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PS.: Concerning the name "Dirt-Devil".... Have to add this: THESE little buggers (along with the strap-on carry vac and the fully fledged upright with front light) the Dirt-Devils back THEN have always been giving me a satisfied smile, but to my utter dismay, the current ones (all canister...

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...

"what on earth is..." (explanation) Tony (eronie), that is a brand name by Junkers for their continuous flow gas water heaters (most of the times in form of a combined gas central heating/ gas boiler (cont. flow). It acts on demand, so when you turn on a faucet, the flame will ignite and...

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 have found the same whether here or on the washer forum: Mainly American based (which is fully ok, notwithstanding) - there are a few keen posters like kenmoreguy (Francesco) in Italy (washers) or Marcus in Finland (vacs) - but apart from that and seen from afar it feels like a purely US (not...

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...

Cute story Neat little adventure story and great telling the details, thanks for sharing, Charles. I hope we will get to seeing the video. I am positive they will return. My sister had the same with 2 wild cats some years ago. Now they are permanent "family members", each one with his little...

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...

Hello collectors crowd, after several attempts (WD 40, Pronto, Ajax, Jubilee, Amway and others) I think I have found a very convenient product to keep your appliances nice and shiny: Hakanet Dusting Aid (agent de dépussièrage, Staubwisch-Hilfe) made by Hakawerk. (sold DTD, mainly in Germany...

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