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Thread Number: 38117
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
boots toy vacuum cleaner (1998)? |
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| Post# 406099 2/28/2019 at 17:28 (1,883 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
hey vacuumland i saw a few years ago an ad on ebay about a toy vacuum cleaner made by boots in the uk it said it was from 1998 and its the same as the toy kenmore powervac in the pic but the boots vacuum was in green purple and silver just wondering if anyone has any pics or one for sale? x
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| Post# 406100 , Reply# 1 2/28/2019 at 17:45 (1,883 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 406102 , Reply# 3 2/28/2019 at 18:18 (1,883 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
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| Post# 406122 , Reply# 5 2/28/2019 at 23:25 (1,883 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
@ crazykirbydude 
I also care about toy vacuums and have a few of them myself (Little Tidy Miss anyone?) This site is for everyone and for all collectors!
Toy vacuums have a special place in the heart of many collectors, as they may remember using one in the time they were kids, or they always wanted one and never found one. To me, I think there isn't enough discussion on toy vacuums here, and it is refreshing to see some variety being posted and not just discussions on Miele/Sebo/Kirby/Dyson. | ||
| Post# 406126 , Reply# 6 3/1/2019 at 06:30 (1,883 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
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| Post# 406128 , Reply# 7 3/1/2019 at 08:44 (1,883 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
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Oh, sorry. I was under the impression that not many people cared about toy vacs on here. My apologies. Since we're on the topic of toy vacuums, I would like to share the toy vacs I had when I was younger.
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| Post# 406136 , Reply# 9 3/1/2019 at 10:59 (1,883 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 406146 , Reply# 11 3/1/2019 at 13:14 (1,883 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
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The Dyson only picked up from the hose, not the floor head. Back then, believe it or not, I was a huge Dyson fan, and I loved that toy DC14! Boy, how some people change!
I liked the Dirt Devils better because they actually picked up fluff through the floor head. They even had little brushrolls driven by little wheels! If you ran them over the rug enough, there would be a little bit of fluff! I remember that the Classic Upright had a small shakeout bag, and the other one had a little compartment that you empty. The Dyson just had a small compartment at the bottom of the bottom of the cleaner for a dust trap. The Dirt Devil bagged upright had the best filtration because it had a small cloth bag, while the others just had a plastic screen to keep big stuff out of the motor. | ||
| Post# 406160 , Reply# 12 3/1/2019 at 16:55 (1,882 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
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| Post# 406161 , Reply# 13 3/1/2019 at 16:56 (1,882 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
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| Post# 406169 , Reply# 14 3/1/2019 at 18:56 (1,882 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Thanks for that explanation, I always wondered how those toy vacuums worked that advertised "real suction power".
The Tidy Miss I have was made before safety laws obviously, but it is interesting in the fact it really is "just like what mommy uses" (so the ad claimed). It is a dirty fan design, and has a mini plastic bladed fan like in Hoover Convertible styled uprights. I can;t use mine yet because the bag needs sewing and the plastic bottom of it needs to be kind of squashed back down carefully as it got bent the wrong way at some point and you can't push the little vac without it popping off the cleaner. It also has a thick rubberized cord like on a clothes iron, which is an interesting feature, for a little bit of safety. | ||
| Post# 406210 , Reply# 15 3/2/2019 at 10:51 (1,882 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
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| Post# 406225 , Reply# 16 3/2/2019 at 17:11 (1,881 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Sure, here's a pic of when I got it.
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| Post# 406226 , Reply# 17 3/2/2019 at 17:12 (1,881 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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And here is a pic of the ad from 1948.
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| Post# 406227 , Reply# 18 3/2/2019 at 17:16 (1,881 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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It originally sold for $10.50 in 1948, which included tax and shipping. That works out to $110.77 in today's money! You can see why they have become so rare. Not everyone could afford something so extravagant. I guess you could compare it to the toy Dysons today which cost somewhere around there at retail price.
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| Post# 406231 , Reply# 19 3/2/2019 at 19:15 (1,881 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
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| Post# 406240 , Reply# 20 3/3/2019 at 01:07 (1,881 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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I haven't tried yet. I have found out the plug has had a new end soldered onto it, I am not sure how stable it is. I don;t want it shorting out in my house. I'm working on getting my workbench cleaned off so I can inspect it and test it in an open area on a concrete floor, less risk if something happens to go wrong.
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| Post# 406249 , Reply# 21 3/3/2019 at 08:28 (1,881 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
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| Post# 406285 , Reply# 22 3/4/2019 at 15:29 (1,879 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
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The Tidy Miss runs on 120 VAC with a metal fan? That wouldn't go down so well today. All it would take is one stupid kid to stick their fingers in the motor while it's running and there would be lawsuits up the ass! I wonder how well it picks up dirt? You should compare it to one of those $20 Walmart stick vacs to see if a toy could outsuck a real vacuum!
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| Post# 406301 , Reply# 23 3/4/2019 at 21:40 (1,879 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Yep, runs on 115v AC current (50 watts 0.5 amps). The plastic shroud and "carpet comb" on the bottom is just clipped on with press-fit type washers, so once you pop the cover off, there's nothing stopping you from putting your fingers into the fan. It's not a metal fan though, it's plastic, but its mounted facing downward and works to suck the debris into the bag like any other vacuum at the time of the type.
I will work this year hopefully at getting it all fixed up, just needs general TLC. Is in great shape but just has a bit of warping to the bottom shroud I need to flatten and inspect the motor and possibly put the original style plug back on the end. Right now, someone has put a Christmas tree light style Bakelite plug with socket on the end and soldered it in, so it's been done at the time the vacuum was new, or shortly after. Likely from a kid yanking the vacuum out of the socket by the cord and caused the plug to come off in the socket and dear old dad grabbed whatever he had already and made sure it wouldn't come loose again. | ||
| Post# 406313 , Reply# 24 3/5/2019 at 06:50 (1,879 days old) by st3phxxx (elmhurst) | ||
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