LUX

[swingette]

i have to AGREE with that one, CR.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vacs...

Hi Charlie

Unless its one of these!!!

http://www.vax.co.uk/products.htm

 

[charles~richard]

VAX

ICKX !!!

 

[eluxomarty]

LOL!

I can't believe the Vax line is nothing more than Dirt Devils! I have some friends that had the orange VAX shop vacuum for their only house vacuum and were very happy with it. One day I found a VAX Turbo nozzle and I gave it to them. It transformed their vacuum! They have since moved into a new home and now have a Kenmore upright vacuum.

 

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Tim

Hey Tim that's a no no quit flirting with Bob your married HEHEHE

Just joking Timmy

Skip...

 

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Vacs

I have used that term all of my life so it is very inbedded in me and would be hard not to say it, sorry if It offends anyone but that just me.

Skip...

 

[timborow]

Skip

No prob. Just call it as I see it. Skip, you still got that GE Swivel Top? Tim

 

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Tim

Yes I do Your name is written all over it I told You it was yours, I have been waiting on You but I've heard nothing yet

Skip...

 

[bigbubbacain]

Shortened vacuum names.

I would imagine that the American machines bear the LUX moniker as the only chance that Aerus has to hang on to it's history in this country. Since the licensing of the name changed, this is all they got. If it was just Aerus, I doubt if I could ever look at the machine again quite the same way. My favorite nickname of all time was when the Compact was referred to as the
"little piggy" because of its shape. I even remember seeing a few machines from the 60's painted in a flesh pink color with little eye decals on either dide of the hose inlet to give it that pig-like look.

 

[tolivac]

The NSS Model M1 also goes by the name "Pig" they even copywirted it.You see a "Pig" logo on their new M1 machines.

 

[supertrouper]

vax/vacs/short names

hi there

just reading with interest the discussion of shortened-names....i must be honest it doesnt both me one way or the other, certainly i'd sooner hear a vacuum refered to as a 'vac' as opposed to a 'Hoover' because in many cases the 'Hoover' is in fact not a Hoover.

As for Vax, i am intrigued to hear that it is Dirt Devil equipment. Vax was a UK company originally, producing a range of cleaners that could wash as well as vacuum up wet or dry debris. This was a first for the UK, at least so far as domestic machines were concerned.

The UK public went into a frenzy over them, will sales peaking in the late 1980's. Unfortunatly Vax cleaners lost thier popularity in the early 90's onwards as there was a lot of competition, plus a lot of folk never bothered to use it to wash carpets, so ifi t broke they just bought an ordinary vac. Sorry i mean vacuum cleaner.

Vax bought out a range of uprights that would wash, but these had numerous manufacturing faults and were very bulky. As such they never caught on. Eventually Vax had to start making ordinary cleaners in order to stay in business. This began with the 'wizard' which was a bagless dry-only version of the wet/dry/wash machine. As time went on production shifted abroad, and then they started bringing out all these crappy generic upright and cylinder cleaners that simply bore the Vax name. The original Vax was a good quality cleaner and in the UK was known as such - by contrast they are now regarded as cheap junk. Pity.

Stephen

 

[charles~richard]

Electrolux Hoover!

I did not know until a couple of years ago that in the U.K., the slang term for a vacuum cleaner is a "hoover," and that vacuuming is called "hoovering." This gets kinda confusing for us dumb Americans when perusing the international vacuum cleaner listings and seeing "Electrolux Hoover," "Kirby Hoover," etc.!

 

[cirtcele]

The one thing I can't understand is the astounding number of people who spell it "vacume." (Look at ebay.) Vac-you-um, people. Two U's, no E. Either ask a dictionary, or turn the spell checker back on.

I actually have a 120v, US-assembled VAX machine from their brief foray into the US market in the early '90s. It's a decent vacuum, and it's fairly unique.

 

[alex]

Electrolux

I have to put my two cents in here. I also like the term Electrolux and NEVER use simply "Lux!" But then I also have a problem with the term vacuum! The old timers in this club will notice that I use the term Vacuum Cleaner. It's a persomal thing, I have no problem with others who use sweeper, cleaner, vac or other terms but for the record I opt for Electrolux, or Electro-Lux.

Alex

 

[charles~richard]

A vacuum by any other name...

Somewhere around here I have a list of all the various spellings for "vacuum" that I have seen on eBay. I don't recall them all now but there were some two dozen variations, including:

vaccum, vaccuum, vacum, vacume, vaccume, vacuume, vaccuume, vaccuumn, vackume, vacumn, vakyum, vacuumn etc etc etc

And for "sweeper" I have even seen sweaper, sweepeer, sweeperr, sweepure and sweepir.

What is this country coming to when the average citizen can't spell such simple words?

 

[compactc9]

Anyone know where I can find some good vacs? I need a new sw

Sorry, I couldn't help it

I also can't belive all the different ways people slaughter vacuum ans sweeper. I also have to laugh at all the terms they come up with for vacuum parts. Some of my favorites are: "the spinney thing that chops up the dirt" "the flat round thingy that makes the vacuum part turn" (I will add more as I remember them) Believe it or not People have said these to me.

 

[charles~richard]

Favorite Attachments seen on eBay

I have seen the following, with various spellings - and of course in addition to people making all sorts of guesses as to what some of the old and mysterious attachments are, such as the various moth killers:

POUNDER (power nozzle)

TOOL EXTENSIONS (wands)

POLES (wands)

CARPET FLUFFER (rug tool)

COUCH SNOUT (upholstery tool)

CRACK CLEANER (crevice tool)

 

[seamusuk]

US Vax

Hey Byron

Would love to see a pic

Seamus