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Website

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/

Location

The Garden of England

Real name

Raph

Favorite vintage brand

Nilfisk

Favorite modern brand

Sebo

Number of automatic washers you have

7

Number of wringer washers you have

8

Current Vacuum collection

Kirbys - G5 & Sentria
Numatics - Charles & Hetty
Sebo - X7
Miele – S224
Vax - Platinum Power Max Carpet Cleaner

What are your dream machines yet to be found?

1. A Sebo Felix, with Vorwerk style attachments, and with the addition of iconic artworks printed across the vacuum body.

The current filter covers are rather too safe – a little tame for my liking!

2. A Roomba iRobot S9+, but one that can climb stairs and also dust...

3. Bissells Big Green Clean Machine <rattles piggy bank>

4. A brand new model, with all the advanced interior workings, but with a really cool vintage Airstream-style design - possibly even combining riveted chrome with eg walnut or maple trim (proper wood, not veneer). A kind of futuristic, Metropolis-style piece.

What are your earliest and favorite vacuum memories?

Being trusted to use my Mums silver Nilfisk!

What is the history of vacuum you have owned?

tbc! I need to make sure the Authorities arent reading this, first...

Have you ever worked on, repaired and/or restored any vacuum cleaners?

Only general maintenance while hanging upside-down from a hot air balloon, nothing wildly impressive...