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Thread Number: 40642
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Pulled an old friend out of the closet... |
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| Post# 431778 9/14/2020 at 12:10 (1,317 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
One of the joys of owning too many vacuum cleaners is having the luxury of deciding which one I want to run on a given day. Sometimes it comes down to which machine is best suited for a given task and other times it just comes down to my mood. Today, I decided to run a machine that's been languishing untouched in a closet for at least three years, maybe longer—My Electrolux Super J.
Paired up with a period correct polished aluminum PN4 and an OEM vinyl hose, my biggest question was why haven't I been using this machine more? I believe it got put away around the time I brought a 1205 home from my parents' attic and then turned around a few months later and snagged a Diamond J with a PN5 for $10. I was overrun with canisters and decided to set this gaudy girl aside in a closet with my two Kirby Gsixes, which also haven't seen service in several years. People like to accuse the Super J of being loud but I found that not to be the case. The power nozzle was actually much noisier than the vacuum itself, and it cleaned Pesian rug in the dining room quite well. I've got a couple of other rooms that need vacuuming so I think I'll have a little more fun with this one today and I just may put one of my 1205s in storage and leave this machine out to use for a while. Frankly, this has been almost as fun as acquiring a new machine. | ||
| Post# 431780 , Reply# 1 9/14/2020 at 13:29 (1,317 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
I hope to do the same when I get all my vacs fixed up and put back together. You do have to run them often anyway or the grease gums up and drips away from the bearings. My jukebox that hasn't been run in 25+ years has this problem. All the grease turned to like bubblegum or bathroom caulk consistency and all the parts struggle to move if you try and turn it on.
The only loud Electrolux I have ever heard is when they have bad grease or bad bearings and they vibrate and roar. In good shape they are really quiet actually. | ||
| Post# 431785 , Reply# 2 9/14/2020 at 14:07 (1,317 days old) by Detroitdirtbag (Bottom of the Bag) | ||
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| Post# 431789 , Reply# 4 9/14/2020 at 14:32 (1,317 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Yeah, I have several vacuums that have been, shall we say, out of the running for the past few years. Perhaps it's a sign I may have too many. I guess it's just human nature to grab repeatedly for the same ones. The Electrolux 1205 I brought home four years ago hadn't run in 20 or more years when I plugged it in and turned it on. I was amazed that it ran just as quietly as ever. I don't know if it makes a difference for those particular machines but it was stored all those years sitting up on its tail end instead of down on its wheels.
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| Post# 431809 , Reply# 6 9/14/2020 at 20:01 (1,316 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Super J...
Here's the machine in question. The funny thing is when I first got it five or six years ago, I hated the garish gold paint job to the point that I actually considered painting it a different color. Burgundy was the odds-on favorite at the time. But looking at it today, I like it a lot better than I did then and I really enjoyed running it.
@Chris—That's really cool that you have your grandmother's vacuum. It's always fun bringing a formerly derelict machine back from the brink of oblivion but being a family piece makes it all the more special, both to have it and to use it.
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| Post# 431840 , Reply# 8 9/15/2020 at 09:44 (1,316 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Right after I got my Diamond J, I did a side-by-side with my Super J (probably the last time the Super J was run before yesterday), pairing both machines with PN4/4A power nozzles and I found little difference in their performance although the Super J is a bit quieter. The Diamond J came paired with a PN5 but I prefer the square design of the PN2 and PN4/4A because I'm not a fan of the later Omniflow nozzle's L-shaped design. It's awkward in tight spaces. Oddly enough, I find that design less awkward in the Discovery II upright and its descendants.
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