Handheld vacuums

[dysondestijl]

Hi there, is it just me or when we were younger did we just love hand vacs? For their size?
I used to love them, and save up for the new handheld cleaner that just came out. I had loads when I was younger, maybe it was because I thought they were cute. I still have a few, but I only use this one:

 

[kirby505]

Yupp I had a thing for them when I was younger. Still have em all

 

[super-sweeper]

Sure, Oranges!

I used to vacuum the stairs with a Bagless Dirt-Devil handheld, Power-reach, I believe.

 

[myles_v]

I used to have quite a few hand and stick vacs, I think I got a lot of them because they were smaller and didn't take up as much space as uprights and canisters. My mom still has quite a few pictures of me when I was really little with carpet sweepers and stick vacs in the background. I didn't start collecting uprights until I was 4 or 5.

I used to use my Dirt Devil hand vac (like yours but two speed and North American plug+110V motor, of course)for the stairs but I normally use my Eureka SurfaceMax canister for that now. The Dirt Devil is sitting in the garage with the attachment hose attached and I only use it occasionally for cleaning up the garage.

 

[sanitaireboy99]

I always liked those because of the bag that blew up in the back like a Sanitaire or Elite would. But I never had one of these Dirt Devils...

 

[vac_whisperer]

I used to realllly love hand vacuums, and yes, because of their size!
I used to take a whole day and vacuum an entire room with my little Royal hand vac.

 

[ultimatevacman]

I'll have to get myself a handheld vacuum someday, maybe a DD Handy

Joe

 

[ncovert]

I have a Royal Prince 501, from 1983. Also have two Dirt Devil Ultras, one missing lots of parts, that I am looking to sell.

 

[myles_v]

I'd recommend the DD Handy, they clean pretty well. Not a ton of suction through the hose though.