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The WORST vacuum cleaners, Ever made. In History. |
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Post# 233237   5/19/2013 at 14:43 (3,966 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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What's some of the worst vacuums cleaners in the history of vacuum cleaners? This thing!
How on earth is in $99.99, with a 4 star rating!? CLICK HERE TO GO TO super-sweeper's LINK |
Post# 233239 , Reply# 1   5/19/2013 at 14:46 (3,966 days old) by parwaz786 ( )   |   | |
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all vacuums with filters in bins are total crap in the UK, well mostly |
Post# 233248 , Reply# 2   5/19/2013 at 15:44 (3,966 days old) by ilikeoddvacuums ()   |   | |
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any hoover uprights made since 2009 why? BECAUSE THAEY ARE ALL THE SAME THING!!!!! THE SAME REBADGED T SERIES GARBAGE also let me guess,this is a response to my last post |
Post# 233253 , Reply# 3   5/19/2013 at 16:00 (3,966 days old) by vacman1961 (North Babylon, New York)   |   | |
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I would have to say the first Regina Housekeeper with the idler wheel on it was the worst vacuum I ever came across. |
Post# 233260 , Reply# 5   5/19/2013 at 19:11 (3,966 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA)   |   | |
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-Hoover Elites (loud, flimsy, basically the 90's equivalent to Plastivacs®.) -Any Bissell made after 2000. -Everything with the word Dirt Devil in it. |
Post# 233339 , Reply# 10   5/20/2013 at 13:41 (3,965 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Asda vacuums Mainly all bissels Vax swift Panasonic bagless uprights aren't the best Quite a few vax's |
Post# 233376 , Reply# 11   5/20/2013 at 18:00 (3,965 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Perhaps because I'm many decades old, there seems to have never been a time when some 'brand' or type of vacuum was considered 'the worst piece of junk'. When I was a kid, the Shetland Lewyt was hailed as 'the worst' because they were so very cheaply made and didn't last but a year or so. When the Hoover Elite came out, I was standing in a Wal-Mart looking at the brand new Elite 200. I remarked that it looked like the cheapest piece of junk I'd seen since the Regina Housekeeper.
What's interesting is that what one generation considered 'junk', a newer generation considers collectable. If I had to name one vacuum that was absolutely worthless 'as a vacuum cleaner', it would have to be the pink Regina 1000 Housekeeper. |
Post# 233761 , Reply# 14   5/23/2013 at 19:44 (3,962 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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@Ilikeoddvacuums, your previous post inspired me to post this thread.
I didn't find elite to be to bad- they appear to last, and i find them everywhere :D However, I do remember taking in a newer Cormericial Elite, with the Elite 200's style of hood in black. The motor had thrown some bits off the Amruture!
I also recall reading somewhere (Some consumer complaint site) that An Main-Drive of a Hoover Elite/ Turbopower (Doesn't mattter, they used the same motor) 's motor had, well, Frankly "Exploded", leaving a gash of a hole in the plastic casing of the motor (This plastic was quite brittle on early elites, My near-mint Hoover Elite 200 came to me with a crack trough it's motor housing, along with brittle bits of "Screw holding" plastic stubs on the fan chamber.
All in all,the Elite was a famously popular vacuum, which many comperitors made a copy of:
EUREKA-BRAVO SINGER-POWER AMP- BISSELL- POWER PARTNER (COPY OF SINGER "POWER AMP, BISSELL BOUGHT OUT SINGER'S DESIGN). KENMORE- POWER CENTER DIRT DEVIL- DIRT DEVIL LITE/LITE PLUS PANASONIC-(No name avalible).
That's all I can recall.
While defianantly not practical, nor durable, those "Pancake head" General-Electric/ Premier cleaner where quite intresting.
And, If you would please excuse me, what exactly is an "Asda" vacuum?
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Post# 233825 , Reply# 15   5/24/2013 at 01:33 (3,962 days old) by ilikeoddvacuums ()   |   | |
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ASDA=British Walmart Also,so it's 1.hoover "the one" 2.shetland lewt canister vac 3.electrolux model 1451 I would love to see some more flops not personal experiences |
Post# 233841 , Reply# 16   5/24/2013 at 06:03 (3,961 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Going through a lot of my old brochures and catalogues, it appears that once upon a time, one could've spent any amount on a vacuum cleaner and got a relatively decent machine. For example, the Goblin Laser was for a long time the cheapest upright in the UK. Whilst it's hose suction is pretty pathetic, as an upright, it's not a bad machine. The only thing against it, really, is it's appalling build quality - feels like it's made of playdough. From the same era, the Goblin Rio was again a pretty decent vacuum with good suction, but let down by it's poor tools. The Goblin Housemaid was pretty useless though. The Dyson DC01 & DC03 were pretty much a joke performance wise.
The Hoover "The One" is probably the biggest disaster of a vacuum in a recent years. There was a LOT of hype around the development of The One with rumours rife amongst competitors about a swanky new cleaner that would put all others to shame. But on launch, it prove to be horrible in everyway - loud, awkward to use, heavy, poor performance, unreliable and poorly constructed. I think it was another member on here who recalled every single one of The One machines sold in a local Currys store were returned. The Hoover Dustmanager is equally as awful and has been on sale for years - god knows why people insist on buying them. My biggest objection in the UK market at the moment is brands like Electrolux, Bissell, Vax and Hoover selling cheap, low efficiency direct filter cyclone cleaners for ridiculous prices. People can say what they want about Argos Value bagless uprights, but at least the low price reflects the quality of the machine and nobody is going to expect mircales from a £40 cleaner. But particularly Vax and Hoover are selling machines of a similar design with price tags well over the £100 mark. A general consumer would expect to get a quality machine for such a price. See link for a good example. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Turbo500's LINK |
Post# 233850 , Reply# 17   5/24/2013 at 08:32 (3,961 days old) by knoxfrzb ()   |   | |
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the bissell steam vac carpet shampooers are huge wads of junk |
Post# 264818 , Reply# 19   1/26/2014 at 09:37 (3,714 days old) by keiththomas (Northumberland, England)   |   | |
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Well I have researched into vacuum cleaners and it appears the Hoover One which I recalled was given a bar review by the British Consumer magazine "Which". I did look at the machine out of interest and they wanted as much as a Dyson. A Very Ugly looking thing I thought. I am not certain what year it was launched and when it ended. But it has suddenly dropped. Trouble is they are all made at a price and to not last too long.
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Post# 264849 , Reply# 20   1/27/2014 at 00:36 (3,714 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 264862 , Reply# 21   1/27/2014 at 05:02 (3,713 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 264863 , Reply# 22   1/27/2014 at 05:09 (3,713 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 265645 , Reply# 25   2/1/2014 at 02:02 (3,709 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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The Regina Housekeeper was very crappy, certainly one of the most poorly built and shortest lasting machines I've known to exist, but for being in the vacuum business they are really before my time, in fact I've only ever worked on two of them myself since working in the business since 2004, which says that despite the many thousand sold very few actually lived while I see many Hoovers Eurekas and most other machines from that time. However the Hoover Windtunnel V2 s very much in my time and very much a horrible piece of crap! The big issue that was never resolved was the fact that the brushrolls would strip out where the drive shafts went, originally they had the solid molded brush roll with the round hole with a flat spot on both sides for the drive shaft to go, the plastic would strip right out as soon as too much resistance was applied. They tried to fix this by using a metal insert in the end of the brushroll for the shaft to go in, thinking that would solve it, but all that would happen is the insert would strip inside the brush, yes this took longer, but it still happened. the bearings on the other end would always fill with hair and melt up, and the hair would collect against the gearbox and the bruhroll and melt that up, and the gears had a nasty habit of stripping out as well, and they weren't too fun or easy to change either. They had a lovely habit of the brushes stripping the first time you ran it. Thankfully I only worked on one or two myself, and never did any serious in-depth repairs, but I watched others do it many times, and I heard all the horror stories. I don't think there is a single worst vacuum ever, but there are definitely many tied for that place. too many good and unique ideas gone terribly wrong...
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Post# 265851 , Reply# 26   2/2/2014 at 20:22 (3,707 days old) by sries (Tacoma WA)   |   | |
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Post# 265861 , Reply# 27   2/2/2014 at 20:58 (3,707 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 265921 , Reply# 28   2/3/2014 at 13:28 (3,706 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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The worst uprights I've ever tried are the Dirt Devil (UK company based) bagged uprights based on the old Electrolux Contour uprights. A chore to push, awful plastics and even if later models were fitted with HEPA cartridges, these heaps were too noisy as well.
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Post# 266000 , Reply# 29   2/3/2014 at 19:23 (3,706 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 266010 , Reply# 30   2/3/2014 at 20:02 (3,706 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Big surprise, right? They DO clean well, but they were considered HOOVER'S "Edsol". THey were designed for a "MAN" to like/use. A "butch" vacuum....... I like it's performance, but could NEVER use it daily. Too many bells and whistles. a LOT to break. I've opened up mine once at a mini meet. If you collect HOOVER, ( and shouldn't everyone?) you MUST have at least one Z.
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Post# 266011 , Reply# 31   2/3/2014 at 20:07 (3,706 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 266012 , Reply# 32   2/3/2014 at 20:13 (3,706 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 266013 , Reply# 33   2/3/2014 at 20:14 (3,706 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 266016 , Reply# 34   2/3/2014 at 20:35 (3,706 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 266019 , Reply# 35   2/3/2014 at 20:46 (3,706 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 266022 , Reply# 36   2/3/2014 at 20:59 (3,706 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 266023 , Reply# 37   2/3/2014 at 21:00 (3,706 days old) by sries (Tacoma WA)   |   | |
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Post# 266550 , Reply# 38   2/7/2014 at 08:26 (3,702 days old) by electrikbroomgu (Rome, NY)   |   | |
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Has to be the already mentioned original Regina Housekeeper 1000 in all it's pink glory. The plastic they used must have been the cheapest most brittle known to man kind. Sadly that very same garbage plastic made it's way into the Electrikbrooms starting in 1984 on the motor housings which see 90% of them cracked where the dirt path screws into the upper bag retainer portion. By late 1989 that same cheap plastic was used on the upper handle too on the Cosmo style brooms and they are often found cracked.
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Post# 266564 , Reply# 39   2/7/2014 at 09:51 (3,702 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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I would have to say probably anything made by Electrolux (a.k.a. Eurekalux) since Eureka took over the Electrolux name. The swivel necks on their powernozzles are an abomination and as a whole the machines are just a complicated mess of wires and circuit boards. Another case (like Hoover) where a good name is being "dragged through the dirt" and bought by unsuspecting customers.
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Post# 266755 , Reply# 40   2/8/2014 at 15:55 (3,701 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 266801 , Reply# 41   2/8/2014 at 22:29 (3,701 days old) by MysteryManBob (New Port Richey,FL)   |   | |
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I have heard lots about the Hoover "The One", but I've never used that in person.
from experience, my worst cleaner is actually quite an interesting unit. it was made by NINTENDO in 1979 and is Japan exclusive. It's basically a remote control Roomba ( which are also terrible ) It's pretty fun as a collectable knick knack, but not a functioning vacuum. |
Post# 266813 , Reply# 42   2/8/2014 at 23:40 (3,701 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Just a clarification: Eureka never "took over" the Electrolux name. Sweden's Electrolux company bought Eureka Williams in 1974 and from then on Eureka was a division of the worldwide Electrolux appliance corporation. Electrolux bought back the rights to use it's own original brandname in North America in 2007. Therefore from 2007 onward Sweden's Electrolux was selling their vacuum cleaners in North America under both the "Eureka" brandname and the "Electrolux" brandname. Their North American vacuum cleaners have from then on been designed either in the USA, or Sweden, or some combination of both.
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Post# 292563 , Reply# 43   8/9/2014 at 11:31 (3,519 days old) by N64_hoover_dude ()   |   | |
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The Dirt Devil Vision Canister registers an average of 104 decibels O_o CLICK HERE TO GO TO N64_hoover_dude's LINK |
Post# 292579 , Reply# 46   8/9/2014 at 13:52 (3,519 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 292613 , Reply# 53   8/9/2014 at 19:33 (3,519 days old) by ctvacman (CT)   |   | |
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I would say the first electrolux upright as well. |
Post# 292796 , Reply# 58   8/10/2014 at 21:42 (3,518 days old) by firebirdman55 (Owensboro Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 292798 , Reply# 59   8/10/2014 at 22:22 (3,518 days old) by marks_here (_._)   |   | |
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Post# 292869 , Reply# 62   8/11/2014 at 08:48 (3,517 days old) by tig21er (Indiana)   |   | |
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Guardian is a true sealed system with HEPA. |
Post# 292944 , Reply# 69   8/11/2014 at 13:56 (3,517 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 292952 , Reply# 70   8/11/2014 at 14:13 (3,517 days old) by ronni (USA)   |   | |
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Would it be safe for the motors of pre-1205 cleaners to custom fit charcoal filters in their bag chambers? What about custom-fitting exhaust filters? |
Post# 292960 , Reply# 72   8/11/2014 at 14:28 (3,517 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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No it,s a different tristar. You can but them for 30 euro. They have got a 2 years warranty, but since the low pricing, nobody takes the effort to return them. Easy money. We also have 2 kinds of dirt devil. the cheap ones ( they suck as well) and the dirt devil Rebel, made by Royal, and they are pretty nice :-))
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Post# 292982 , Reply# 73   8/11/2014 at 15:29 (3,517 days old) by DesertTortoise ()   |   | |
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Euro 30, that's less than $30. Heck, you buy well used thrift store vacuums for that sort of money. How can anyone sell new ones that cheaply? Do you have an image of one? They must be nasty to be so cheap. |
Post# 293186 , Reply# 75   8/12/2014 at 16:29 (3,516 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 293221 , Reply# 76   8/12/2014 at 20:27 (3,516 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 293247 , Reply# 77   8/12/2014 at 22:58 (3,516 days old) by DesertTortoise ()   |   | |
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A smiley face on a vacuum cleaner. Marrone. |
Post# 293281 , Reply# 78   8/13/2014 at 07:54 (3,515 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 293296 , Reply# 80   8/13/2014 at 09:56 (3,515 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 293301 , Reply# 81   8/13/2014 at 10:29 (3,515 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 293323 , Reply# 82   8/13/2014 at 14:03 (3,515 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID)   |   | |
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Post# 293329 , Reply# 83   8/13/2014 at 15:04 (3,515 days old) by DesertTortoise ()   |   | |
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What motor is Numatic using now? Last I saw they were using a Lamb 115923. Did they go with one of Lamb's new Advantek or Advantek Ultra motors with the tapered fan? Some of those have eye-popping specs. |
Post# 293349 , Reply# 84   8/13/2014 at 16:46 (3,515 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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I just love nematic. spot on indeed, we call them though as nails over here. As turbo500 already said, you will find them in cleaning companies, schools etc... There is a great deal of household henrys as well at the moment.
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Post# 368264 , Reply# 85   3/11/2017 at 19:07 (2,574 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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The Shop-Vac Lift Up lightweight upright. I got one many years ago, my parents got it for me because I had my tonsils removed. It was basically an Oreck, but worse. Mom finally got rid of it when the handle snapped off of the body. I was sad. I always wanted another one, just for nostalgic value. The other one was the Eureka Capture. The thing has too many filters, terrible brushroll and they got absolutely filthy really quickly. The reason they are famous is the motor would start screaming after about six months of use. It was terrible. The last one is the Eureka Altima. There's just so many things about this thing. Oh, and of course, the Eureka Maxima
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Post# 368473 , Reply# 86   3/15/2017 at 15:16 (2,570 days old) by anthony (leeds uk)   |   | |
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for my daughter last weekend .Afterwards i wanted to clear up some dirt so out came her Dyson [not sure of the model like that matters ha ha]The first time i have ever used a Dyson let me tell you it will be the last all i can say is its the biggest pile of junk i have ever got to grips with [clumsy .ugly extremely auckward to use .it certainly would not go under the average sideboard the only word i can think of to describe it is ABORTION or maybe that word should apply to its designer .yes i know some of You love them all i can say is your easily pleased
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Post# 374865 , Reply# 88   7/3/2017 at 17:32 (2,460 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 374871 , Reply# 89   7/3/2017 at 21:55 (2,460 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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On the comment of Fantoms from 2001, I have a Thunder from right before they went bankrupt. It's the same as any Thunder. |
Post# 374875 , Reply# 90   7/4/2017 at 01:01 (2,460 days old) by kirbyds80 (California)   |   | |
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As nice as they clean, I can't stand them. Bulky, loud, cheap plastic parts, The self propelled models have transmissions that wear out, and scream like a banshee overtime you turn them on. |
Post# 377292 , Reply# 92   8/26/2017 at 18:53 (2,406 days old) by buster1849 (-)   |   | |
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Bissell cleanviews are pretty damn powerful if you keep the filters clean but too bad they leak dust so much |
Post# 377808 , Reply# 94   9/4/2017 at 09:19 (2,397 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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I think James Dyson is a brilliant inventor. I absolutely DESPISE his vacuum cleaners. I think they work well in theory, but when put into practice the machines are terrible. However, I REALLY love his AirBlade hand dryer. It COMPLETELY drys my hands. I think his Task Lights are pretty cool too, but I agree with everything you said about his cleaners.
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Post# 377859 , Reply# 95   9/4/2017 at 17:02 (2,397 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 377878 , Reply# 96   9/4/2017 at 23:57 (2,397 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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The Hoover Windtunnel 2 was a very defective machine. My aunt had one. Many people have talked about how the filter would jam up with air and stop the machine. A new stick vac came out not too long ago made by Joy Mangano, who invented the miracle mop. People who have used it said it only runs for about 5 minutes before it gets EXTREMELY hot and it shuts off. It's useless.
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Post# 377893 , Reply# 97   9/5/2017 at 07:58 (2,396 days old) by Bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana)   |   | |
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Eureka Airspeed One has to be the worst vacuum I have ever encountered. Awful, flimsy, dust leaking glob of plastic. A foam filter and a thin screen material for all the dust it manages to pick up. I saw one where i work, used to clean the second floor common areas. A Regina Housekeeper would stand up better! Yikes!
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Post# 378275 , Reply# 99   9/11/2017 at 19:50 (2,390 days old) by icee (Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 378276 , Reply# 100   9/11/2017 at 22:53 (2,390 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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There has been a lot of garbage put on the market, most of it in the last 35 years, along with more plastic comes less value. |
Post# 378570 , Reply# 101   9/17/2017 at 21:31 (2,384 days old) by Tseg (World Traveller)   |   | |
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I read a paper that the Dyson hand driers in public bathrooms massively circulate germs because what is blown off is contained in the hand drying trough and just recirculates and gets added to with each new set of hands. |
Post# 378575 , Reply# 102   9/17/2017 at 23:09 (2,384 days old) by broomvac (N/A)   |   | |
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I do love classic Dirt Devils, but I must admit, their quality sure is quite appalling.
I'm worried the wheels are going to fall off my Broom Vacs because the wheels are just plastic riding on plastic axles molded into the body of the vacuum. The plastic-on-plastic interface slowly grinds into red dust, increasing the tolerance of the fit and making the wheels wobbly. That, and the attachment is basically a simple cantilever beam-type mount, so the plastic slowly bends over time, giving my Broom Vacs "negative camber." Argh! The soft-bagged Dirt Devil Plus upright I recently bought had succumbed to these two issues quite badly, too. So badly, in fact, I pitched it. It was a shame; I really wanted that otherwise nice vacuum, but the axles were ruined, and the only way to fix it would be to get a new base. Good luck with that. And don't even get me started on the fragility of the threads. Working on old Dirt Devils sometimes gives me indigestion; I'm worried I'm going to strip some plastic threads on an NLA part and ruin the vacuum. The Can Vac, too, has all of these issues. Not only that, but I have never possessed a vacuum whose bag pores clog so quickly. If it wasn't so annoying, I'd say the vacuum has a talent for crapping out. The suction starts out relatively strong with a new bag, then as soon as you start to put it to work it calls it a day. I feel like I'm changing the bag every time I use my Pro Series Can Vac because it's suffocating on a few crumbs. Smh. In retrospect, why do I like classic Dirt Devils anyways? I'm a glutton for punishment I guess. |
Post# 444673 , Reply# 104   8/12/2021 at 16:44 (959 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Agreed. Fantoms, they can sell for big bucks to certain collectors *because* they were so cheaply made, that goes for Hoover Elites and the pre-Swivel Glide Dirt Devils too. The rest are pretty much garbage.
Now, Regina made a couple good vacs... lol the 1920s-50s. www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bi... |
Post# 444742 , Reply# 105   8/15/2021 at 13:55 (956 days old) by RegularRett69 (San Clemente California, USA)   |   | |
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I have absolutely no idea what is going through your mind. You just said any vacuum cleaner that eureka made was a bad design? That statement makes me think you've never tried the vacuums you're referring to. You do realise that eureka has been serving America well for their vacuums since 1909, right? They've made interesting and deluxe uprights and canisters in the 1990's, robust and new age designs in the 80's and 70's and all before that metal based, well built, deep cleaning F&G style upright vacuum cleaners.
And for you to say what you've said about the Royal company... simply makes me think you've never seen a vacuum cleaner made older than 2005. Maybe consider giving these mentioned vacuums a try some time, they really are a treat! Now enjoy some photos of real, sleek, thoughtful designs from these reliable and well known vacuum cleaner companies of the past. (Shark is really no example of any sort of quality, design, cleaning performance, nor budget. Just thought I'd let you know, and that's a fact )
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Post# 444748 , Reply# 106   8/15/2021 at 15:47 (956 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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I think he means Eureka!, The version of the company after the Chinese buyout. All vacuums from this era had an exclamation point on the logo, and were mostly garbage. The Royal company only makes rebrands of Hoover, Dirt Devil, etc nowadays, the metal ones were sadly discontinued a couple of years ago.
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Post# 444750 , Reply# 107   8/15/2021 at 16:44 (956 days old) by RegularRett69 (San Clemente California, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 444751 , Reply# 108   8/15/2021 at 17:08 (956 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 444760 , Reply# 109   8/16/2021 at 02:17 (956 days old) by RegularRett69 (San Clemente California, USA)   |   | |
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Feel free to send me the official Royal website, but I haven't seen anything branded Royal brand new since 2016. Not even the new Dirt Devil's in Walmart say Royal on the label. I've definitely seen the commercial line windtunnels that are branded as royal, and the residential windtunnels branded as royal but as far as I am concerned those were discontinued and there's no website for the company either..
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Post# 444762 , Reply# 110   8/16/2021 at 07:56 (955 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 445362 , Reply# 112   8/30/2021 at 03:32 (942 days old) by Kirbyrama (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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In a nutshell, There was the Eureka Roll-Easy in the 50s, to the "Fall-Easy" today with its shoddy construction and tendency to "fall over" due to ridiculously short hoses. |
Post# 446584 , Reply# 113   9/27/2021 at 15:51 (913 days old) by robsmith1977 (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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Eureka bagless Whirlwind whatever..... Awful awful machines. Use them once and the filters clogged and you were done. You needed to completely empty, clean, rinse, and dry the filters not to mention sometimes replace the HEPA filter on the back to be able to use it to vacuum your carpets again. Absolute worst vacuum I had ever used.
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Post# 449383 , Reply# 114   1/20/2022 at 04:57 (798 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 449389 , Reply# 116   1/20/2022 at 12:01 (798 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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My Filter Queen will be 30 years old next year. Too bad this was the last good, metal dirt container, chromed hood power nozzle model they ever made.
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Post# 449405 , Reply# 117   1/21/2022 at 02:58 (798 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada )   |   | |
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The worse for me wasa Shopvac all around canister wet/dry with a done torn fitler no bag full of garbage ..........
Spew dust like mad loud motor .... poor thing .
So me and my ex bf at the time put a new fitler , hose wand paper bag . We took it outside turn it on let it run for a few minutes, no bag ,no filter after a clean tub just get the dirt out the motor . After her Italian tune up ..... it ran good with a fitler bag and cartridge filter .He had it foa few years after that . This was circa 2007???
But the aboslute worse of em all must of been my brother 's Eureka cordless stick vac made more noise than it pick up anything looked like a toy sounded like one your better off using a broom loll MyCc8 would run circle around it !
Thats why i will always, always run vintage, metal body , heavy, bulky, caniter like Fitler Queens 31x or Compact& Tristar . |
Post# 449420 , Reply# 118   1/21/2022 at 15:58 (797 days old) by luxz80 (England)   |   | |
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Shark NH15 Are they serious??? Vacuums are just getting uglier by the year. GOOD GOD!!! |
Post# 449423 , Reply# 119   1/21/2022 at 16:09 (797 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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I had an NH15. The design was pretty clunky, but DAMN it had so much power! It would back dirt up into the hose and still have 100% suction. It was such a pain to empty and the bin was really small, but the power made up for that. The head design was nice too, it curled up to get the edges of baseboards and under counters. The only Shark I know of to follow through on the claim - Never loses suction.
It is pretty ugly though. |
Post# 449436 , Reply# 120   1/21/2022 at 18:50 (797 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 449437 , Reply# 121   1/21/2022 at 18:51 (797 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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