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My wife's birthday is coming up... ...and one of the things I bought her was a Dyson Cinetic Ball upright. I had it shipped to my work so there wasn't an off chance that she'd be home when UPS came by. I only bought it because she likes cool, new things and does not like my Sanitaire SC886, my...

I was thinking more along the lines of these... ...as a starting point for a vintage 90s kitchen.

On my Sentria, I've decided to disconnect the trans drive belt from the motor altogether and have Tech Drive always in neutral so that I can push it. I'm going to do the same to my Avalir once I'm finished refurbing it. I can handle pushing a Kirby with no sweat and what's more, Tech Drive is a...

I think if I ever get into vintage kitchens down the road, I am going to go for a 90s theme. Oak cabinets, bisque appliances, soffits over the cabinets, recessed and track lighting, Corian countertops with tile backsplashes, a desk area to read recipes.

I keep mine in a closet under the stairs. So far, I have my Rug Doctor Mighty Pro x3, Sanitaire SC886, Kirby Sentria and Royal 884 under there, along with a shelf with some cleaning supplies, my commercial mop and wringer, and a broom. My Heritage II Legend, Avalir and JCPenney (Hoover...

Nice! I just picked up a JCPenney-branded Hoover Convertible. I saw it at a Goodwill back in January and decided to skip it because I'd already acquired a Sentria and a Royal 884. It's amazing how quickly one may fall down into the rabbit hole of collecting things and I didn't want to go too...

My folks had to switch to used vacs because I'd burn the My parents quickly switched to buying secondhand after I burnt up their Panasonic they've owned since new and before I was born. They bought a Hoover Elite, which quickly met its demise to a shattered fan, then was replaced by a Hoover...

I like all kinds of things... Vacuums are just something I recently started "collecting", and it all started back in Jan. of this year when I walked into Goodwill "just to look" and found a Sentria with ALL of the attachments for nothing. I normally don't go into thrift stores because I don't...

@human I joked with the cashier about paying so little that I ought to be charged with shoplifting. Unfortunately, she had no idea of the prestige behind a Kirby, let alone of the fact that she had never heard of a Kirby. I took my phone out and Googled reconditioned Avalirs going for up to...

My wife is of the belief that for certain things, everybody just needs "one", including vacuums. She's probably right, my SC886 is fine enough though she'd rather have a Dyson since we don't need military grade vacuums (her words). I think I might just compromise and buy her a Dyson on her...

My wife wanted me to pick up Applebee's on my way home from work. Well, not too far from an Applebee's was a thrift store. I figured, eh, why not burn some time while rush hour dies down a little? What a mistake. A happy mistake, a good mistake, but a mistake nonetheless because of my wife (she...

I actually went from a Hoover SpinScrub 50 to a Rug Doctor I had to replace the turbine assembly for my brushes--TWICE. Moisture condenses in there after a while and rusts out the bearing inside. The fit and finish is kinda on the flimsy side and from day one, things feel like they might break...

So the Eureka F&G-style uprights are older than I thought... I always thought that they debuted in the early to mid 60s but could never pin down when they first came off the assembly line. eBay seems to be full of 1970s/1980s Eurekas but I don't think I've never seen any older than that. When...

I've got a 12 gal. 6HP Shop Vac in my arsenal... It has a handy caddy in the rear, which is great for keeping my car cleaning supplies like some microfiber cloths, leather conditioner, foam window cleaner, Armor All and Fabuloso. I didn't attach the handle to the tank as I'm afraid that over...

My wife doesn't like appliances... Or she does, but she doesn't like what I like and vice-versa. Fortunately, she doesn't really care. She likes Dyson, I like Sanitaire (and my recently acquired Kirby Sentria and Royal 884), though she admits that all three perform very well and will outlast a...

How rare are they and how long were they produced? Does anybody have one? How do they compare to Kirby from the same era? The front of them sure looks creepy, lol.

Ah, Singer... I first learned about their foray into HVACR when I was called out for a no-cool on a Vulcan-Hart reach in from the '50s/early '60s. It was at a VFW hall if I recall. It had its original Singer compressor, which finally locked its rotor. Before then, I had only assumed that Singer...

Can confirm that planned obsolescence is a thing... I do residential/commercial HVAC and a I've noticed that a lot of replacement jobs are for units that are 10-15 years old that are not cost effective to fix. There is only so much that is cost effective to fix, and then even still, as soon as...

I'm kind of jealous! :-) Good find! It really does look like it came out of the box. Even the US Steel Industry logo sticker on top of the hood looks pristine (which is neat, since it hearkens back to a time where manufacturers took pride in US manufacturing, something way before my time). I...

I wouldn't say that the PowerForce is disposable in and of itself, at least the older style ones from 2000-2014ish (bagged and bagless). Are they cost effective to repair? Probably not beyond the brushroll or a few other parts here and there (a new OEM motor may cost as much as the machine when...