crazykirbydude
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Electrolux Model 30 all the way. I am a sucker for art deco!
Best looking vacuum ever made.
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mixman
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Sptyks
Now that Classic III is the best Kirby I have seen so far. Wish Kirby would still add some color like that. I like the look of the Avalir, but some dark red would help the look even more.
Now that Classic III is the best Kirby I have seen so far. Wish Kirby would still add some color like that. I like the look of the Avalir, but some dark red would help the look even more.
eurekaprince
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I think that the Eureka Express Power Team cleaner is one of the nicest designs in cleaner history. So sleek and understated.
Tom, that's a great story behind the CE Lux you sent to Steve.
Here is my entry...my 1936 HOOVER model One-Fifty Cleaning Ensemble.
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Here is my entry...my 1936 HOOVER model One-Fifty Cleaning Ensemble.
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jimjimmunster
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By Hoover or Elux.
Hoover 63, Hoover 800, Hoover 825, or Electrolux LX. I just love that streamlined look and cool motor cap on the 800 series. I am lucky enough to have a nearly mint 800... Only problem is I need a aromador belt plate for it. That boxy and streamlined combination of the LX just astonishes me. I love it. Only downfall is poor suction even though everything is working/rebuilt/serviced. The 63 just amuses me for no reason. I don't know if its the hood or what.
Hoover 63, Hoover 800, Hoover 825, or Electrolux LX. I just love that streamlined look and cool motor cap on the 800 series. I am lucky enough to have a nearly mint 800... Only problem is I need a aromador belt plate for it. That boxy and streamlined combination of the LX just astonishes me. I love it. Only downfall is poor suction even though everything is working/rebuilt/serviced. The 63 just amuses me for no reason. I don't know if its the hood or what.
texaskirbyguy
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1959 Atlas
While I really admire the classy look of the Kirby D50, the sinister look of the Bison Centurian (it's that wraparound light!), my vote has to go to the obscure 1959 Atlas. Black cherry upper with grey lower, complete with tail fins to match the Chevrolet of the same era.
While I really admire the classy look of the Kirby D50, the sinister look of the Bison Centurian (it's that wraparound light!), my vote has to go to the obscure 1959 Atlas. Black cherry upper with grey lower, complete with tail fins to match the Chevrolet of the same era.
kirbykleankarpet
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I have three favorites. None of them are all that new. Lol. The Kirby Tradition, Kirby Classic III, and the Kirby 505. Something about the primitive styling of the thing that just catches my eye.
Kenmore
Had some beauties in the 50s and 60s. My personal favorites for beauty are the 1961 Lady Kenmore Whispertone and the 1962 Kenmore Whispertone 90.
Had some beauties in the 50s and 60s. My personal favorites for beauty are the 1961 Lady Kenmore Whispertone and the 1962 Kenmore Whispertone 90.
panasonicvac
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I would pick the old vintage Eureka Uprights or the old Sanitaire Uprights.
fantomfan
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This one?
Just kidding
Just kidding
vacerator
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Different strokes
for different folks.
For me, the Compacts are, and Eureka canned hams, and Hoover Connie's.
for different folks.
For me, the Compacts are, and Eureka canned hams, and Hoover Connie's.
best sounding vacuum
Since I'm a blind person, the closest thing for me to whether a vacuum is beautiful is how it sounds, and there are some that really stand out. I don't like the way most vacuums sound these days, high pitch screaming motors. Based on all of the vacuums I have heard, it comes down to a few different motors. In the 1950's and 1960's, Ametek made a motor that had a very pleasant sound to it, I don't know what the specs are for it, but it was used in the Eureka canned ham vibra beat, I think it may have also been used in an Airway from that time period, and it was also used in the early 1960's lady kenmore. At the convention last year, I fired up the canned ham and just sat there and listened to its gentle sound for a while, what a contrast between that smooth running motor sound and the screaming motors we have now. While I don't have any vacuums that use the Ametek motor that I mentioned, I do have an Electrolux 1205 which sounds very similar to it, same pitch and similar tone. I think this motor was also used in the model G, it's very pleasant sounding. If anyone can identify which Ametek motor this was, I would love to know more about it, bet they don't make motors like that anymore.
I also really like the motor sound on the Sirena. It sounds almost exactly like the very first wet dry vac we had when I was growing up.
Mike
Since I'm a blind person, the closest thing for me to whether a vacuum is beautiful is how it sounds, and there are some that really stand out. I don't like the way most vacuums sound these days, high pitch screaming motors. Based on all of the vacuums I have heard, it comes down to a few different motors. In the 1950's and 1960's, Ametek made a motor that had a very pleasant sound to it, I don't know what the specs are for it, but it was used in the Eureka canned ham vibra beat, I think it may have also been used in an Airway from that time period, and it was also used in the early 1960's lady kenmore. At the convention last year, I fired up the canned ham and just sat there and listened to its gentle sound for a while, what a contrast between that smooth running motor sound and the screaming motors we have now. While I don't have any vacuums that use the Ametek motor that I mentioned, I do have an Electrolux 1205 which sounds very similar to it, same pitch and similar tone. I think this motor was also used in the model G, it's very pleasant sounding. If anyone can identify which Ametek motor this was, I would love to know more about it, bet they don't make motors like that anymore.
I also really like the motor sound on the Sirena. It sounds almost exactly like the very first wet dry vac we had when I was growing up.
Mike
I taught blind children years ago as well as a few
adults. My father was also blind for about the last 6 or 7 years of his life.
I, too, love the "sound" of vacuums, particularly, metal Hoover Convertibles.
adults. My father was also blind for about the last 6 or 7 years of his life.
I, too, love the "sound" of vacuums, particularly, metal Hoover Convertibles.
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dysonman1
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Mike:
That was a standard, two fan, double ball bearing, Lamb motor by Ametek. Eureka used it on many cleaners in the 1950's and 1960's including the 'canned ham' and the 'roto-matic'. Filter Queen used it. Compact used it. Sears used it. Kingston used it. Whirlpool used it. Air-Way used it (beginning with the model 88). By the 1970's, even Sunbeam used it. Apex started using it for the lower end models. Lewyt used it in all their machines, until the unfortunate sell off to Shetland. The irony is all these machines had the same amount of suction - because they used the same motor.
Electrolux made their own motors. So did Hoover, although the Hoover canister motor of that time period were kind of wimpy (comparatively). Hamilton Beach made their own motors, as did Westinghouse. Universal made their own motors as well.
That was a standard, two fan, double ball bearing, Lamb motor by Ametek. Eureka used it on many cleaners in the 1950's and 1960's including the 'canned ham' and the 'roto-matic'. Filter Queen used it. Compact used it. Sears used it. Kingston used it. Whirlpool used it. Air-Way used it (beginning with the model 88). By the 1970's, even Sunbeam used it. Apex started using it for the lower end models. Lewyt used it in all their machines, until the unfortunate sell off to Shetland. The irony is all these machines had the same amount of suction - because they used the same motor.
Electrolux made their own motors. So did Hoover, although the Hoover canister motor of that time period were kind of wimpy (comparatively). Hamilton Beach made their own motors, as did Westinghouse. Universal made their own motors as well.
Electrolux G, Kirby 560, Convertible 69 or Airway 88. I really like the <span style="font-size: 12pt;">turquoise</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> vacs. </span>
ametek motor and being blind
Wow, I did not know that many vacuums used that motor, but I can understand why, it was a nice motor, very quiet but definitely had enough power to clean, even today, that motor would probably be able to clean just about anything you gave it. Does anyone know if the motor in the Electrolux 1205 was one or two fan? If it's only one fan, it's fairly large, based on the sound. Ah, I remember another motor I really like the sound of. The motor that was used in at least one of the Kenkart models is very pleasant sounding, I'm referring to the Kenkarts that were made in the 1950's. I think there were three different Kenkart models around this time, and at least one of them has a very soft pleasant sound, in some ways it sounds like an Electrolux G. On the other hand, there was a Kenkart from several years before that that was the opposite, not very pleasant sounding at all, I think it came out in the 1930's.
As far as being blind, I manage, technology has come a long way to help with things that used to always require human help. Using a computer is no problem, and thanks to optical character recognition, reading a printed page is usually doable. The fact that E books are so popular now also helps. I'm waiting for the self driving cars to become available, not sure if that will happen in our life time, but I will be one of the first to get one.
Wow, I did not know that many vacuums used that motor, but I can understand why, it was a nice motor, very quiet but definitely had enough power to clean, even today, that motor would probably be able to clean just about anything you gave it. Does anyone know if the motor in the Electrolux 1205 was one or two fan? If it's only one fan, it's fairly large, based on the sound. Ah, I remember another motor I really like the sound of. The motor that was used in at least one of the Kenkart models is very pleasant sounding, I'm referring to the Kenkarts that were made in the 1950's. I think there were three different Kenkart models around this time, and at least one of them has a very soft pleasant sound, in some ways it sounds like an Electrolux G. On the other hand, there was a Kenkart from several years before that that was the opposite, not very pleasant sounding at all, I think it came out in the 1930's.
As far as being blind, I manage, technology has come a long way to help with things that used to always require human help. Using a computer is no problem, and thanks to optical character recognition, reading a printed page is usually doable. The fact that E books are so popular now also helps. I'm waiting for the self driving cars to become available, not sure if that will happen in our life time, but I will be one of the first to get one.
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