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Thread Number: 37365
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Do ya ever just pull out what you’re ‘feeling’?? |
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Post# 398711 9/24/2018 at 21:22 (2,032 days old) by Rivstg1  (colorado springs) |
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Got back into town from traveling , wife outta town too, decided to clean up th kitchen ( granted, I was LOOKING for a reason to use a vacuum,,), ended up using Kirby Tradition ( yes it’s a metal Dan but using with Heritage II mini emptor and hepa bag) to clean up the kitchen floor, that progressed to the living room ....then, the Heritage II showed up, wanted in on th ‘action’, took care of the basement(finished one)...the it wanted to dust like th a Tradition did upstairs! Put some things away, convientenly, th Diamond Edition Kirby (2004) was just sitting there ...begging to to be used , we’ll, it ended up Doug th upstairs! Sheesh!
Have any of you guy started to clean a specific room...the. It grew.. and before long you had vacuums ‘getting things done’????? Haha | ||
| Post# 398714 , Reply# 1 9/24/2018 at 21:46 (2,032 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB) | ||
oh yes! i have 4 vacuum some time i go down stair and pull out my compact c9 followed by the electrolux ap200 then my monster 16 gallon shopvac followed by my upright discovery 2 for rugs and before i know it i vacuum the whole house
!! hehe its fun to have many vacuum to play and use when ever i feel like it. I make sure to rotate my vacuums but some time i end up using them all in one day why not . | ||
| Post# 398716 , Reply# 2 9/24/2018 at 21:52 (2,032 days old) by completenutt (West Hollywood, California) | ||
Everyday! | ||
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Post# 398717 , Reply# 3 9/24/2018 at 21:54 (2,032 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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Very....well | ||
| Post# 398718 , Reply# 4 9/24/2018 at 21:56 (2,032 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB) | ||
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| Post# 398720 , Reply# 5 9/24/2018 at 22:10 (2,032 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 398751 , Reply# 6 9/25/2018 at 12:09 (2,031 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I switch them out Fairly often, right now a 64 General Electric U-4 and a 62 General Electric swivel top. | ||
| Post# 398756 , Reply# 7 9/25/2018 at 15:52 (2,031 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Definitely. | ||
| Post# 398788 , Reply# 9 9/26/2018 at 09:54 (2,030 days old) by Kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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Post# 398867 , Reply# 10 9/28/2018 at 01:18 (2,028 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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dartman, | ||
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Post# 399014 , Reply# 13 9/30/2018 at 22:17 (2,026 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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Advantage vac collector
I really ( surprisingly) enjoy using my colllection..rotating them. I’ve seem some people using a vacuum for a month ( this ‘vacuum of the month’ series videos ). I would rather use many more of them during that month which, means I have to maintain more of them ( thinks bags mainly) but by doing so....I get ‘variety’.....each is a little different ( age/state of tune and manufacturer ). Am I alone in this realization???
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| Post# 399069 , Reply# 14 10/1/2018 at 16:40 (2,025 days old) by completenutt (West Hollywood, California) | ||
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Harmonics. While on a first date with this super cute guy during brunch yesterday and almost immediately outing myself as a Vacologist (Ooooo, I just invented that word.. and yes, you can all adopt it, as desired!), he asked if I use all of the vacuums in my collection,.. and how do I choose which one to use that day. I answered yes, they are all in excellent working condition and I rotate often depending on my mood and craving on any given day.
I also found myself describing to him not only about the beauty and design of a particular era, and how it makes you feel to use a vintage tool.. but also how older vacuums (speaking of my Electrolux collection primarily) have larger heavier motors that emit a much lower decibel sound while operating (excluding the powerhead, of course) are a pleasure to use, with almost a white noise soothing whirr rather that a screaming shrill almost unbearable sound of our modern day plastivac supersonic tiny motors.
And even within that parameter of why I like vintage motor sound, there are still differences in motor sound between models that I often look forward to hearing while working, like a familiar song.., or an old friend talking with me. Like today, I'm really looking forward to powering up my Model E. Oh, and the smell of warm motor oil coming out of the exhaust... it's like a cake baking in the oven... I can't get enough of it! (see, I ain't completenutt for nothing, boys!)
Not only can our vintage vacs run longer (over an hour, or much more) without overheating, but they allow the user to continually flow from one cleaning job, floors for example, to another, dust vacuuming or blowing, etc, without getting agitated (pardon the pun) by the off-putting noise while working.
It is an interesting phenomenon... that I do actually want to keep vacuuming longer when using a vintage vacuum with a pleasing motor and suction sound, much more that a quick touch up with a plastivac or stick vac.... it's a whole different experience based on the atmosphere created by the sound of a vacuum that can affect the efficacy and time period of cleaning that day by the user. This post was last edited 10/01/2018 at 18:51 | ||
| Post# 399239 , Reply# 15 10/6/2018 at 23:11 (2,019 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB) | ||
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| Post# 399268 , Reply# 16 10/7/2018 at 15:32 (2,019 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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Bill- completenutt
OK, and the date with the super cute guy went .....?
It's cool that your sharing your interests like this. It makes a person real. Realness seems to be a problem, epecially for millenials who's lives revolve around FB and Instagram. | ||
| Post# 399273 , Reply# 17 10/7/2018 at 16:32 (2,019 days old) by completenutt (West Hollywood, California) | ||
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Hey Greg, | ||
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Post# 399842 , Reply# 18 10/20/2018 at 23:35 (2,005 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Always!!
My choice of vacuum to use for when I do cleaning is always what I am feeling at the time!! Although sometimes it ends up being the most recently added one to the collection or most recently cleaned up. I might do one area with a vacuum then in a room with multiple vacuums in it, I will choose one of those vacuums to do that room. At the end of the vacuuming session I am happy that everything looks well groomed!!
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Post# 399855 , Reply# 19 10/21/2018 at 11:21 (2,005 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Variety  | ||
| Post# 399901 , Reply# 20 10/22/2018 at 15:53 (2,004 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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Just saying Works long hours, out of town on weekends. Usually translates to Married w/children. | ||
| Post# 400024 , Reply# 21 10/25/2018 at 00:50 (2,001 days old) by dartman (Portland OR) | ||
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Used the Royal 5700 to do the carpet in the main areas last weekend and using the Compact C9 to clean the areas the parrot likes to eat over today. Man the 5700 beast sure grooms the carpet. | ||
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Post# 400025 , Reply# 22 10/25/2018 at 01:22 (2,001 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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Dartman | ||
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