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Hans ... Well, I got a great deal on it, since I was also buying a rug for the living room. And that's why it's white ... and in the BEDROOM ... no cross-trafic! But SOFT! OMG. It's like walking on a cashmere sweater! And it's textured to look like river rock. BTW ... no "outside" shoes...

Well ... ... rugs are not the "investment" they used to be because of plastics. Prior to WWII, a rug was wool, and often hand-loomed or hand-woven. Room-sized rugs were really the domain of the rich; very few households of average means could afford them (this is why so many modest homes had...

Is Dave's photo "appropriate"? He's standing very suggestively ... ;)

Is Dave's photo "appropriate"? He's standing very suggestively ... ;)

And again ... ... what we see here are the "best" of only those vacuums sold at the most popular *retail* outlets. If Consumer Reports wanted to REALLY serve the consumers' interest, they'd evaluate ALL vacuums, including the Aerus ... Kirby ... Rainbow ... etc.

I will admit ... ... that the Cleartrak has a very quality feel to it. I got my Fantom around the same time Mom got her Cleartrak. I like my Fantom's hose and extension wand better (the house on the Fantom feels much more durable compared to the plasticky hose on the Cleartrak), but her...

Scent cartridges ... Couldn't you just saturate a cotton ball with the essential oil of your choice and stick it in the chamber? It would certainly be a lot healthier than God Only Knows what chemicals they'll be putting into those cartridges. I think it's quite dangerous that we as a society...

My mother ... ... has an Amway Cleartrack. She loves hers, but as she gets older she's finding it a bit of a beast to push around on plush carpeting. What she loves about it -- more than her old Hoover Convertible -- is the near-instantaneous hose conversion, and the hose suction that put the...

oh yeah ... ... and the candlestick phone in the illustration!

I would put this ... ... at about 1920, given the shoes, the dress, and the hairstyle. Definitely not near the late '20s yet, when the hemlines went higher. Incidentally, assuming it's early '20s, adjusted for inflation, that sweeper was about $209.

And ... ... I don't know how things are in the socialist U.K., but here in the U.S., as long as I pay my electric bill, I'm entitled to use AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS I DAMN WELL PLEASE. Yes, that includes burning incandescent light bulbs (I absolutely refuse to use CFLs, which actually cause...

You know ... ... Kirbys (and Royals, for that matter) aren't any more "bulky" than those plastic screaming nightmares sold at the big box stores. And in terms of your electric bill ... if your choice of vacuum really makes that much of a difference on the monthly bill, you have bigger...

In my opinion ... ... Power. Utility (excellent floor AND above-the-floor cleaning ability and ease of use). Quiet. METAL housing and parts.

LOVE it!!! How very English! :)

Chris ... ... LOVE your living room!

ooooohhhhhhh!!! Very cool!

Robert ... ... what's that you're holding??

Size of British homes ... ... seriously, how small are they? Plenty of apartment-dwellers in Manhattan find them perfectly appropriate. Unless you're living in a 275 square foot studio with NO carpets, why NOT a Kirby?

Jack ... ... love the textured carpeting! Very retro! And as a collector of vintage AUDIO equipment, I can tell you that machines (ANYTHING with moving parts, in fact), need to be USED. On a regular basis! Otherwise the lubricant will dry up and turn to shellac, and the metal parts will...

Check it out: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Scott-Fetzer-Co-SANITATION-SYSTEM-VACUUM-1919-patent-/190810104657?_trksid=p2047675.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555003%26algo%3DPW.CAT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D142%26meid%3D6242943126372927669%26pid%3D100010%26prg%3D1076%26rk%3D2%26sd%3D18109804