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Thread Number: 28463
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Vax New Wave 1300 |
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| Post# 317945 , Reply# 2 3/10/2015 at 18:03 (3,332 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Hi  Mr Sam. Hope your keeping well. I'm sure your new project will keep you busy. I had one of the first models of these Vax's. 8000 something or another lol. I forget the model. It was blue and orange. I remeber the adverts for them anyway....
I rescued that Vax from the side of someones bin. It was around 1997 and the machine had only been out a a few years at that point. I think they came out around 1993/94 but that's only a rough guess. Anyway I knocked on their front door and asked if I could have it. The guy who answered the door was very friendly and said "Would you like the other bits that go to it?" So I said "Yes please" and he went and fetched all the shampooing parts to it that was still in a box under the stairs.
I cleaned it up and got it going. I used it for a while and then sold it on. I remember it was VERY heavy to move around as a shampoo machine. There was one on ebay a few weeks ago like the one I had but the top of the main handle had snapped off.
Let us know how you get on with it.
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| Post# 317947 , Reply# 3 3/10/2015 at 18:33 (3,332 days old) by seanc (Cambridge, United Kingdom) | ||
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Wow, I remember seeing those! Be interesting to see it set up and working. | ||
| Post# 317974 , Reply# 4 3/11/2015 at 08:52 (3,332 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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Here's a video of a Vax New Wave set up and working. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Sensotronic's LINK | ||
| Post# 317986 , Reply# 6 3/11/2015 at 11:20 (3,332 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
IIRC, the Vax 3-in-1 uprights were the Eclipse, 8000 series, New Wave, T series and HF series, in that order. All basically the same aside from minor differences, such as tweaks to the filter arrangement and design of the wet cleaning tanks.
These were Vax's attempt at clawing back some of the market share they were missing out on by not having an upright in their range. The whole 3-in-1 canister market was going off the boil a bit by this time as it is, possibly due to a bit of market saturation but also because many people realised they didn't like using one as their everyday vac. So, on paper at least, the Vax upright ticked all the boxes. It still offered the 3-in-1 functionality they were known for, but in a format that was likely to be considered more acceptable for day to day use, and less likely to be relegated to the garage. My folks had the T1300, which I believe to be identical to your New Wave other than in name. It was very powerful, but unfortunately very noisy and heavy too. The handle isn't quite robust enough for a machine of this heft, and you can feel it torquing in your hand as you push the cleaner. I do think the tank arrangement for wet cleaning is a very clever idea, only let down by the fact that it requires the user to physically move the machine from one spot to another rather than tugging it along by the hose. Brilliant idea, maybe not that well executed. Definitely a very interesting cleaner though, and I don't think there has been anything else quite like it since. They were never quite as popular as Vax would have hoped, and are only going to get rarer as time goes on, so well worth having in the collection. | ||
| Post# 317989 , Reply# 7 3/11/2015 at 11:38 (3,332 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
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The grooming performance might improve with new belts, but I don't think the brush roll is great on these to begin with. The bristles on ours seemed quite brittle and wore away very quickly, to the point there was almost nothing left after two years. Vax were asking £35 for a replacement, which my mother seized upon an an excuse to finally get rid of the thing!
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| Post# 318018 , Reply# 8 3/11/2015 at 17:15 (3,332 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom) | ||
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Well I won't be too harsh as I think she's screaming out for new belts but here's a quick video! Had to grab the 1988 u2332 I finished last night to help though... CLICK HERE TO GO TO beko1987's LINK | ||
| Post# 318067 , Reply# 9 3/12/2015 at 02:20 (3,331 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
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Should definitely pick up better than that, so new belts probably would make a vast difference. Although not the most aggressive groomer, I do remember it still cleaned OK. Wouldn't worry too much about not having the "maintenance tool", as it was only a flimsy plastic rod. The belt track on these is quite long and narrow, so you'll have a hard time getting your fingers in there to reach the motor pulley, but any thin implement should do the trick nicely.
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| Post# 318069 , Reply# 10 3/12/2015 at 03:27 (3,331 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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I find it a little weird and strange of it to have a bent shape | ||
| Post# 318142 , Reply# 11 3/13/2015 at 09:55 (3,330 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
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| Post# 318165 , Reply# 12 3/13/2015 at 16:11 (3,330 days old) by Rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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I have a vague memory of these Vax uprights being subject to a product recall. I think there was something about electrical safety. | ||
| Post# 318428 , Reply# 14 3/15/2015 at 17:45 (3,328 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom) | ||
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Well I had it apart today, along with a dc25, and it washed up beautifully, was quite clean really. Did break 2 small things though, so will have to get the glue out when it goes back together.. | ||
| Post# 320798 , Reply# 15 4/7/2015 at 16:18 (3,305 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom) | ||
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Finally finished I refurbished this a few weeks ago and have only just written the thread up tonight! Not really played with the wet kit yet apart from sucking up some water, but it's not going to be overwhelmingly good... Is an average dry vac though, it's funkiness making up for it's gerneral un-brilliance... CLICK HERE TO GO TO beko1987's LINK | ||
| Post# 320800 , Reply# 16 4/7/2015 at 16:25 (3,305 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 320805 , Reply# 17 4/7/2015 at 16:33 (3,305 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom) | ||
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*doffs cap* thanks! | ||
| Post# 320814 , Reply# 19 4/7/2015 at 16:46 (3,305 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 320826 , Reply# 20 4/7/2015 at 17:42 (3,305 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
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I seem to recall the earlier blue Vax uprights came supplied with a wall bracket, on which the wet cleaning tanks could be hung when not in use. They were indeed bulky and awkward to store, and on top of that you had the additional hose and wand to find a home for too.
Another item specific to the uprights was the priming plate. This slid onto the wash tool, sealing off the suction to get the flow of shampoo started. Even the gravity fed canister models didn't need this, as their solution reservoir was pressurised (after a fashion) by the motor exhaust. The whole setup was rather novel in theory, but incredibly kludgy to set up, use and take down again afterwards. My mum found this to be a huge disappointment, having been under the impression it was simply a case of filling the cleaner up and using it as an upright for shampooing. Had Vax been able to design the machine to work in that manner, it probably would have been far more successful than it actually was. | ||
| Post# 320848 , Reply# 22 4/7/2015 at 20:58 (3,304 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
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