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I just love them Actually I have two of them (one with a single-row brush and the older logo bag pattern), the other one with a double-row brush and the newer pattern. I LOVE these babies to pieces, my little red eager mini-Kirby dwarfs. Fortunately I could get hold of a stack of over 50 bags...

moist cellar smell is unually what you already have guessed: A musty odor usually points the way to mildew or some fungus (aspergilla nigra usually, if not others). The bad news: Different from what the average Joe believes, mildew/yeasts/fungus will ALSO inhabit synthetic materials, They love...

I love that Grandmother memory thing ;-) hi Adrian, It's fun to see that quite well half of the appliance stories are always related to some grandmother or similarily related dear ancestors. Childhood things coming along the way. Just lovely. Good for all our machines, they will have a decent...

This is awesome! Hey, I did not even know that someone keeps these old goodies. Most collectors' sites just handle the main brands but this one even cares about the lesser known and about the battery table vacs, how neat is that? I do remember more than 20 of those machines there and I...

A dear friend of mine is clearing 2 large appartments full of antiques and vintage stuff, as her mother has died some weeks ago. I have known the old lady for years, she was an antique dealer for decades. We created a web gallery for all to look at what is to be had. Especially interesting...

Machine nice / function attendants: get some straighjackets Nice video of the machine details. Looks way nicer than I expected it to be, looks a tad less overhauled or "totally reworked" than announced. But I am not referring to the machine, I mean the video of the announcement meeting: Gives...

I like "hoovering" ;-) Nobody here speaks of "hoovering", all say "staubsaugen" (the generic verb). Yet I do like the word "to hoover" when thinking in English. The sound is so real to me: HOOOOO (like that low humming of the fans or the gentle roar of the beater bars) and that vvvv sound (like...

Quickly skimming this thread: Depends on choosing WHAT Performance: Any G series Kirby (While I personally like the G4 best, all others (5 and upwards) are too "roundish" in their design to me, G5 to Diamond being still somewhat ok, Sentria 1 and 2 going over the top = a plain "no" (look at...

Kirby? A hate/love relationship I do not subscribe to the "you haven't got the truth yet, the Kirby is great, Kirby must be doing something right" storyline (which implies that someone is not thinking correctly). It is NOT the consumer or the questionning vacland member that has to rethink...

Keeler? A shrugoff here There are just a few people that talk about unbagging the Kirby here, but the only thing they get is some "hm hm" style turning away. The same goes for the dreaded "Keeler thread" (I did not even know the name until now, the only thing known to me was that there must be...

only one of them Nope, mostly my "Staubsauger" are just "Staubis" (a diminuitive found in quite some many roomsharing situations or among youths, so regular informal German). There is "Kühli" for "Kühlschrank" (fridge) as well, but no "Waschi"for washers (I wonder why). The only vacuum having...

hydralique, vous me parlez de mon coeur That is SO right, I didn't even think of that! I had a Citroën CX 25 GTI for a couple of years, the best car of my entire life. I loved it to death (literally ;-//) It was eating gas like a bathtub without a plug on a toilet drain tube, but back then...

French translation the ad campaign convoy of the Tour de France is getting 80 years old: chapter 10 - Hoover To celebrate the anniversary of the campaign convoy beginning on the 6th May 2010 you will find daily pictures of its sponsors that have shaped the history of the most popular display...

a GOOD bagless While I have never seen this particular model I recently was using an AEG-Electrolux of a larger series, but it had the same horizontal cyclone (sample pic, the one I used was black/black with scratches, not blue/gray and new) Other than the pleated paper filter cone "cheapo"...

Now look at this: A whole convoy of giant Hoovers! Have you ever had a ride IN a Conny? http://cyclingmodel.over-blog.com/article-la-caravane-publicitaire-du-tour-de-france-a-80-ans-10-hoover-49453533.html

Dircik, I hope you are just kidding "...not worthy" Sorry for the delay, I had a busy weekend. Well yes, most of the machines shown there DO have a working life history, some rare ones seem to have been bought NIB (and for a FILTHY amount of money, I guess). But rest assured: This museum has...

I feel tricked (or let's say being pulled my leg) While the refurbishing job might be tremendous and marvelous overall (nice new blue trims and fantastic polishing job!), I still feel like reading these typical auto-generated Google listings: "search = John Doe" result: "Looking for "John...

PS: I posted the same thread over at Automaticwasher.org see there.

Please join me on my visit today: I went to "TECHNOSEUM" (technology museum of Mannheim) to the special exhibition "the electric household". Unfortunately, I discovered this only yesterday while it will end on Sunday. So I hopped in the car to see it! Here is the original link...

pretty nice - got one myself hey Seamus, great find. Some time back I got one myself (former colour scheme, older original power brush) http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?18851 and meanwhile I could gather some experience with it. It is a very good vacuum and very sturdy...