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/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
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Post# 354773   6/28/2016 at 00:02 (2,830 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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When we used to have our old cabin back in 1995, we had two vacuums before. Our first one, my folks bought from our local vacuum store and they couldn't remember what it was but they did say it was green and they said it was either a Sharp or a Panasonic. We've only had it for about a year after we got our cabin remolded in 1996 because some electrician wired in one of the outlets in wrong during the remodel so one day someone went to using it, it fried up vacuum. Unfortunately it couldn't be fixed so we ended up replacing it with a Panasonic MC-V7387 that we also got from our local vacuum store which I already have one of.
So last week, we went through looking at our old videos from 1996 and I spotted something in the video that looks like the vacuum we had before it got replaced. I couldn't see very close to it so I can't tell exactly what it was. What do you guys think it was? It looks like a Sharp to me but I'm not exactly sure so I'll just leave it up for you guys to decide. Here are the best pictures I can get to show to you guys (It's in the center). If you know what it is, I would also like to know the model of it. It was bought in 95 and it was green (It looks blue because of the color quality of the VCR or maybe it's just me). It could be either a Sharp, a Sanyo, or a Panasonic but it's for sure not a Simplicity or a Riccar. And it has a big yellow sticker on front that shows like the features it has on it. If anything helps, I would be greatly appriciated because this is something I have been trying to solve for a VERY LONG time. I really don't care about looking for that vacuum but just information is all I want. |
Post# 354801 , Reply# 1   6/28/2016 at 11:06 (2,830 days old) by Vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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I would say it's most likely a Sharp Twin Energy, especially given the yellow sticker. I believe all of the Sharps came with the big yellow sticker on the bag cover that explained all of the features. From the looks of it (very hard to see though) it could possibly be a big wheel model?
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Post# 354811 , Reply# 2   6/28/2016 at 13:26 (2,830 days old) by Starryblues4u (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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is that I would say.
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Post# 354815 , Reply# 3   6/28/2016 at 13:51 (2,830 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)   |   | |
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One of these navy blue ones if you ask me. |
Post# 354940 , Reply# 4   6/29/2016 at 19:23 (2,829 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Well I asked my dad again, he said it was a Sharp and it was still green. Anybody knows what green sharp models were sold during the mid 90's? I watched the video over and over and I can tell the yellow sticker is just as big as the one in "myvacsrock's" 3rd pic so perhaps it could be that model because it almost looks green but we'll see. Thanks alot guys and I appreciate the help!
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Post# 355069 , Reply# 6   6/30/2016 at 23:28 (2,827 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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These are the only ones that I can find. Airway77, it might be possible because I did noticed when I was watching the tape, the cord was either wraped up on the left side like that model or it could be that someone didn't wind up the cord very well. I will post a video of the tape to see if that's any better.
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Post# 355076 , Reply# 7   7/1/2016 at 00:22 (2,827 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 355092 , Reply# 8   7/1/2016 at 09:20 (2,827 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 355104 , Reply# 9   7/1/2016 at 12:51 (2,827 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Oh this was way much worse than just blowing a fuse. As far as I been told; The vacuum was sparking pretty bad and it shut off. It couldn't be fixed because it got melted on the inside where the motor was at (which that's what the vacuum repair guy told us). It clearly wasn't the vacuum's fault so we had to have the electrician fix the outlet because it got wired in wrong and he also bought us a new vacuum.
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Post# 355146 , Reply# 11   7/1/2016 at 23:22 (2,826 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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No you are totally right on what you said about each of the designs Sharp had offer because I looked at it on google images :) However I am just not familiar with Sharp or I'm not a huge fan with them and that's one of the reasons why I wasn't interested in looking for that Sharp we used to have. If it was a Panasonic, then for sure I would be interested in finding one.
I'm going to now try to see if my old buddy still has any records of when we bought it and what model we actually got (I highly doubt he does still). If all else fails, then I'm going to show the images to my folks to see if they remember which one we actually got. |
Post# 355182 , Reply# 13   7/2/2016 at 12:52 (2,826 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Airway77, Sharp's main competitive Japanese brand was Panasonic so they made their own vacuums similar to Panasonic but they added a few features like speed controls and dirt sensors so people would be more interested in the Sharp than getting a Panasonic. Sanyo, who was also Sharp's and Panasonic's competitive brand also did the exact same thing to their vacuums as well. Sharp discontinued their vacuums around like at 2003-04 because they were more focused on selling like their TV's and other products than their vacuums, I was also told before that they didn't sell their vacuums that well so that's why Sharps are really hard to find now. Sanyo also did the same thing as well but I don't when exactly they dropped their vacuums at (my guessing early 2000's) and they are also really hard to find as well (except the Panasonic branded Sanyos you can still grab). And now Panasonic announced that later this year they are also discontinuing their vacuums and all of their home appliances as well.
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