Thread Number: 29810
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Post# 331929   8/17/2015 at 21:44 (3,145 days old) by vacmaster (San Diego)   |   | |
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Go ahead and tell me about yours. This Kenmore was given away and replaced with this Dyson in 09. How I miss the Kenmore. Still trying to get another. :)
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Post# 331937 , Reply# 1   8/18/2015 at 01:10 (3,145 days old) by Vacuumdude (Spokane WA)   |   | |
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My grand ma had it before she got her new Dc14 I got it when I was 7or 8 it fell down the stairs and broke I couldn't get it back together again, so I'm looking for another |
Post# 331940 , Reply# 2   8/18/2015 at 02:35 (3,145 days old) by kirbyg6 (York)   |   | |
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This is my childhood vacuum the Electrolux widetrack 1300 and I still have dreams about :)
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Post# 331944 , Reply# 3   8/18/2015 at 04:15 (3,145 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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George, for some reason I thought you said you had the earlier red Widetrack, not the green one?
Anyway, this was mine. Panasonic MC-E44 bought in 1992 (on the left) and is still a part of my collection. We also had a Kirby Legend 2 from 93 onwards, but that never got much use as my mother didn't like it. |
Post# 331945 , Reply# 4   8/18/2015 at 04:28 (3,145 days old) by kirbyg6 (York)   |   | |
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Post# 331946 , Reply# 5   8/18/2015 at 04:46 (3,145 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 331948 , Reply# 7   8/18/2015 at 05:06 (3,145 days old) by kirbyg6 (York)   |   | |
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Post# 331957 , Reply# 9   8/18/2015 at 09:55 (3,144 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 331958 , Reply# 10   8/18/2015 at 10:00 (3,144 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 331980 , Reply# 11   8/18/2015 at 15:40 (3,144 days old) by niclonnic (Bonney Lake, WA)   |   | |
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The earliest vacuum I owned was a Eureka Ultra ESP. It was our main vacuum until we got something even better.
From an infomercial, we got the incredible Fantom Fury! From that point, the Eureka was used to clean out the fireplace. Unfortunately, the Fantom had to go when we moved to our current house in the summer of 2001. At that time, we got a Dirt Devil Swivel Glide Vision. That vacuum also came with a bonus "Swift Stick." I would love to try and find another Fantom Fury one day. Below are some pics. I got the first picture off of a post from a member on here. I hope they don't mind; I am just trying to show which vacuum I used to own. The rest of the pictures were found on Google. |
Post# 331982 , Reply# 12   8/18/2015 at 16:19 (3,144 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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I think we have done this thread a few times, but always fun! I still have it! 56 years later!
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Post# 331991 , Reply# 13   8/18/2015 at 19:22 (3,144 days old) by vacmaster (San Diego)   |   | |
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Post# 331995 , Reply# 14   8/18/2015 at 21:04 (3,144 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY)   |   | |
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The first vacuum I remember was actually purchased the year I was born! I am 35 this year and still have it! It runs awesome still! My mom's Electrolux Olympia One with the Lake Placid Winter Olympics logo on it! She used it right up until I have her a NIB UltraLux 2000 a few years ago. You simply cannot kill that old thing, but I'm very glad to have it for sentimental reasons, even though I still have both my mom and dad! Note, the vacuum in the photo is mine, but not my mom's, the pic is strictly for reference!
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Post# 332004 , Reply# 15   8/19/2015 at 00:07 (3,144 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)   |   | |
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Ours was a Hoover Model 28. I think it was purchased right after World War II. Lovely brown beast.
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Post# 332006 , Reply# 16   8/19/2015 at 00:54 (3,144 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Except for one Kirby Tradition that I still have. We had 2 Dial-A-Matics at one point, a blue Ranger Convertible, a blue Convertible (normal hood w/ headlight), an orange commercial Decade, a Red Concept One, several Quik-Brooms, We also had some kind of Hoover canister from the 80a for above-the-floor. Both sets of my grandparents always had Hoover's too and I still prefer Hoover to most others (vintage Hoover's of coarse). Although I did just by a brand new TaskVac, even though it's a totally different brand now.
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Post# 405830 , Reply# 17   2/22/2019 at 19:53 (1,860 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst)   |   | |
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Post# 405835 , Reply# 18   2/22/2019 at 20:30 (1,860 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 406127 , Reply# 19   3/1/2019 at 06:40 (1,854 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst)   |   | |
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kirby g6 was it this one?
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Post# 406132 , Reply# 20   3/1/2019 at 09:12 (1,853 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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I have a faint memory of my parents having a Bissell CleanView at one time, but I remember these two the most. Around 2006 or so, we bought a Bissell Lift-Off to replace a dead Shark, and it was a decent vacuum right up until my curious younger self cut the cord while it was plugged in! The replacement was a Bissell Healthy Home Vacuum, and it was an unwieldy beast! I also had a Bissell 3-Way stick vac and a Bissell PowerForce wide track, which I still have.
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Post# 406162 , Reply# 21   3/1/2019 at 17:03 (1,853 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst)   |   | |
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Post# 406403 , Reply# 24   3/7/2019 at 10:46 (1,847 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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The earliest vacuum I remember at my house was a Lewyt round canister (Filter Queen knockoff) with a charcoal gray lower body with casters, a bubble gum pink motor head and matching pink tools. I think it finally went to charity in the late '90s when my parents moved. The vacuum was fine but the hose was shot. I sometimes think I'd like to find another one like it. That one was replaced by a tan and green "Brady Bunch" Hoover Convertible that I eventually ended up with in the late '80s and donated to charity when I moved in the late '90s.
The machine from my formative years that I still have is an Electrolux 1205 that my dad grabbed off of a neighbor's trash pile when I was in high school. It had a broken handle and a leaky hose. I had thought it had gone the way of the Lewyt when Mom and Dad moved in '97 but I was surprised to find it in their attic when they were downsizing to a retirement apartment about three years ago. I cleaned it up, replaced the broken handle, fitted it with a good, vinyl hose and a power nozzle, which it had never had before, and it now works better than ever. Over the years, I've developed quite an affinity for metal Electrolux canisters. |
Post# 406423 , Reply# 25   3/7/2019 at 18:07 (1,847 days old) by Johnsmith96 (East Coast)   |   | |
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Before I was born my parents had a cheap eureka the boss quick broom. But for a few months they had my great grandmother's Kirby dual sanitronic. The did not like it lol. So they bought a refurbished Panasonic bagged upright. Not sure of the specific model, but it was maroon with a black plastic handle and a dirt sensor. Next they owned a green dirtdevil vision swivel glide, a dirtdevil platinum Force upright. Next they invested in a hoover fusion and a hoover mach 6. We threw out the machine 6 because I started accumulating vacs.
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Post# 437721 , Reply# 26   1/25/2021 at 05:31 (1,158 days old) by Rdwdcp (UK)   |   | |
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My Mums good old Dyson DC07 Standard was my childhood vacuum. Ive still got that DC07 Standard. |
Post# 437747 , Reply# 28   1/25/2021 at 17:18 (1,157 days old) by compuvac ( )   |   | |
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The first vacuum i ever saw & played with was my dads Rainbow E series (1 speed).
All pictures except first one are of my dads rainbow not just the model but literally the same one. Also i noticed the 220v rainbows have what looks like a red circuit breaker next to the switch. Interesting huh |