beko1987
Well-known member
Hi!
A while ago, Amazon delivered me a nice 110v - 240v transformer instead of the plastic box I actually ordered. Of course, me being the dishonest chap I am, I sat on this for 2 weeks until I heard nothing, and then started dreaming about maybe getting an american vacuum! I didn't really have ANY idea what I actually wanted though.
Anyway, another collector who we all know, IBIASAIC got wind of this, and bought me one of my choices! I am due to refurbish a few of his collection pieces for him this winter, and as money isn't everything in my world, the payment is this! Many thanks Roger! It arrived on friday, and I was a good boy and kept it until today to unbox so I could film it for my youtube channel and have a proper reaction.
This is the american vacuum that stuck out in my head when I thought. This is what I used to like the most when I was a little boy interested in vacuums, in the early days of the internet, the Hooverland yahoo group, google image search etc.
It's fab! Roger has done a video too, mainly because he had to unbox it to check it arrived OK from the US, incase he had to do an ebay claim etc, and because he bought it, he was more than entitled to do a video of it, and this also gave mt the tip off that it did indeed work fine, so I didn't have that fear to worry about.
It has (thanks Doug) the toolkit from an Electrolux XXX. I didn't really know this when I shared the link that got it bought, and to be honest I'm not too fussed. I chose it because it DIDN'T have the power hose and head, mainly because they seem more expensive, and we have hard flooring in our house, so straight suction is much easier to use! That's also why I wanted a machine with wheels and not skids. It has 2 hoses, not quite sure why, or what the other hose is for, and a few duplicate tools.
But it works very well! It's so quiet and smooth! Cord reel works fine, although is possibly a little slow, but I have nothing to benchmark it against, so will leave it alone for now... Need to source some bags for it, but I have a plan there.
So here we are, my little piece of America in the United Kingdom! I'll be trawling the archives looking for disassembly tips and hints as the suction doesn't seem fab. I've used many 500w UK electroluxes and I don't think the suction is all there, but that should be simple. Also I'll want to give it a full refurb and cleanup in time, and get the metal polished, hopefully I can take a trip up to see HooverLux and we can do it together.
Anyway, enough waffle, here she is!
A while ago, Amazon delivered me a nice 110v - 240v transformer instead of the plastic box I actually ordered. Of course, me being the dishonest chap I am, I sat on this for 2 weeks until I heard nothing, and then started dreaming about maybe getting an american vacuum! I didn't really have ANY idea what I actually wanted though.
Anyway, another collector who we all know, IBIASAIC got wind of this, and bought me one of my choices! I am due to refurbish a few of his collection pieces for him this winter, and as money isn't everything in my world, the payment is this! Many thanks Roger! It arrived on friday, and I was a good boy and kept it until today to unbox so I could film it for my youtube channel and have a proper reaction.
This is the american vacuum that stuck out in my head when I thought. This is what I used to like the most when I was a little boy interested in vacuums, in the early days of the internet, the Hooverland yahoo group, google image search etc.
It's fab! Roger has done a video too, mainly because he had to unbox it to check it arrived OK from the US, incase he had to do an ebay claim etc, and because he bought it, he was more than entitled to do a video of it, and this also gave mt the tip off that it did indeed work fine, so I didn't have that fear to worry about.
It has (thanks Doug) the toolkit from an Electrolux XXX. I didn't really know this when I shared the link that got it bought, and to be honest I'm not too fussed. I chose it because it DIDN'T have the power hose and head, mainly because they seem more expensive, and we have hard flooring in our house, so straight suction is much easier to use! That's also why I wanted a machine with wheels and not skids. It has 2 hoses, not quite sure why, or what the other hose is for, and a few duplicate tools.
But it works very well! It's so quiet and smooth! Cord reel works fine, although is possibly a little slow, but I have nothing to benchmark it against, so will leave it alone for now... Need to source some bags for it, but I have a plan there.
So here we are, my little piece of America in the United Kingdom! I'll be trawling the archives looking for disassembly tips and hints as the suction doesn't seem fab. I've used many 500w UK electroluxes and I don't think the suction is all there, but that should be simple. Also I'll want to give it a full refurb and cleanup in time, and get the metal polished, hopefully I can take a trip up to see HooverLux and we can do it together.
Anyway, enough waffle, here she is!
