black and decker collector

[singingrainbow]

Any one on here have one of those? If so how were they? Were they good hand vacs, or were they just corded dustbusters? I attatched a link to some commercials I found, watch the first three groups of commercials and skip to the collector commercial. I think they are really creative commercials! And kinda funny to.
Enjoy!
Scott

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=black+and+decker+collector&aq=f

 

[petek]

B&D actually had a real canister vac back in the 80/90's called the Valet.. it looked sort of Eureka ish. Chad found one here a couple of years back. I don't imagine they're that common.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

The Collector hand vac... are you talking about model no. 9375 which has the same coffee hue as the model no. 9333 Dustbuster Plus?

~Ben

 

[singingrainbow]

Any black and decker vacuum called collector.

 

[sleepdoc]

Collector

My great uncle had one. They were quite a bit larger than a Dustbuster and were corded and pretty powerful for a hand vac. They were really loud. I don't remember if I ever opened his, but I think they used the same kind of pre-filter that the dustbuster used - I don't think it took bags, but I could be wrong.

 

[sleepdoc]

Video

I slogged my way through that long video to the Collector commercial. That's the same vacuum I remember my great uncle having. I'd say that they show it functioning as it truly did. A Dustbuster never would clean like that, even brand new. The Collector was AC-dependent, not rechargeable, so it had a lot more power. I never really used the Collector - my great uncle, I believe, was a latent vacuumphile, and he also had an Electrolux upright and a Kirby Legend II. I spent most of my time there playing with those. (That was before I had my own, of course.)

Thanks for resurrecting the memory!

 

[super-sweeper]

i own one

i own a collector hand vac,mine is fan-first,and seems to take a paper bag.i will upload pics if you like.

 

[sleepdoc]

Yes, pics, please!

I don't know about the OP, but I'd LOVE to see pics of that machine. I never took my uncle's apart that I can remember. I don't quite see how that machine could be fan-first, but you have one and I don't, so please show us whatever pics you feel like taking.

 

[singingrainbow]

Actually..................

There were two different collector vacs, The early 1980's one that looks like a big corded dustbuster, then an early 1990's one that is a fan first, brush equiped hand vac with a hose. I have the 90's one that came from ebay just yesterday and it is very interesting indeed. If someone could post a picture of the one I am talking about, please do.
Scott