My Extensive Collection Part 4

[kirbyloverdan]

Another Gem of a

Gift from MY good friend John Gregory owner of MY favorite Hoover store in Dunmore Pa .

John had this put away along with MANY of his secret stash of future Hoover collectables he hasn't
told many people about this stash only his "closet" friends know and one day John will make a fortune
selling these to collectors searching for NIB Hoovers of yesteryear .

I proudly present my brand new Hoover wide path U5258-900 I live this Elite style vacuum and am honored to ad this to my collection .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

The Hoovers that

John Gregory has stashed away will be known as the future vault Hoovers of Sweeper Central for future collectors wanting a piece of Hoovers past .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

A toy Hoover

Windtunnel a cute collectable .

Dan

 

[kirbylux77]

Dan

That John Gregory sure is generous to you! I like those Hoovers he sent you, thanks for showing them. But having said that, stop teasing us & show off that new Hoover Windtunnel Air you just got, please. I am definitely wanting to know what you think of that vacuum! If it's any good, I'm adding one to my collection.

Rob

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Rob

Your right John Gregory is VERY generous and VERY kind friend .
As soon as I get time I might try it out I'm trying to decide if it's going to stay nib or be used .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Found another

Version of this 8lb Oreck wanna be this is branded
Electra-pure a division if Health More guess they wanted
to try to take down Oreck also .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

My NIB

Fuller Brush Tidy maid model FBTM-PW

I will leave this one in the box as a future NIB collectable .

Dan

 

[citroenbx]

vacuum

you must have some fantom vacuums

 

[kirbyloverdan]

A Bissell

Power glide made by Samsung a great little vacuum Bissells last decent vacuum made around 2002

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

They don't

Seem to be ending yet here is an HSN exclusive Fantom it was one of the last ones before Euro Pro cut the cord after unsuccessfully trying to bring Fantom back .
This is commercially rated even has a 3 wire grounded plug very thick cord .
The spinning duster attachment is a neat gimmick they even sold that seperately to fit any vacuum .

Dan

 

[citroenbx]

.

you should have the old one like thunder

crosswind

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Now another company

That didn't make it a Triton 1000 This is a very good vacuum shop only vacuum but this didn't take off .
I sold about a dozen right before I closed my store in less than 3 weeks that was between Miele ,
Simplicity , Royal metals and Hoovers .

Dan

 

[gsheen]

These were sold in South Africa as a LG 


Good vacuum never see them for repair. I bought a whole bunch years ago that had box only damaged. Never had one come back. wish I had kept one. 

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Gareth They are very

Well made I know all 12 people who bought them and all still have them with ZERO problems .

Dan

 

[kirbylux77]

Dan, that green Fantom in reply #38 is really nice! That was made for Euro Pro by Sanyo, before the Panasonic buy-out. Fantom named their models "Fantom Twister", & Sanyo called theirs "Sanyo Dirt Hunter". One thing I really like about them is the fact that the pet hair gets compacted in the bin, extends the cleaning time between emptying. I had a Fantom Twister in my collection, but didn't like the fact the HEPA filter wasn't well sealed, so I decided to junk it. Regretting that now though!!

Rob

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Rob

It is a really cool vacuum I only used it once I had problems with the spinning self cleaning duster and they had to send me another one after that they closed up a few months later and they just concentrated on Shark vacuums .

Dan

 

[kirbylux77]

Dan

Just so you know, Euro Pro never entirely shut Fantom down. Here in Canada, at Zellers (before they went out of business last year) they had a little bagless straight suction canister &, believe it or not, a bagged powerteam canister! The bagged powerteam canister sold for $249.99 in Zellers & used HEPA cloth bags & a washable HEPA filter. Only bad thing about it was the bag compartment was really small & bags would have filled up really quick!

Rob

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Rob

Very nice machine and bagged wow that's not how Fantom started they were the first bag less here in the US

DAN

 

[gsheen]

Was it not Amway who had the first bagless vacuum also based on a james dyson design

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Yes Gareth

I totally forgot about that vacuum the Clear Track . Fantom was the first nationally advertised bag less vacuum . People only knew of Amway clear track if they used their products . We all know Hoover as being the true first bag less with the dirt cup models but the Clear Track and Fantom were first to use cyclonic technology and had a complete plastic dirt capture system w/o a cloth bag attached .

Dan

 

[sebo_fan]

Ah the Triton 1000!

As Gareth says, yes they were sold by LG. Also, though there were a few Dirt Devil variants of this in the U.S with commercial steel pole handles instead of the plastic one.

The LG VU5545NBS was a Which UK winner as well as named "Slimax." It couldn't be any more plastic if it tried, but it did offer excellent performance. I have yet to find another upright on the market that had such as a simple "slide catch" unlocking sole plate on the base to change the drive belt and I adored the flip down door at the back of the upright to store spare drive belts.

See my reply 4 at archive thread http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?15949

 

[super-sweeper]

Fantom,

And Amway had it going on in the 1990s, their design could not be topped, even by Dyson!"

 

[kirbyloverdan]

If I am not

Mistaken I believe Dyson had something to do with the Amway clear track and Fantom .

Dan

 

[singingrainbow]

James Dyson licensed his cyclone technology to Johnson wax in the early eighties and designed them a commercial upright vacuum, later when Johnson wax decided to get out of the vacuum industry Dyson looked for other licenses. He and Amway almost struck up a deal in about 85 but it fell through. Later in about 87, Amway brought out the CMS 1000 which infringed on Dyson's patents, they went to court and settled some years later. At the same time Dyson had made a deal with Iona and they later brought out what would become the Thunder, which was the same as the older Johnson wax, Dyson designed upright.
Scott

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Thank you

So much Scott I really appreciate that history lesson , like they say your never too old to learn .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Found another

Dual V Hoover wind tunnel now I have twins

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Found another

Hoover Commercial dirt cup bag less another set of Hoover Twins

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

My commercial HOOVER

trio Convertible and Decade style

Dan

 

[citroenbx]

hoover

I like them they look so nice

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Just found another

Kirby Heritage II Legand in Black brand new never used .

Dan