my first hand vacs!

[vacuumfreeeke]

I'm not much into canisters or hand vacs, but a very nice fellow collector sent me these two guys for free as he was doing some cleaning (along a TON of BEAUTIFUL old adverts from magazines for Lewyt, GE, and Eureka)... he wouldn't even let me pay for shipping!

First one is a Singer straight suction hand vac. Considering its apparent age, it is in really good shape. It has some chips in the paint... but other than that seems really nice. I loooooove the look and feel of the toggle switch!

Of course Jasper is sitting in the background thinking, "Oh boy, not ANOTHER one of those silly suck things."

 

[vacuumfreeeke]

the other one

Is an Apex. Now this is just pain elegant and looks brand new (I loved burgandy/maroon (and chrome, what a combo) vacuums... that's why the G5 is my favorite Kirby).

The guy who gave these to me said that it has a belt on it, but that it is impossible to get belts for this model as it is so old and not common... I imagine it will just be a conversation piece to look at and I will not use it.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

They look great, and

"Jasper" is beautiful !!!!!

 

[petek]

talk about coinkydinks. I was at the flea market this morning and one of the sellers I chat with all the time pulled one of those singers out of a box of stuff he'd just brought in. I didn't buy it though. what year are they?

 

[charles~richard]

The Apex was also badged under the name "Little Wonder." Stan Kann has one of those, and he jokes about it, "It's a Little Wonder alright - it's a wonder that it picks up anything!"

 

[vintagehoover]

And also...

as the Sweeper Vac - sorry the photo's so big, I don't have any editing software on the new computer yet!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

too big?are you kidding??!!

can NEVER be too big.