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Ahh, my first post in probably 10 years! Lots has happened since I last graced VacuumLand! To break the fast, I thought I would show you the latest vac in my collection, it is this lovely, classic, Numatic Henry, from the 1990s. This model I got off eBay for £69, it was in pretty good...

Hello all, I figured, since summer was here, I would restore some of the plastics on my vacuums that had turned yellow due to aging. The process may be familiar to some of you, known as “retro brighting”. All you really need for this is the hot direct UV raise of the sun, which for best...

Hello all, Last week I rescued a little treasure off eBay...A Hoover High Power Junior model U1104, they called this style Junior "High Power" because they were 300w and not 250 like Juniors had been for many years prior...This particular example was hardly used, according to the seller and...

For years and years I have drempt and wished over Birthday candles that some day I would get a new and unused Hoover Senior or Hoover Junior...Even long before I knew what they were called! Of course Inthought it would never be possible because I was born in the early 90s and those days were...

I have always been puzzled by Hoovers first use of disposable bags using this bottom fill system. I don’t think it is a very good design personally, I mean where did they imagine the dirt would fill? Surely it could of possibly fell back down the tube and blocked the ducting. I suppose it was...

Hello all, Earlier this month I bough myself this top of the line Miele Cylinder as an early Birthday present to myself. I absolutely adore it, I got it direct from Miele for £450! It wasn't the most affordable but it certainly is worth it, to me at least, I love it! Due to the new EU...

Hello all...Okay, so I know this is nothing particularly exciting to most, but I think it is a really nice find! Last week I purchased a 1990s Black&Decker Dustbuster off eBay, new in box for £20, delivered! Bargain! :D This model was one of the Top of the line Dustbusters as it has the motor...

Last Week I won an auction for an Early Dyson DC01 on eBay...They are not hard to find currently, but they are getting rarer now, since Dyson stopped producing spare parts for this model in 2011! The DC01's are a bugger to find in really good condition, luckily, this one is in great shape. When...

Hello all, Alex here again, not posted here in a while, however I have a new vacuum to show you. Earlier this week I got a Hoover Dirtsearcher off ebay, cost £35 deliveried, which wasn't a bad price, considering it is in very good condition. Here are some before restoration photos.

So this is rather off topic, but look how bizare this footage is! Shot 24 years ago (1993) in modern HD quality (1080p 60fps), still VHS of course, but non the less, it is HD in the 90s!! It really does play tricks on your mind! Very facinating indeed!

Hello all, So, last Thursday I took the slightly impulse dissension to purchase the new Henry Cordless! I got the new cordless Henry from Argos, the "magical catalogue shop" we all remember as kids! Lol...The lady on the till, (Ann, I believe her name badge read) had a rather disconcerting...

Check out this ad for LG, is it just me, or does it leave you wanting to by a corded vacuum, just based on the advert? Rather than the new range of cordless cleaners they are offering? Perhaps this is the message LG want to put accross, so people will continue to buy corded...Since the market...

Here I have a lovely Hoover Elite ll in a really great blue colour. Got this (along with all my other US Elites) from eBay US. It is in pretty good condition for its age and cleaned up very well...It is all original and runs great. Here are some before and after. Thanks for reading, Alex.

Hello all, So, it has been a while since I posted on here or indeed got any additions to my collection, however, I have a "new" vac I just got today, that some of you may like, I have spent most of the afternoon restoring it. It is an Electrolux TwinTurbo Electronic Deluxe Z561 it is in a...

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I started a thread a while ago called "My GPO Rotary Telephone Collection" that thread is getting a bit long now so i thought I would start a new one for anyone of interest. I thought I would start it off with this. Here is my 1983 serviced in 86 British Telecom Special Range Mickey Mouse...

So I spotted this on eBay for a Buy It Now Price of £45!! So I bought it almost inmediately! I was not sure whether it would be a regular Venus Blue U2806 or the Mail Order Stellar Red U2806. I thought that either way I will be pleased with it. I am absolutely made up with it! Here are some...

Here is my Hoover Turbomaster U5094 Total System from 1988, it was prettu grimey but cleaned up very well.

I am such a lucky boy! I came across this the other night when I was searching through ebay, a new in box Henry from 2001! It was pretty expensive and there were only two photos shown on the listing but I took the plunge as I didn't want to miss out! I am so glad I did take a chance on it, the...

So I have bought this "Brandnew" Numatic Henry off an eBay seller I have my doubts but it had it's box still, so that had to count for something, this Henry is from 2001 and the seller claims it is unused but we will find out when it arrives. It was pretty expensive and the postage was...