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Hey all, So I recently undertook the Oreck challenge. Ok, well, not exactly. Over the Christmas holiday, I was contacted by an old school friend who’s great aunt had sadly passed away. His great uncle had died a few years ago and was something of a hoarder. The house was a very odd set up...

Hi everyone! Hope you all had lovely christmases. I managed to pick up this lovely brand new in box Sebo X7 ePower Pet this week. This is the TOL Sebo X series machine and retails for £349 ($443), I got it from Cash Converters new in it's box and never even assembled for the grand total of...

Hi all, Numatic have some new models and features coming for 2018. The biggest change is that the current compact model - the 160 sized machines - will now become the standard models. So what is now currently branded Henry Compact and Hetty Compact will be the "normal" models. It's not yet...

Hi folks, I recently got myself a lovely brand new Vorwerk VK200 and thought I'd give a bit of a review and some pics. I had an in-home demo from 2 Vorwerk rep's, similar in style to Kirby and Rainbow demo's but not from door to door sales - it's all done on networking and by request only...

Hi all, So, a bit of backstory first. Back in about 1998 (I think!) my godparents bought a water filtration vacuum from an in-home demonstrator. At the time, they had a Vax 2000 suction only cleaner and thick carpets. It was the first time I'd ever seen any kind of water filtration vacuum and...

Hi all, The Vax Factory clearance sale is on again! Sale ends Monday 3rd April at 5pm. Link below. Password is STAFF-030 http://www.vaxsale.co.uk

Hey folks, A fellow collector was selling off his stuff and I managed to get these. First up, a boxed Hoover Aquamaster S4470, dated March 1991. A favourite of mine as my Aunt & Uncle had one when I was little. Included were the full wet kit, manual, a heap of bags and some Hoover shampoo...

An interesting article here, although Jimmy D proving once again he knows absolutely nothing about vacuums. A Hoover Junior was the most powerful vacuum on the market, James? Really? Even into the late 70's, they were 250w. Maybe if he'd bought a Hoover Senior or Electrolux 500 series, the...

Hey folks, Thought it's about time I got all these together. Here is my collection of UK Electrolux cleaners. I don't have as many examples as I'd like. I'm aiming for 1 of each style, but I'm certainly getting there. Electrolux are my favourite vintage brand. Whilst Hoover will always be...

New Henry line up! Glad to see the addition of on-board tool storage.

Hi all, I picked up a few more Electrolux machines today. First up, this Glider z1280. I got the hose for it, but no dusting tools.

Hi everyone, I got this very lovely Electrolux 502 today, completed with boxed set of tools, manual and even a magazine advert. Aside from some light scratches on the hood which are to be expected, it's in lovely condition. The 502 was launched in 1975 and replaced the original 500 as the...

Here's one I hadn't seen before, staring the lovely Julie Walters.

Hey folks, A few months back I picked up this Electrolux. Originally, this was intended as a donor machine for a much rarer AEG Vampyr upright that needed a full strip down and a new motor, but when this arrived, it was in such nice condition, I couldn't bring myself to pull it apart. So for...

Hi all,   Matt's post over in the Contemporary Forum got me thinking about vacuums in music videos. I used to be glued to the music channels when I was younger and always got excited spotting vacuums. Here are some I remember well. Bjork - Army of Me - Vax 2100 The Beautiful South -...

Hi Everyone, I noticed today that one of my neighbours has replaced her Vax Naked upright thing with a Dyson Ball Animal cylinder thing. And this got me thinking about something I hadn't really picked up, but cylinders definitely are on the rise in the UK. I can't quite put my figure on when...

Hi folks, I acquired this from Joe (ultimatevacman) a few weeks ago and I've been using it as a daily driver pretty much ever since, so I thought I'd make a thread on it. This style of Electrolux had been in production in various styles since 1971, but this was the first of the very last style...

The Miele C3 Electro Comfort is the current TOL Miele cylinder in the UK. At £600, it's one of the most expensive vacuums you can buy and very expensive by UK standards, bearing in mind that most top end vacuums from other brands retail for almost half that. It's currently about to be...

After the ridiculous amount of negativity on an earlier thread that's best left where it is, it seemed appropriate to counter act that with a nice great big dollop of positivity. So here's a wee celebration for Roger and his video's in the form of Ibaisiac's greatest hits.   So here goes...

Interesting little artical on The Guardian. Aggie McKenzie of 'How Clean Is Your House?' testing vacuums.   I love her quote about the Dyson Cinnetic, but she's totally got the AirRam wrong about the brushroll turning as you push it - it's motorised.   Also, she cleans her stairs with a...