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Though I am not a big fan of Dyson moving their manufacturing out of the UK, I have to admit this new bare floor stick vac looks amazing!!!!

Reading all the cautionary warnings in vacuum cleaner instruction manuals, I have always wondered which warnings were the result of some injury that caused a lawsuit. You read warnings such as: electric shock could occur if used on wet surfaces, or keep hair away from spinning brush rolls, or...

This is the first time I have ever seen this episode! I very well remember the episode of I Love Lucy in which she is sold a Westinghouse tank cleaner by a door-to-door salesman. I also know that the show had some sponsorship contract with Westinghouse in the early 1950’s. But I never saw...

Recent reports in the news are claiming that toxic flame retardant chemicals are being found at dangerously high levels in household utensils made of black plastic. See the YouTube clip below. Since most vacuums now include black attachments - especially those made by Wessel Werk - I wonder...

I just found a really neat vintage film produced in 1955 by the Lewyt Corporation called “How to Clean Your House and Like It”!!!! It features their Big Wheel vacuum and shows how to use it in a variety of ways. Part one of three is linked here…I’ll try to post the other two links as well...

Wish I had the cash for this…so beautiful! See link below…. Hope someone at Vacuumland gets this! I have no connection to the seller. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/156153181388

Question for our cleanerphile friends in Europe: I was searching for videoclips of Philips vacuum cleaners on YouTube and I saw that some of the more deluxe models of cylinder vacuums feature cool LED lights on the front of the carpet nozzle. The weird thing is that there is no electrical...

Was so excited to see this TV commercial on YouTube! Never saw it before! See link below…. A few questions: 1. Was this the first Japanese-made vacuum sold by an American company? I know this was made by Matsushita/National/Panasonic in Japan. 2. Did Matsushita start selling...

The seller thinks these are for an Electrolux USA cleaner, but he/she has made a mistake. Tool set includes: hose, VibraBeat carpet nozzle, crevice tool and upholstery nozzle. It’s missing all the wands. In pretty good condition, from the looks of it! See link below…...

I have always wondered why more manufacturers do not offer more top-side cord rewind ports on more canisters. It’s so much easier to pull out the cord from the top, and much better for your back to be standing up even when holding the plug as you press the rewind button. Eureka offered this...

Here’s another mystery vacuum that popped up on a recent internet search: It’s a Regina Cyclonic canister vacuum rebadged as a “Peugeot General Signal” vacuum for France! See the link below… (That’s the third vacuum I’ve seen labelled with an automobile manufacturer name: Mitsubishi, Toyota...

I am thinking of recommending the Sebo D1 suction only canister vacuum to a friend. She already has an excellent Hoover upright for her carpets, but she needs a dependable canister vacuum to clean her bare floors and everything else. She has a very large suburban home and so the long cord and...

I found this really cool “Ikea” style wooden cabinet to store (and hide) a cordless stick vac - they sell this in Japan. See link below… The company is called Eunit Japan. It’s like a tall wall unit to store a cordless stick vac. Has anyone seen something similar sold in North America or...

It looks like Dyson has launched several new machines in the last week. Can’t believe how small their new suction motor is! Quite amazing….though you will probably need to pay a high price for this new compact motor…see link below….

I am trying to find a photo of a floor polisher I seem to remember seeing when I was a child in the 1960’s. In 1966 or 1965, my parents were looking to buy a new home for us in Montreal and I remember going along with them when they went to look at some houses. There was one house that we saw...

Not sure if Oreck is now part of TTI, but here’s an Oreck clone of the classic Hoover Portapower Compact vacuum….see link below…. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/204256723355

Never saw this ad before! It’s from 1969…thank you to “Vacuum Archive” YouTube channel for uploading this! Loved the light humour in the Eureka commercials from this era! I also remember a similar one featuring an avocado green Super Power stick vac and an “I Dream of Jeannie” actress...

I always appreciate when a vac-maker adds a headlight or - in the case of Kenmore - an LED light at the end of the wand. And I love the SpotLight handle that came with my Miele C3. I noticed that the GTech handvac/stick vac now has an LED spotlight on the nose of the unit to illuminate dark...

Was just browsing the net searching for images of vacuums in Spanish (aspiradora) and came across two vacuums in Argentina that look like Eureka clones! The link below shows a Eureka Crown Princess vac branded as a Yelmo. Yelmo seems to be an Argentinian vacuum company. Argentina is pretty...

My apologies if I already asked this before, but I am wondering why the founders of the Mexican company Koblenz used that name. Were the founders originally from Koblenz, Germany? Is there some connection between the German town and the Mexican company? I read that the company was founded in...