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Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:37 pm
by ami-man
Hello Bob,
You must have a storage area bigger than your garden jukebox retreat for all of those Vac's.
We have two the normal upright and a wet & dry no doubt on loan by my son. I would never buy a Dyson on principle after his workforce is now abroad.
Regards
Alan
Alan Hood
ami-man
UK
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:01 pm
by DoghouseRiley
ami-man wrote:Hello Bob,
You must have a storage area bigger than your garden jukebox retreat for all of those Vac's.
We have two the normal upright and a wet & dry no doubt on loan by my son. I would never buy a Dyson on principle after his workforce is now abroad.
Regards
Alan
Alan Hood
ami-man
UK
Hi Alan,
Yes, I thought it was a bit of a cheek after bragging so long about being "British" that Dyson then upped sticks and went to the Philippines at a moment's notice.
However, I don't choose the vacs, I just pay for them.
The reason for so many in the house is that with her MS, there's no way my wife can carry one upstairs, so an upright has to be upstairs as well as downstairs, (she likes to do the vacuuming when I'm out of the house on the golf course). The little Oreck cylinder is ideal for the stairs as it's very light. I'd do the vacuum for her, but she thinks I wouldn't do it as well as she can. I'm not going to argue about that.
Regards,
Bob.
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:28 am
by MattTech
Indeed, it's good to have a selection of vacuums around the house.
I keep the Eureka Boss upstairs for the carpeting.
The Commercial upright downstairs.
A shop vac out in the garage.
A canister Eureka MityMite for the stairs.
And finally a handheld Turbo Tiger for the office and small jobs.
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:22 am
by Joe_DS
Joe_DS wrote:Okay, I have to admit it. If I were into collecting vacuum cleaners, for the sake of collecting, THIS is the one I'd want:
Wireless Vacuette --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNWxzg47g8(How cool is that?)
JDS
Speak of the devil:
Wireless Vac-u-ette Vacuum Cleaner model C--
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Wireless-Va ... 35c57bde62Now, what some enterprising engineer should do is buy it, dismantle it, study it, build upon it, perfect it, patent it, and offer the public a truly "Green" vacuum cleaner. The latest in new millennium technology. Requires NO electricity! A miracle of modern engineering!!!
Just saying....
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Well, I see it sold for $305.00, which seems like a fair price.
I wouldn't mind having one, but the only place I could store it in my small apartment is the hallway closet and I already have about 800 78s in there, plus my new Royal.
JDS
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:46 pm
by Joe_DS
Joe_DS wrote:I wouldn't mind having one, but the only place I could store it in my small apartment is the hallway closet and I already have about 800 78s in there, plus my new Royal.
.................Then again, if I came across one that looked like
THIS --
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Kirby ... 51aa5744db -- I'd put it smack dab in the middle of the living room, probably in a glass display case, and t'well with what anybody thought!
- Kirby3.JPG (62.09 KiB) Viewed 1944 times
- Kirby 2.JPG (95.97 KiB) Viewed 1944 times
- Kirby 1970s Classic III.JPG (125.29 KiB) Viewed 1944 times
(Click photos to make them full size in this post)I wouldn't dare use it for fear of scratching or tarnishing it.
JDS
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:18 pm
by Ron Rich
Joe,
Do dis be the "Tim Allen Special"---"MORE power" ??? Ron Rich
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:41 pm
by DoghouseRiley
Kirby a couple of decades ago had limited success in this country. All down to hard door-step selling. Our next door neighbour bought one, I can't believe how much he paid for it.
If only people would change the bag, filters, roller, or brushes, more frequently, then they wouldn't need to keep buying them...but my wife takes no notice.
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:00 am
by Joe_DS
Ron Rich wrote:Joe,
Do dis be the "Tim Allen Special"---"MORE power" ??? Ron Rich
I'm afraid I don't know what that means.... I'm not up on popular expressions or personalities. (I stopped paying attention to popular culture in the late 1970s.)
DoghouseRiley wrote:Kirby a couple of decades ago had limited success in this country. All down to hard door-step selling. Our next door neighbour bought one, I can't believe how much he paid for it. If only people would change the bag, filters, roller, or brushes, more frequently, then they wouldn't need to keep buying them...but my wife takes no notice.
They're still sold via home demonstrations--
http://www.kirby.com/how-to-buy/still-door-to-door/ --and the final price paid depends on the buyer's negotiation skills, and the sellers willingness to negotiate. The latest models have a MFG's suggested retail price of $2,700.00 for the whole shebang--the vacuum cleaner and all accessories--but I've read on one forum where a buyer recently brought the salesman down to $975.00. (One wonders what the actual wholesale cost is!)
I don't know about the Kirby's they make today, but the ones from a few decades+++ ago were literally built to last FOREVER, given proper maintenance, as were/are Royal vacuum cleaners. My Grandmother's circa 1949 Kirby went to one of my cousins when she passed away back in 1997 at age 91. The last I heard, my cousin still uses it.
I've looked at the latest Kirby model, the Sentria II --
http://www.kirby.com/our-cleaning-syste ... ia-system/ -- but don't like the style. I much prefer the Art Deco styling of the "Classic" series, which emulated, and in some way, improved upon the style of the 1935 models.
As for basic maintenance, I've seen quiet a number of cheap, all plastic vacuum cleaners on street corners that look to be in perfect condition and relatively new, and have wondered how many only needed a new belt, or a bag emptying.
JDS
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:19 am
by DoghouseRiley
Joe_DS wrote://////////
As for basic maintenance, I've seen quiet a number on street corners that look to be in perfect condition and relatively new, and have wondered how many only needed a new belt, or a bag emptying.
JDS
Never happens with cars that have full ashtrays though, does it?
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:39 am
by Ron Rich
Joe,
Re: "more power"
--In the 70's, or 80's, comic Tim Allen had a very popular TV series called "Home Improvement". On the show he played a none too bright TV host, showing viewers how to "fix things" around their homes. He was famous for adding additional "power" to everything, which, in the end always somehow screwed it up-- his standard line was the two words: "more power". Ron Rich
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:44 am
by Joe_DS
Thanks Ron:
Now it makes sense. But, no, it looks like the seller replaced everything BUT the motor, so you're still stuck with 3 amps. (Not that that would be an issue for me, since I'd never dare run it on the carpet for fear of getting the brand new wheels and roller brush dusty!)
JDS
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:02 am
by Ron Rich
If "Tim" got his hands on it, it would have a 33 amp motor, and wind up sucking up the hardwood floor---
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:54 pm
by DoghouseRiley
Ron Rich wrote:If "Tim" got his hands on it, it would have a 33 amp motor, and wind up sucking up the hardwood floor---
This reminds me.
Our son has a 1967 LHD split-screen VW campervan which he imported from Utah and returned to its original condition, (except fot the cream leather upholstery with memory foam interiors, TV and Pioneer stereo system, he and his partner are away in it most week-ends in the summer, on leisurely trips to camping sites, (she made the curtains) It's an ideal situation, as although some of her money went into it she can't drive it as her feet won't reach the pedals!
Anyway, on a trip down to Cornwall they met this other couple with a blue "splitty" of the same age in a services car-park..
Though this one had lowered suspension, wide alloy wheels, low profile tyres, disc brakes and a Porsche engine!
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:11 pm
by Ron Rich
Doghouse,
Both look great--
How tall is you son's partner ?? My brother had one of those and his then wife was just 5 ft tall, and she drove it all over the place--she did have trouble making it "go fast", as her foot would not push the throttle to the floor. I built a "enlargement" for her--- Ron Rich
Re: Some collectables suck....
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:56 pm
by DoghouseRiley
Hi Ron she's about five foot, a lovely girl, I say "girl" she was 46 (same age as him) when this was taken two years ago, she's a sister who trains new nurses at University College Hospital in Manchester.
I don't know why she can't reach the pedals, as she drives her own little Vauxhall, maybe as he's six feet tall he deliberately welded the driving seat too far back for her!
Note the handy bottle-opener on the pillar just above her left shoulder.
