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Ever since my most recent 'vacquisition' binge over the past few weeks, including acquiring a Eureka 1279-D Power Team, an Electrolux LX, Metropolitan rebuild, completing a Eureka 1746-A Power Team, and the return of a prodigal Electrolux Discovery Plus earlier this week. I've had a curious...

So, for the past couple of years, my Electrolux Discovery Plus (Discovery II with onboard tool storage) has been on long term loan to a friend. Tonight, she came over for dinner and brought the machine back to me. She had been using it to vacuum her area rugs, but had gradually gotten rid of...

So, I met up with fellow Vacuumlander Jl earlier today and went home with an Electrolux LX. It's a Metropolitan rebuild, probably done in the 1205 era, based on the blue paint job. It came with a set of wands, a few tools, and a plastic replacement hose. She also threw in a Eureka VibraGroomer...

I came to realize that last week, I was starting to hijack the thread linked below (replies 14 and 15). Instead of continuing down that path, I decided it would be better to finish off the story here, in its own thread: As the subject line suggests, I now have a Eureka Roto-Matic power head for...

I took a walk through Goodwill this evening, and managed to keep my 'sobriety', despite seeing a couple of moderately interesting machines. The easiest to walk away from was a Kirby Gsix with its tool kit for $40. It was in decent shape, but I've got four of them, so there was simply no way...

I attend a very small church, which is perpetually strapped for cash, but we make up for it with an abundance of enthusiasm, energy, and a willingness to step up. We meet in a converted one-story ranch house, where what had been a two-car garage now serves as a combined worship space and...

It's usually a challenge for me to walk away from a Kirby in a thrift store, kind of like an active alcoholic walking past a bar. But last night it was easy. I was walking around a Goodwill store, killing a little time, and saw a Kirby G6 with its tool kit and a shampoo system. I actually...

Well, I just fell off the wagon. After about 14 months without acquiring any vacuum cleaners, I was at Goodwill this evening when an Electrolux Discovery II upright caught my eye. It was kind of dirty, and when I plugged it in and turned it on, only the straight suction motor came on, not the...

About six months ago, I bought a Kirby G4 that 'needed a little work' (we've all been there, right?) and then went back to the thrift store the next day to buy the Gsix that had been sitting next to it as an economical source for the needed parts. I left the Gsix disassembled in my barn to help...

I had a plumber at the house today, and he brought with him the craziest wet/dry shop vac I'd ever seen. It was called a "BucketHead" vac and the motor unit snaps onto a regular five-gallon utility bucket. He said he really liked it because it was smaller than a conventional shop vac, and thus...

It's very rare that I see a Kirby at a thrift store anymore, but tonight, I actually saw three, side-by-side, with accessories—a totally grotty G7 (not Diamond), inexplicably priced at $35 with standard accessories, plus a carpet shampooer, a G4 that looked decent at first glance but had some...

So I met some friends for dinner this evening, and on my way home, I decided to walk around at a nearby Goodwill. When I got to the back of the store, I spotted a cluster of about a half-dozen vacuum cleaners, mostly plasticrap that they couldn't pay me to take, but among them was a dusty Kirby...

So, I took a quick walk through Goodwill this afternoon. Hadn't been there in several weeks. I was briefly tempted by an Electrolux Renaissance canister with its hose and power nozzle, but no other accessories, priced at $10. I could have gotten it for $9 since it's seniors' 10% off day. It...

So, I've been trying to avoid thrift shops lately, so I won't buy any more junk, but like an alcoholic walking into a bar, I found myself in one yesterday and walked out with an Oreck Xl BB870AW handheld vacuum. Yeah, I know. I've been very good lately about NOT buying more vacuums, but this...

So I went to an antiques fair today and I spotted a blue, vintage canister vacuum. At a distance, I could make out "Electro" on the side of it and thought for a second it might be an Electrolux LX but when I got up to it, I saw that it was an Electro-Hygiene". When I looked at the price tag, I...

So I have these two Electrolux uprights, a Genesis LXe and an Epic 3500 SR, each with minor issues. The Genesis had the handle and cord assembly replaced under a factory recall because it had the bad handle design with the cord coming out the back of the handle grip. This was replaced by the...

I came to the realization that my bedroom was in dire need of vacuuming and I had a couple of Kirbys I hadn't had occasion to put through their paces so I picked my Classic III with its Legend II bag conversion to start out with. It was a bit frustrating because I just couldn't find a 'sweet...

After replacing the foot switch on my recently acquired Heritage 84, I was putting things away and came across one I'd saved from my Legend II. It moved freely but wouldn't 'click' and thus was stuck in the 'on' position so I replaced it with a NOS black one for a Heritage II. It had been...

As 2021 winds down its final hours, I'm reflecting on the year and have come to the realization that for me, it has been a crazy year for 'vacquisitions': •In January, I started off the year acquiring a Sanitaire S645 blue series upright for $12 and fixing it up with parts on hand, other than...

Lately I have been struggling to bring my vacuum addiction (vacuholism) under control after an insane year of acquisitions that culminated a few weeks ago with getting two Kirbys, a G6 2001 Limited Edition and a Heritage 84, in the same week. Since then, I struggled to walk away from a Kirby...