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Post# 86267   12/17/2009 at 08:25 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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I thought it was about time I posted some pics of new additions to the collection ..... First off, a rare cleaner in the UK - the AEG Vampyr. I think this featured in an earlier thread when it appeared on ebay, but here it is again. Although it looked a little scruffy it is actually in quite good condition, in the pictures it has only had a quick wash up, no Autosol treatment so far ... |
Post# 86268 , Reply# 1   12/17/2009 at 08:29 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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The silver lever at the front releases the top into the bag chamber .... When I got the cleaner this area plus teh bag were completely SATURATED, so much so that the corner of the box was wet too. The AEG disposable bag inside the cloth bag just had to be hurled - it was chock full in any case. Fortunatly this seems to have been relativly short term wetting as the cloth bag was fine once washed and allowed to dry.
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Post# 86269 , Reply# 2   12/17/2009 at 08:35 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86270 , Reply# 3   12/17/2009 at 08:40 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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There is a fairly small opening from the brushroll into the bag, I think those could easily get blocked. By the way, I "cobbled" a disposable bag from a Hoover bag, the aeg one had a cardboard cover with went over a piece of grey pipe on the other side of the cover - rather like a smaller version of teh bag used on Lux 330/345 etc. The cloth bag clips into place on the grey plastic piece.
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Post# 86271 , Reply# 4   12/17/2009 at 08:47 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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There are two settings - Normal and Intensive. It did not seem to make much difference to me in terms of noise level, I did not have a chance to see if Intensive made the brushroll rotate faster. Its not a particularly quiet machine either, unless it was actually running full time on intensive rather than normal
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Post# 86273 , Reply# 5   12/17/2009 at 08:49 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86274 , Reply# 6   12/17/2009 at 08:54 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86275 , Reply# 7   12/17/2009 at 08:55 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86276 , Reply# 8   12/17/2009 at 08:57 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86277 , Reply# 9   12/17/2009 at 08:59 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86278 , Reply# 10   12/17/2009 at 09:04 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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As you can see. Overall it is a very good cleaner, I always like to hear the sound of a brushroll beating and sweeping, with strong suction. It is very large though so not for the smaller home and of course is hopeless under low furniture. I have to contact the vendor about the hose etc. which was missing (it has a pan connector) - the brushroll does not rotate when the handle is in the upright position
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Post# 86279 , Reply# 11   12/17/2009 at 09:05 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86280 , Reply# 12   12/17/2009 at 09:07 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86281 , Reply# 13   12/17/2009 at 09:10 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86282 , Reply# 14   12/17/2009 at 09:11 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86284 , Reply# 15   12/17/2009 at 09:13 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86285 , Reply# 16   12/17/2009 at 09:20 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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In need of a great deal more TLC unfortunatly. My other 419 has a ribbed flex, so this one may be a replacement, and for the amount of insulating tape on it the previous owners must have been quite hard on it. The hose is a replacement, although the connector (rather like Lux 30/55/62/65/90) is correct - 419s had a much longer hose, similar in length to a Senior (Convertable) this is more like a Junior hose. Still its nice to have one in this colour (the flash makes it look rather lighter than it really is. Now I just nead a red one and pale green to complete the set :) The motor probably needs some work for the amount of "grumbling" that goes on once it is switched off although its fine when switched on. I must check the serial number, but this machine is about 40 years old.
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Post# 86286 , Reply# 17   12/17/2009 at 09:24 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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A different twist on the AEG - i.e a powered brushroll with a seperate "sucking unit" - a Vorwerk. This also works well, with a great pivot action on the floor nozzle. It also works quite well on hard floors - although I have no other tools for it. This one was quite cheap £10 and easily collectable for me, so it made sense to add it to the collecton. Well I thought it made sense LOLOLOLOL
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Post# 86287 , Reply# 18   12/17/2009 at 09:29 (5,215 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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The bag does not have a zip! That long green plastic "rod" is in fact a slider to hold the edges of the bag together. There is a wire support to hold teh bag shape and a small fabric tab to hold it in place. The was also a small rubber valve arrangement over the bag entry to stop teh dust falling back out through teh nmachine when it was switched off. The yellow lever on the head appears to be the height selector
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Post# 86289 , Reply# 20   12/17/2009 at 10:50 (5,215 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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Hey Al, I've had these pics since your visit, but I didn't want to post them here until you'd had the chance to post your own. What a treasure that Concept One is! The nicest one I've seen - complete and fully working! |
Post# 86290 , Reply# 21   12/17/2009 at 10:55 (5,215 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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Post# 86298 , Reply# 22   12/17/2009 at 12:02 (5,215 days old) by joe22 ()   |   | |
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the yellow lever on the vorwerk is to adjust the brush for wear. the hoover is sweet, but the vampyr WOW, just on its name alone. awesome finds |
Post# 86300 , Reply# 24   12/17/2009 at 12:52 (5,215 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK)   |   | |
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an arty shot... |
Post# 86320 , Reply# 25   12/17/2009 at 18:17 (5,215 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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The AEG's spiritual successor? Even follows a similar colour-scheme! |
Post# 86363 , Reply# 26   12/18/2009 at 02:21 (5,214 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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That is an interesting thought Jack, I must say that had not occured to me, but I can see where you are coming from. However I wonder if there is not another point of commonality. One of the intensity's selling points was its ability to fold down into a compact unit. Although it is not immediatly obvious, the handle is very easily removed from the Vampyr too. If you look back at the picture under "Switches" you can see the connection point of the handle to the main body, it is just a very simple rotation to screw the handle in place - the white bit. I thought it was just a styling feature, but perhaps the ridges are there to make it easier to grip? So perhaps it too was designed to be a compact unit - are there any European members who remember this cleaner and perhaps the propotional literature which went with it? Al |
Post# 86368 , Reply# 27   12/18/2009 at 05:32 (5,214 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 86369 , Reply# 28   12/18/2009 at 05:45 (5,214 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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Hi Al, I do still have the Intensity; I've only used it a handful of times, though. It's boxed up ready to be sold/rehomed. I'll dig it out this weekend and get back to you :) |
Post# 86374 , Reply# 30   12/18/2009 at 06:55 (5,214 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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It would have been useful for me to be able promotional properly! Thanks Jack, when we saw the intensity it did not seem to be to be as big (or clumsy looking) as the AEG but I wondered what effect the different styling would have. Si, The Concept 1 is in nice order but it was not cheap either, it is the second most expensive cleaner in my collection, the most expesnive being the German Dial A Matic I have. Only the later 429 model had the bag full indicator the 419 didn't. Hopefully with a bit of work with Autosol it will buff up nicely. Actually I think there may be yet another variation in colour. Initially for 419 there was dark blue, red and an olive green colour. I think the olive green was changed for a lighter green and a tartan version added. The 429 was similar but I think they were all tartan, had a two peg hose fitting rather than push in, flip over carpet/floor nozzle, and a plastic bag for attachements rather than the metal caddy Al |