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Thread Number: 33091
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
The Ugliest Filter Queen? |
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| Post# 361477 10/25/2016 at 21:58 (2,732 days old) by reo580 (Holland, Michigan) | ||
** In good-natured fun**
Today on eBay, I found a Filter Queen "Emerald" which was basically an Optima with a Majestic motor on it. I wondered if the HMI boys said "whoops" after they built their Optima, realized that it was a Lewyt-esque flop, then decided to do what they could to salvage the tooling to make the "Emerald". In case Hunter Green isn't enough, lets cover it in gold trim, Nice! But I digress, in your opinion, what do you think is the ugliest Filter Queen ever made? I'll start: I think first place goes to the Optima/Emerald and second place goes to the 2003 75th anniversary, complete with high speed "Screamer" motor and painted upper housing. In your opinion, What is the ugliest Filter Queen? | ||
| Post# 361488 , Reply# 1 10/26/2016 at 12:17 (2,731 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 361489 , Reply# 2 10/26/2016 at 12:18 (2,731 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 361490 , Reply# 3 10/26/2016 at 12:32 (2,731 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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Here is an example. This is the optima plus. As you can see the dirt container is bigger than the regular filter queen. There are a few models from the 70s-80s that are a much better example and might be even bigger but I could not find them on google image.
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| Post# 361491 , Reply# 4 10/26/2016 at 12:33 (2,731 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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Regular optima to compare
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| Post# 361497 , Reply# 5 10/26/2016 at 14:02 (2,731 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I don't get it... | ||
| Post# 361519 , Reply# 6 10/26/2016 at 17:44 (2,731 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 361522 , Reply# 7 10/26/2016 at 18:43 (2,731 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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I second Edgar's opinion. | ||
Post# 361744 , Reply# 8 10/31/2016 at 15:00 (2,726 days old) by Durango159  (State College, PA) |
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I think that Optima in Reply # is gorgeous!!! I think that color green looks awesome. Many of the regular Filterqueens go cheap on the design. They have the design stopping at the rear of the motor on the basin and you just see the ugly gray colored basin. Not very much thought put in, in my mind. Also Filter Queen has never colored a power head to match the basin design. The only thing they have done for the power head is recolor the logo.
For as much money as Filter Queen asks for a machine, I don't feel they near as much thought into various features, cosmetics and controls as I feel they can!!! | ||
| Post# 361747 , Reply# 9 10/31/2016 at 15:58 (2,726 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Function over Form...
Durango159 wrote:
For as much money as Filter Queen asks for a machine, I don't feel they [put] near as much thought into various features, cosmetics and controls as I feel they can!!! I reply: I agree with you but the flip side to that coin is that lack of finesse helps make them absolutely dead simple to repair. They even use regular wire nuts for electrical connections instead of some sort of fancy crimp connectors or--heaven forbid--circuit boards. Honestly, my FQ Majestic is by far the easiest machine I've ever torn down and put back together and that's the thing I like most about it. Beyond that, I'm pretty lukewarm about FQ. | ||
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Post# 362000 , Reply# 10 11/4/2016 at 21:22 (2,722 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Human, I'll agree with you, but....
As far as ease of repair. My Hoover PowerMax and Windtunnel canisters are a cinch to service!!! Belts last about a year in those power nozzles, even though they are a stretch belt. I can replace a belt in about 2 minutes and have the machine back up and running. Access to the motor is breeze, no circuit boards. Power is a plenty, carpet cleaning is fantastic, carpet grooming is fantastic!!! In my opinion a Hoover PowerMax canister vacuum has a better cleaning and more powerful power nozzle than the current model Filter Queen power nozzle--- and I used to sell the current model Filter Queen too!!!! If I could have sold Hoover PowerMax canisters door to door, I would have!!!
A huge part of selling Door To Door is that the last vacuum always wins. Always you are comparing a brand new vacuum next to one that may be abused with broken belt, old filters, etc. Additionally Door To Door vacuum sales produce sales because the sales personnel find dirt in a persons home and it grosses the people out!!! We vacuum lamp shades, mattresses, computer keyboards, the persons favorite chair and show them the dirt. They get grossed out thinking their vacuum didn't find all of that stuff.....then Abra Cadabra---they want to buy! | ||
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Post# 362003 , Reply# 11 11/4/2016 at 21:26 (2,722 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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My old Filter Queen boss used to say, to keep cleaning and keep finding dirt until you think you have them sold. It's like baking a cake--- ask them tricky questions that work to get them committed. Keep testing them like you would a cake with a toothpick!! If you think the toothpick is clean-- then go ahead and try closing the sale. Otherwise keep cleaning, keep finding dirt, keep letting them trying it themselves and build up the energy, do more comparisons of how their machine isn't finding all of the dirt, etc, etc.!!!
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Post# 362021 , Reply# 12 11/5/2016 at 10:59 (2,721 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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Question: When is "The Ugliest Filter Queen" not "The Ugliest Filter Queen"? Answer: When it's a Princess DX! I zoomed in on the photo while it was still listed and it very clearly read "Princess DX" on the machine. I don't if you can see it in this pic, but I can make out the "Princess" lettering on the power nozzle.
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| Post# 362772 , Reply# 13 11/25/2016 at 12:09 (2,701 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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king and queens of the filters or the ugliest a secret. Magic basketball fans but only a single stage, dutch tech Orecks no more, liquid organic cleaner not, nor a voucher for a secret charter or societal deduction. Not a Bissel, but in the same area of fraternization. If I pay, I can play. She did, he did. | ||
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Post# 362787 , Reply# 14 11/25/2016 at 20:15 (2,701 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa) |
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| Post# 362796 , Reply# 15 11/26/2016 at 08:11 (2,700 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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I second that Kenny! It gets better, not that I have anything against brown, it's just a bland color for a vacuum. | ||
| Post# 362800 , Reply# 16 11/26/2016 at 09:49 (2,700 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Yellow cone filters? for a yellow rose state, but the ink was red from $3.5 million in fraudulent duplicate hospital contracts by one from there. So it also seems some filtered ethics are off kilter. | ||
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Post# 362805 , Reply# 17 11/26/2016 at 12:03 (2,700 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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I'm sorry.. but you could please explain that last post? I have no idea what that refers to. | ||
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