Childhood vac

[djub85]

Thanks for the affirmation, kirbylux! I didn't even know that series existed until I recently purchased a 24 bag pack from Aerus, and after close studying, I noticed that there was something very odd about what I initially thought was an Olympia One.  Once I found pictures of the AP series, I couldn't overlook the similarities... the handle indentation, the location of the control valve, the shape of the plug cut-out, and the pontoons on the bottom of the canister. I knew they had to be the same vacuums underneath the cladding, so thanks for verifying!

 

[brad845]

Dirt Devil

My parents owned this type of Dirt Devil, not sure what the model is, I would climb on and mom pushed me around while she vacuumed!

Not my picture

 

[loganvac]

Mine was a Eureka Powerline plus. My dad threw ours out when I was six, but I still have no idea why as it worked just fine. I just recently found one at a flea market. Using it really brings me back...

 

[panofan]

My childhood vac memories are wall inlets connected to a Canavac powerunit and a beam air driven accessory pack (with a Swiss made TK2 that looks like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NuTone-CV35...261487362804?pt=US_Vacuum&hash=item3ce1dc82f4 (you can see the brushroll in the last photo)).

Others - grandmother's hoover convertible that 'lived' in our fruit cellar, and my parents old hoover celebrity that had basement duty util an inlet was put into the basement.

The powerhead on the red old hoover used to scare me as a kid, but hearing a turbo brush wind up is a sound I love to this day. (Vacuuming was my chore). Say what you will about turbo brushes, but 30+ years later, bedrooms are all that is left with carpet and it still looks great. They ditched using the central vac a few years ago - and bought a bagless cheap Canadian Tire upright with a 'great' hepa filter.

 

[VacTime87]

Elite and Fury!

Are the two childhood vacuums I distinctly remember. We had a burgandy Hoover Elite (identical to the one in Mrs. Doubtfire). Then we got a Fantom Fury (the one with the green handle-grip). I was obsessed with the Fury. I would always watch the instructional video on it haha. My parents gave both of them away, sadly. I would love to find a burgandy Hoover Elite that comes with all of the attachments. It would be cool to go back in time and use it again!

Michael

 

[super-sweeper]

GREEN Furry!?

Was it olive green, or the regular blueish-green color most Furries were manufactured in? In the few short months before Fantom filed bankruptcy, the Fury was made in olive green, with the single-cyclonic logo. This would've been in early-to-mid 2001, Fantom closed in October 2001. These single-cyclone Furries are EXTREMELY rare. I've seen ONE since vacuumland began in 2006.

 

[adiostor3ador]

I grew up

I grew up in a eureka home for about five years then my parents bought a rainbow d4 then gave that to a family friend to be replaced by the first incantation of the E2. The picture is of the Eureka after my grandparents gave it back after upgrading to a Hoover Mach 6.

 

[eurekastar]

My Mom had a series of Kirbys over the years.  My parents were given a new Kirby as a wedding gift when they were married in 1953.  So I'm guessing that was a Model 513.  That's the vacuum we used when I was growing up, although I didn't pay attention to the model number and avoided using it like the plague! They traded it in on a Classic Omega, which I now own.  I rebuilt it about five years ago.  I guess it was a moment of weakness when my Mom bought a Tradition.  We lived in a 2 story house, so I guess that's how she justified that purchase -- one for upstairs (Omega) and one for downstairs (Tradition)  She now owns a Diamond G. 

 

[super-sweeper]

Stareka,

Does the Tradition still see use?

 

[floor-a-matic]

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Electrolux 1205 with blue PN1</span>

 

[eurekastar]

super-sweeper

I don't know what happened to the Tradition. I haven't seen it around her house, so I don't think she has it anymore.

 

[vacuumdude]

yup this is mine

Its weird but! When I was a we lil boy I straped this on walked down and up the hall with it and vacuumed during recess

 

[vacuumdude]

now just imagine a 4 foot tall lil boy walking around

With that on his back I was only 4!! Haha it was so much funi want one of my own !