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Thread Number: 39402
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Premier De Luxe vacuum, was this the alternative "budget" vacuum to the Duplex? |
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| Post# 418107 , Reply# 1 1/4/2020 at 09:31 (1,572 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
Very nice machine. Yours has a replacement (non premier made) bag on it. The Premier Duplex was Premier's (GE) first model with a motor-driven brush. The word "Duplex" referred to the action of suction plus motor brush. By the late 1920's, the Premier "Master Model" was the top of the line. Yours was made in the mid 1930's. Certainly a better looking cleaner than it's GE counterpart (the AV1).
The first time the Premier "37" was reviewed was in 1936 (December) by Consumer Digest. It was the number 2 ranked cleaner, right after it's GE counterpart. It came in number 2 because it cost more than the GE but performed the same. The Premier was GE's version of today's Riccar. Today's Riccar is prettier than it's Simplicity counterparts and sells for more money. At that time, GE sold in General Electric stores, and Premier was in high end department stores as well as Independent Vacuum Stores. You have a great example of a very nice cleaner. Take care of it. It sure is a pretty one. | ||
| Post# 418110 , Reply# 2 1/4/2020 at 11:12 (1,572 days old) by scavenger (Ohio) | ||
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Premier vacuum Thank you for all the info! Many hours spent researching this vac, not much info out there! Glad I landed on this forum. | ||
Post# 418115 , Reply# 3 1/4/2020 at 13:55 (1,572 days old) by Bvac6  (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Very nice! Heres my 37 I finally finished the restoration on. I love Premiers!
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| Post# 418118 , Reply# 4 1/4/2020 at 14:06 (1,572 days old) by scavenger (Ohio) | ||
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Premier vacuum Looks great! Does your badge say "37" in the middle? Mine does not have that. Hmm | ||
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Post# 418120 , Reply# 5 1/4/2020 at 14:33 (1,572 days old) by Bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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| Post# 418133 , Reply# 7 1/4/2020 at 16:58 (1,572 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Bvac | ||
| Post# 418144 , Reply# 8 1/4/2020 at 21:15 (1,572 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
Nice machine. I'll second on the bag being aftermarket. It's obviously an old aftermarket though. The giveaway is when they do everything in their power to not *actually* have the brand name on it. Kind of reminds me of car keys. You ever seen a duplicate car key that says "GM" but if you include the fine print, it's "For GM cars."
A lot of early vacs seem to have had lots of design changes. I have two identical Eurekas with two completely different handle designs. Wouldn't put much stock into the differences, it just means it's earlier or later design. As for the early straight suction vacuums, yeah, I believe Hoover held the patent for a motor powered brush. But other manufacturers tried other workarounds. Many had brushrolls powered by the wheels when you pushed the vac across the carpet - like a carpet sweeper. There were one or two that had gear driven brushrolls, as opposed to belt. Patent workarounds in machinery always yield some interesting products. | ||
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Post# 418155 , Reply# 9 1/4/2020 at 22:32 (1,572 days old) by Bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Lesinutah
Yep, that's the one! I purchased the GE AV1 off ebay and was able to swap the armatures. There's a really cool Premier on EBay that's a Special model with the sales demonstration bag.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0QUESTI... | ||
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