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Thread Number: 29719
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
" Up your nose with a woven hose" |
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| Post# 331174 8/7/2015 at 11:38 (3,178 days old) by reo580 (Holland, Michigan) | ||
The above statement is a very old expression I remember a friend of my grandparents using way back when I was a kid.
On that note, Who doesn't like the look of a woven hose? Bosch issued a woven hose on their line of "Move" canister vacuums in Europe. Those of us across the pond in the States: we got plain, old, boring ribbed vinyl- yawn. Personally, I think the new, stainless steel Areus(Lux) canister and the Tri-Star would look pretty impressive if they came with a patterned woven hose- probably a vinyl or Suran overlay on top of crush proof vinyl. Add a woven cord- aka Sundial wire or the cloth braided 3 strand ( about the same thickness as a Beldon Lux cord from the XXX era, just new and covered with cloth). What do you think? P.S. if anyone has a new machine with a woven hose, like the Bosch or German Lux, please post some pictures of it. | ||
| Post# 331175 , Reply# 1 8/7/2015 at 12:27 (3,178 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Yeah, I like the look of them but they do deteriorate over the years. The two Electrolux hoses I have, one teal with white tracers and one white with teal tracers, are both more than 40 years old--the teal one is closer to 50--and are showing their age. For routine use, I prefer the superior suction of the ribbed vinyl ones.
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| Post# 331194 , Reply# 2 8/7/2015 at 16:07 (3,178 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Post# 331197 , Reply# 3 8/7/2015 at 16:25 (3,178 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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~ "Up your nose with a rubber hose, in your ear with a can of beer!" -- from the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter." I prefer the appearance, aesthetics and historic accuracy of woven hoses, but I prefer the functionality and flexibility of coiled vinyl hoses. They aren't all white; you can find ones that match your machines very nicely. In the first two photos, note the lovely metallic silver hose that perfectly matches the silver trim of the Model G. In the last two photos is a reprise of my earlier-posted Model G with, again, a perfectly matching turquoise hose. | ||
| Post# 331203 , Reply# 5 8/7/2015 at 18:51 (3,178 days old) by Miskini (Northville, Michigan ) | ||
I agree  | ||
| Post# 331478 , Reply# 6 8/11/2015 at 15:16 (3,174 days old) by reo580 (Holland, Michigan) | ||
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Cloth hoses and Compact tools.
I see where everyone stands on air loss, I think the only way to effectively make a woven hose is to make an overlay (tube) like a Flexco Pet braided tubing, and put it over a vinyl hose. I wish Flexco did their Tight Weave braided sleeving in more colors with woven tracers.
@ 137: I like that turquoise hose on your Model G: Where did you get it? that is a cool hose. @ Miskini: Thank you for asking, but unfortunately, No. I still haven't got the Compact tools. I have not heard anything from the seller. I'm getting angrier by the minute :-/ I think I am going to stick to "Fee-Bay" and Pay-Pal for future transactions. - I at least have some kind of protection | ||
| Post# 331501 , Reply# 7 8/11/2015 at 19:13 (3,174 days old) by Miskini (Northville, Michigan ) | ||
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| Post# 331649 , Reply# 9 8/13/2015 at 16:27 (3,172 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Of the two woven Electrolux hoses I have, the older one actually has the better suction. It's one of the fairly rare teal electric hoses with a plastic pistol grip. Like most hoses of that type, the pistol grip has several hairline cracks where it attaches to the hose and was wrapped with several layers of clear packing tape when I got it. It now has a couple of nylon cable ties holding it together.
I've never measured the suction with any sort of fancy test equipment, but testing it against my hand, the teal hose feels like its suction is comparable to that of my two vinyl hoses. The newer white hose feels like it has maybe two thirds the suction of the others. | ||
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