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Thread Number: 40146
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
How much carpet, upholstery, and draperies can YOUR vacuum handle? |
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| Post# 426249 , Reply# 1 5/30/2020 at 05:14 (1,427 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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Carpeting was on walls, in bathrooms, in kitchens.
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| Post# 426250 , Reply# 2 5/30/2020 at 05:16 (1,427 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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Could your vacuum cleaner handle the demands of this many thick ounces of plush luxury?
I seriously doubt it.
I mean consider that the Electrolux Sidekick and the Kenmore equivalent didn't come out until the mid 80s.
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| Post# 426251 , Reply# 3 5/30/2020 at 05:20 (1,427 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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Kirby was in it's heydey. When equipped with a snap on shag rake, it could handle the floor, though it had nothing of the walls or stairs.
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| Post# 426252 , Reply# 4 5/30/2020 at 05:24 (1,427 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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Even central vacuums, which are certainly superior today in terms of suction and expelling dust and odors outdoors, back then many did not have the best suction nor did they have power nozzles.
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| Post# 426253 , Reply# 5 5/30/2020 at 05:25 (1,427 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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For those of us who love our vacuums, it would seem a shame to waste them on some sparsely decorated, ceramic tiled echo chamber, wouldn't it?
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Post# 426255 , Reply# 6 5/30/2020 at 06:45 (1,427 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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For some of that shag carpet-your vacuum needs a MOWER attachment! | ||
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Post# 426310 , Reply# 11 5/30/2020 at 22:21 (1,426 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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id say 
I will say having use a Kenmore Evo (fell appart in 5 years bye bye ), a Bissels (bagless pos ) , and a hoover celebrit yIV powermatic whe ni wass young lad and now a Compact electra C9 new to my fleet mention on a nother post.
My Compact Tristar along whit my lux discovery are beast at rug upolstry cleaning nothing seem to beat em . . Out of all the vacs i tried Filter&Queen , Electrolux(before Aerus ),Compact ,Tristar are #1 in my book good power heads long hsoe and cords no loss of suciton if any . Kirby are good if you havea seperate for above floor cleaning but i find FQ ,Panasonic Compact Tristar , Eureka Montgomery wards are good all rounder .As some of you know i am bias to IEC machine Owning 2 . | ||
| Post# 426319 , Reply# 12 5/30/2020 at 23:31 (1,426 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
DTD
The DTD vacuum from 60s-80s are probably your best bet tackling both jobs. Compacts, luxes, eureka, hoover, rainbow and filter queen canister vacuums would clean the draperies far better than upright vacuums.
Kirby, royal, eureka,Hoover uprights in general deep cleaned carpets better. The reason being size of brush roll and the entire vacuum was made to clean flooring areas. Im not saying a Kirby or royal in cannister mode or compact or electrolux with a power nozzle wasn't just as good. Im generalizing the most effective. My Kirby tradition, royal 880, IEC C9 , electrolux super j are good at both. My rainbow silver with wessell werk ebk 360 and my sanitaire s667b are both great. Canisters have longer hoses making ideal with reach. Uprights with full vacuum motor propelling brush, If your vacuum sucks it's perfect. Les | ||
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Post# 426320 , Reply# 13 5/30/2020 at 23:43 (1,426 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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Post# 426323 , Reply# 14 5/31/2020 at 00:07 (1,426 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Well, my Hoovers
can handle every and anything I give them. They were built to do that.
Of course, my house has no pink shag, like our late Miss Jayne Mansfield. However, my carpets are wool Chinese , or Karistan area rugs, and the ever popular red Karistan on the "staircase" and the white Karistan in my room. Never a vacuum issue. All the dirt, all the grit, Hoover gets it every bit......" | ||
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