Last Friday''s garage sale find!

[luxg]

Seems like there has been a take-over of stick vacs down here of late. Here is the one I brought home last Friday, Just finished detailing it today. Didn't look like this when I got it but I knew that it was still in pretty good shape. Funny I looked at this in the driveway when I went into the sale and just walked by, on the way out I stopped and looked again and the lady said "are you sure you don't want to take that home"?? Well having little to no willpower I thought what the heck for $2.00 I will get it out of her way.

So Presenting the Royal Dirt Devil stick vac with the Pie shaped nozzle...

 

[petek]

Those work surprisingly well Terry, if not a little noisy but then most of those type of things are. I had one back in Calgary and when we were moving I gave it to out neighbor across the way when we were packing.

 

[xraytech]

Nice find Terry,

A friend of the family has one of those from when they first came out, it was a gift from her nephew who works for Royal. I have used it many times and it is perfect for getting the areas especially the corners along the base of your kitchen cabnitery.

Sam

 

[luxg]

Thanks Pete and Sam, it is noisy but doesn't do a bad job for what it is. Its best feature is its 30 foot long cord.

 

[ttuee2006]

A friend of mine had one of those when I was a kid. They actually work decently well! I used to laugh at the pie shaped head, but you know....it actually does a great job in corners!

 

[camelotshadow]

Yikes
No dirt devils for me
they scream & don't suck for pete's sake
I tossed mine into the fire

 

[vacuumfreeeke]

I feel that way about modern Dirt Devils, Camelotshadow..... but while the ones from the 90s weren't stellar quailty, I enjoy the older red ones. I adore my "Broom Vac"... it's the only Dirt Devil I have and I often reach for it as a daily driver. It's very cute, and cleans pretty well. Found a blue one on CL for 10 bucks just yesterday, but I didn't dare... twas hard to resist though! I've always liked these triangular shaped stick vacs too, what a uniuqe design. I've heard they are terribly loud though.

Great find, Terry. It will look good alongside your Broom Vac! I didn't realize the cord was that long. For two bucks, you certainly can't go wrong!

 

[vacman117]

Dirt Devil

WOW! We had one of these for our camper when I was a kid. I remember begging my mom to let me take it home but she would say it was the camper's vacuum. I loved that thing so much. When we sold our camer I finally got to take it home. And that was when I really did not collect I just liked vacuums. And I did the dumbest thing with it. I gave it to Goodwill.