty of second hand ones on Gumtree and sometimes the old black 6151 models that came with the dial. When I look back at it, my parents adored the Vax in our large home - cue having a long cord - the Vax came with 10 to 12 metres as I think back. It was fine for dry vacuuming helped along by its massive dust bag and the Vax's 5 castors on the base for ease of movement. We had a Vax branded turbo brush head that came with the Powa 1200 too. (sorry, it wasn't 1400 as I said previously) I've only seen a few other Wessel Werk floor heads like it since, but the one that came with the Vax had a dial at the side (vented) as well as four rather hopeless metal gliders on the base. Fine for carpets but no use for hard floors since the whole thing lacked wheels - had a similar turbo brush many years ago for Miele, in a horrible light toffee beige with wheels. It was however one of the first better made air driven turbo brushes on the market that had a flip down door on the base to clean the grilled air turbine impeller. For all intents and purposes, despite the "bulk", the old Vax was the precursor of Henry in homes, nowadays. I've used the Vax's original floor head on my old Numatic James and its a far easier floor head to use - may even have an original replacement floor head that has seen very little use, 32 mm. That was the beauty of Vax models thereafter the originals - they all use 32mm tools and sizings and the tubes that came with the model are crush proof. Before handing our old Vax to a shop who needed a 3 in 1 due to the ice machine they had (and thus the floor kept getting wet and also gave them the AutoMop head) I used to use the fabric bag for clearing up dry garden waste and the recovery tank for clearing up the damp soil and mud created from pressure washing. Now I just use an old Sebo Felix ET-1 power head to clear up the dry soil after leaving it for a day when I've pressure washed the garden patio. | ||
| Post# 225833 , Reply# 26 3/31/2013 at 14:17 (4,042 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
This is the vacuum that I think is ugly. I despise this vacuum cleaner. It is heavy, huge, bulky, (my machine) smells like dog, and the automatic cleaning HEPA filter is crap. My machine's electronic surface control is broken, and the HEPA filter doesn't spin and clean itself anymore (it didn't clean itself very well anyways). The bottom plate is being held down with tape since some of the screw holes disintegrated. I just used this to clean upstairs (I took it out of the garage to take a picture for this thread, and it kind of needed to be vacuumed anyways. If I wasn't already getting it out then I would have used the central vac), and I had forgotten how bad it smells until I turned it on. I took it all apart to clean it all out really well almost a year ago. I've only used it a few times since then and it already smells bad again. I think this machine was Hoover's response to Dyson's no loss of suction vacuum, due to the fact that it has the "self cleaning" filter.
I wonder if the bagged version of this machine was any better. I'm sure it was just as heavy and bulky as the bagless version, but I'm sure the filtration was much better. I think they used cloth bags. 
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| Post# 225834 , Reply# 27 3/31/2013 at 14:18 (4,042 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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| Post# 225850 , Reply# 29 3/31/2013 at 17:10 (4,042 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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They made a bagless and a bagged version. I think they introduced them both around the same time. Mine was purchased by my grandmother in 2006 or 2007. The bagged version was almost exactly the same, only it had a bag compartment where the dust container and filter are t on the bagless version. They made one that was green instead of orange/red which had a dirt detect light on the cleaner head.
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| Post# 225922 , Reply# 32 4/1/2013 at 09:36 (4,042 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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We have them as the vax swift in the UK. Horrible cheap pieces of flimsy plastic! | ||
| Post# 225959 , Reply# 33 4/1/2013 at 13:10 (4,041 days old) by sarasvacshack () | ||
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Am I.. the only one that thinks so? Or is everyone else drinking the koolaid? 
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| Post# 225962 , Reply# 34 4/1/2013 at 13:15 (4,041 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Vax Swift These units arent swift at all. Just ear ruiner cheap vacs. I wouldnt even buy this vac for $10! The filters are another thing. NOT WASHABLE HERE! You have to purchase a washable one, they get so dirty and clogged the vacuum has barely and airflow | ||
| Post# 225966 , Reply# 35 4/1/2013 at 13:56 (4,041 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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Kenmore DuraPower & his Bissell buddy
A friggin' beast if there ever was one... just got back from the junk auction with about 6 units including these two, a red Dirt Devil bagless, a yellow Eureka screaming bagless wonders (no pics of those necessary right? ), & two vacuums which were the reason for bidding/buying the lot... 2 Kenmore canisters, one vintage one contemporary, both complete.
But this Kenmore 'DuraPower' is to me a bit of a prize as i have never seen one like it before & it weighs a ton, so maybe at least she's got some cleaning ability. BTW the missing handle for the Kenmore upright is in a box of parts & hoses out of frame. What takes off magic marker? Have to remember to ask the auctioneer to mark something else than the top of one of my purchases... DD Cruiser=want ;-) 
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| Post# 226007 , Reply# 36 4/1/2013 at 18:05 (4,041 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Well I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As for those Swift vacs, they may be a nuisance but the neighbour behind me has had one for about 10 years - careful maintenance is all that has been required to keep it ticking over. I can't stand the noise or the weight of it, but it does a good job regardless. | ||
| Post# 226015 , Reply# 37 4/1/2013 at 18:32 (4,041 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Swift I still dont think even if you maintain it still doesnt cut it. Your neighbor might think that it is working but it is not getting top performance. The weight isn't that bad though. | ||
| Post# 226034 , Reply# 38 4/1/2013 at 21:07 (4,041 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
We, used to have a Vax Swift... | ||
| Post# 226067 , Reply# 39 4/2/2013 at 06:12 (4,041 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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I maintain their vacuum... Nick we'll have to disagree on that one. Clearly your mind is already made up. The UK is still selling Swift based uprights from Vax since as you know the company is now under TTi. The Swift is far too heavy for its own good, the problem being that the auto adjusting head is too easy to feel like it is ploughing on thin carpets not helped by the thick plastic handle that isn't that comfortable to hold onto. This is because of the most annoying aspect that seems to have been fitted to a lot of the TTI uprights over the years - a thick plastic squeegee designed to pull dirt along when doing hard floors. My neighbour never vacuums hard floors, so I removed the plastic squeegee strip at the base of the floor head and hey, it is now wonderfully lighter to push as there is no rubber that resists the material.
As for the filter - Vax have always fitted the paper pleated cone type and being washable means less replacement dependent on what you pick up. The neighbour used to have a sweet little Spaniel dog until a couple of years ago when the dog died of old age- then the amount of dust they were getting through plus the hair was quite a job for that cone filter alone but the Swift managed it. Now, the Swift no longer has to chase a dog through the house in terms of pet hair - but the other aspect I don't like about it is the hose at the front side design - the plastic for connecting the hose up is very poor - but the cost of replacement parts have been so low that the neighbour sees no desire in replacing something that has been largely reliable. | ||
| Post# 226101 , Reply# 41 4/2/2013 at 12:29 (4,040 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 226108 , Reply# 42 4/2/2013 at 14:00 (4,040 days old) by compamac () | ||
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I tried I tried to buy one of these NOS at a hardware store but they wanted $60!!!!! I figure $30 is a good price but not $60 | ||
| Post# 226179 , Reply# 43 4/2/2013 at 22:05 (4,040 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Huh, that's about £39 in the UK. In the UK, ASDA are selling the Swift at a cost of £69-00 = that's $104.08 to you!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK | ||
Post# 226345 , Reply# 44 4/3/2013 at 19:04 (4,039 days old) by tazcatsdad  (Buffalo, NY) |
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| Post# 226511 , Reply# 45 4/4/2013 at 12:45 (4,038 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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They have a bagged version of the Dirt Devil Featherlite/Vax Swift here in the US. I've had the bagless version and two different bagged versions. They clean pretty well and have decent suction. VERY loud though! The filter in the bagless model does clog pretty quickly, however the bagless model I used to have never needed a new filter. I just tapped it clean very often. | ||
| Post# 226578 , Reply# 46 4/4/2013 at 17:38 (4,038 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
What i've found that's good on magic marker... | ||
| Post# 271361 , Reply# 47 3/11/2014 at 21:03 (3,697 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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Ding Ding!
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We have a winner. Truly the ugliest vac i have ever seen...yet i can't look away. I am engrossed trying to fathom, why? 
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| Post# 271391 , Reply# 48 3/11/2014 at 22:17 (3,697 days old) by vacuumdude (Spokane WA) | ||
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thats not ugly.... I like the way it looks What do y, all think of this 
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| Post# 271464 , Reply# 49 3/12/2014 at 08:05 (3,697 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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That's not only ugly... | ||
| Post# 271520 , Reply# 50 3/12/2014 at 13:19 (3,696 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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We had them in the UK as Electrolux Harmony Glider - I found them ok to use - they were also one of the first wave of bagless uprights i used which had a hood that you'd remove from the top to get to the drive belt as opposed to constantly having to change from the bottom by the sole plate with other uprights.
Never liked the side duster thing though, bit pointless when even the air channel for the suction from the duster fibres never really pulled much dust off. | ||
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