A new cardboard vacuum cleaner.....

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi, I've just come across this... A cardboard vacuum cleaner.
Will you be rushing to buy one??

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/40822/vax-ex-cardboard-vacuum-cleaner

James)

 

[massagemiracle]

"Not"!

 

[twocvbloke]

Yeah, they wouldn't last too long in a damp house (which a lot of houses are these days with people not able to afford repairs thanks to the government & their extortionate taxes), I'm all in favour of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, but, they're just using that for a marketing gimmick, it won't work...

 

[gsheen]

cardboard

I wonder if they make a wet& dry model

 

[twocvbloke]

It'd be funny if they did do a W&D, the thing would just implode on itself....

 

[vacbear58]

The thing is ...

Its not a new concept at all. There has been at least one US cleaner with a cardboard body mentioned in the Vintage forum, and I have a Goblin, not sure if 1940s or 1950s, and that too has a cardboard body as I was somewhat surprised to find. What alerted me to the fact was how light it was.

Seeing its marked as a Vax I wonder will it be a Hoover in the US?

Al

 

[twocvbloke]

I think it would definitely be marketed (if they do market it) as a Hoover over int he states, being a TTI brand...

 

[gsheen]

I heard it was a theasus by an engineer doing his undergrad at VAX


 


I wonder how it will pass saftey tests. I don't see it standing up to the stringent UL tests, If the motor burns out it could set the whole machine on fire

 

[twocvbloke]

Well, they say they put fire retardants into the cardboard to prevent fires, but, I still don't think it would take off...

 

[rickenbacker]

I've seen this a lot online and was gunna post about it myself lol. It seems like a poor idea for a company like vax really doesn't it? They're not built in the best of ways anyway, I don't think that a cardboard construction is gunna help. It's as if it's a parody of it's self! lol

I miss the older VAX wet drys *Sigh*

 

[gsheen]

Those are the best ones , I see to many problems with this cardboard machine. I think its pure marketing . It is getting the vax name out there

 

[twocvbloke]

When I think of the name "Vax", I see a big orange wet & dry cannister vac, made for proper wet carpet cleaning in the home, but when I look at Vax products these days, all I see is plastic junk, even the Quick-lite I have is a pile of number two, poor design, poor quality and poor engineering, and the reason, because the brand was sold to a chinese company who just couldn't care less about their products... :&#92

And if this cardboard Vax is made, you can bet your bottom that it won't last longer than a week, if that...

 

[rob_89]

Have to agree, I think this is more about good publicity for Vax. The cleaner was a final year industrial design student project, though I notice he completed a placement with Vax, so they may have set the brief. Cardboard is often used for sketch models when designing something such as a vacuum, so perhaps that is partly where the inspiration came from?

The Pocketlint article mentions a possible production run, if it does make it, it will be interesting to see how much the concept is refined first. I'd consider buying one for a sensible price!

Rob

 

[gsheen]

Vax wet& dry's

I love those old vax et & dry vacuums , I have an orange oand black one and a grey model.


They just won't die

 

[kirbysthebest]

I bet it would fit right in with my Paper Mache dishwasher.

 

[kenkart]

I hate to tell you!!

But I have a cardboard Montgomery Ward from the late 40s that is as good as ever, after all these years!

 

[twocvbloke]

From the 1940's eh? Back when engineers actually took pride in their work? Unlike today...

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Well...

Well I think Bounty Kitchen towel (Now called Plenty here in the UK)should make a wet and dry vac. It should clean up wet spills well!! lol;o)

James)

 

[twocvbloke]

Well it's boun' tee....

(Northerner joke there for you!!!)

 

[gsheen]

back in the 40's

when things were made properly and not to the lowest bidder in the east.


 


Today we were doing a bit of rearranging in the shop and I ( stupid idiot ) knocked a late 40's Electrolux off a two meter shelf and it landed on a current model  Electrolux bagged cylinder , I should rather say it landed through it. it demolished the machine ( a trade inn from a customer this morning ) only a few scrathches on the old 40's machine

 

[rickenbacker]

They sound good, don't think I've ever seen a grey one. I have a black and orange one from I think 1989. It doesn't have the dry filter unfortunately which means I've only really used it to vac up spills in the kitchen I've always liked early VAX machines, they are another one on the list to start collecting especially lol, that with Dyson DC01s and valuable Numatics (Which is pretty good so far!)

 

[kirbylover]

cardboard is better than plastic when it comes to cheap vacuums and landfills

 

[twocvbloke]

"cardboard is better than plastic when it comes to cheap

Good point actually...

BUT, if a vac is well-made, it should never need to go to landfill...

 

[kirbylover]

Not every vac is a Kirby, twocvbloke,

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Isn't it sad to think that so many of them

land there.  Look at the ones we've all rescued.

 

[goadie12]

I wonder what kind of motor it has in it but I know I would never buy one but I think they may be more popular in Asia or maybe some one who was in collage. Zach

 

[twocvbloke]

"Not every vac is a Kirby, twocvbloke, "

Nor a Sanitaire, cos they're just brilliant at cleaning, and yes they do outclean a Kirby, be they Shakeout, F&G or ST bagged...

 

[Sanifan]

Concept/Novelty/Design Projects

Cool and interesting, but you really have to take design school projects with a grain of salt.

A lot of these projects "riff" on and explore an idea - in this case, eco-friendliness through the use of cardboard.

That's what design and art schools are like (I know, I went!). There's an exploration of some driving concept behind the work, and those concepts don't necessarily translate into a final, market-ready, real-world product. It's more like a process of trying something, working it out, and learning from the exercise.

Sometimes the project have enough merit that some aspect of the design or concept is carried on to other designs, or the designer is hired by a company because of his or her demonstrated ability, but it's rare that a student project is practically considered enough in all aspects manufacturing and marketing to make it to market unaltered.

Still, very refreshing to see something so unique!

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Mr!!

Well Mr TwoCv you have never tried a Sentria...;o)


James)

p.s I've had a new sanitaire to compare ;o)