My vacuum sightings

[fan-of-fans]

Today I stopped at an estate sale that was full of 90s Hoovers. There was a green Hoover Elite Supreme hard bag upright, a Hoover Steamvac, and in the garage a green Hoover Tempo canister with the attachments but no wands. Apparently nobody wanted any of them since it was the third day of the sale.

 

[lesinutah]

Nice

If you sell on EBay the royal with power nozzle would go for$150 easy. I sold off some of my herd in December. I got 2 Kirby heritage 2 shake out versions for $10. I put a fan on one and cleaned them both up. I parted out a few vacuums. I'm getting my serger in the next few weeks. I'm putting on a fill tube and a zipper to each heritage 2's. I also got a classic 3 for $10 and a zipper and fill tube will make it HEPA.
I try to make money selling vacuums and not spending money to fix them. I have quite a bit of parts and resourceful when fixing.
I have 2 Bissell proheat times two. There really solid performing shampooers.

 

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[fan-of-fans]

Today at Habitat there was a Hoover Spirit, I think it was brown. Had the hose, wands, and power nozzle with headlight, and some extra Hoover bags, but no other attachments, for $8. Looked like a fairly equipped model with cord reel and bag check light. Not a bad price, but I left it. Too many at the moment!

 

[fan-of-fans]

Goodwill has been dry lately for vacuums. But today there were a few modern uprights, along with a Fantom Fury. I do have to wonder if that Fury is the same one that I had mentioned seeing, and passing on, at an estate sale a few weeks ago.

They wanted $8.98. It was in decent shape, but the only attachment it had was the crevice tool. It seems Fantom attachments are hard to find.

Anyway, with that Kenmore canister curb find still being in my trunk, I decided to pass on the Fantom (again?). If it's still there on my typical Friday evening stop by, I may have to consider it again.

Only reason I stopped by today was happened to be on that side of town.

 

[huskyvacs]

Wow. I only wish I could find a Fantom that cheap. They sell for $150-$200+ all day long on eBay. They are highly collectible. It's been on my list of vacs to get for the past 4 years. I have found both Hoover Z series for cheaper and that are even rarer than a Fantom if that makes any sense. lol

 

[hoover300]

Huskyvacs

Email me! I have some boxes now and can finally ship again. I've got a Walmart Fantom Fury made 1 month before they stopped production. Very few minor issues, and I have no use for it. I'd sell it for $75 + shipping, and if you want I can send some pics.

 

[rugsucker]

"--wish I could find a Fantom--"

You can here!Also a Hoover Z.I have a Cyclone XT with 4 attachments under the lid.Maybe more uprights and Fantom canister parts including NICE power nozzle and probably canisters.All need to GO and NOT at EBay prices.
Jimmy
423-268-4841

 

[fan-of-fans]

I went back to Goodwill Friday afternoon for my usual browse, and that Fury was still there. I still couldn't convince myself to get it, I also noticed that the top carry handle is missing.

Today I went to two estate sales. At the first there was some modern Hoover Bagless upright, a Craftsman Shop Vac, as well as one of those Kenmore "Heavy Duty" carpet cleaner/wet-dry vacuums. I was kind of interested in it, but completely turned off by the price - $200 firm! It didn't even appear to have the hose with it! No way I'd pay that even if it were complete. Oh well, I already have the two tone gray model anyway, I don't need another.

The second estate sale had an older Kirby with the attachments. I probably should have given it a closer look, but I don't collect them. I believe it was a pre 70s model. There was also a Sunbeam Mixmaster of the late 60s style in beige color. They wanted $45, and I already have enough mixers.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Today I went to two estate sales. One had a little Dirt Devil bagless upright for $50 (!!). The other had a Tristar (newer gray/black version) for $75. Looked complete. Today was half off. If I had the space I'd have probably gotten it, just to see what they're all about.

I also went to a liquidation store here that sells store returns and such. There was a Kenmore Elite canister there (the rose gold colored model, which I think means it's a non-Sears retail version). But it was behind some ribbons indicating it wasn't for sale at the moment.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Not much sightings today.

Habitat had a mint condition gray Hoover Futura straight suction
A gold Dirt Devil Swivel Glide bagged upright
and a Stanley 1 gallon shop vac
and a Genie yellow shop vac

I thought the Stanley 1 gallon was interesting because it looks just like my HyperTough one I got at Walmart to clean my car, just different colors

I did find get some genuine Kenmore HEPA O bags for upright for $2. It seems I can often find genuine Kenmore bags at the thrift stores. Last time I found some genuine F&G bags for my Eureka.

Goodwil mostly had some cheapie Bissell uprights and some floor steamers.

Another thrift shop I went to had a Hoover Concept One Powerdrive in the mint green color scheme and an older Hoover Portapower.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Today I went to the flea market. The only vacuum I saw was a salmon colored GE Swivel Top. It was a rust bucket, no hose or attachments with it.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Yesterday I went to a thrift store out of town as I had the day off. There was a Kenmore Self Propelled Twin Fan upright with a bojack way of using a string to hold the bag up, a dark gray Hoover Futura canister, a yellow bagless Kenmore canister, and an early 90s white Craftsman portable wet/dry vac/blower.

This thrift store is also good for finding bags, but they didn't have anything I needed this visit.

 

[panasonicvac]

This was my sighting today, I actually just bought one of them. Guess which one

 

[fan-of-fans]

I'm guessing the Sebo. Someone was looking for one of those Hoover wet/dry vacs on here just recently.

 

[panasonicvac]

Yup, I bought the SEBO.

 

[hoover300]

Wow, that Eureka still has the tag on the zipper!

 

[jo]

I’ll take a stab…

That you bought the purple and gold SEBO is it? In picture 2 far right?

Jon

 

[panasonicvac]

Yes I did and it's actually blue instead of purple by the way

 

[jo]

Bingo!

I would have bought the same one….if I had plenty of space for extra vacs!

Good score…rarely see these in a thrift store.

I saw a cordless Bissell air ram earlier this week. Almost bought it but decided to fiddle with it and try it there in the store as it did work. L with space limitations and no need for it I decided to leave it for someone else to enjoy but I thought it was unique and something I’ve never seen before,

Jon

 

[panasonicvac]

Today's sightings and I just bought this red Oreck XL2 Ultra. I did thought about getting the white and blue Dustbuster but it wasn't the one that had the replaceable batteries you could easily swap out of. I'm still looking for one of those.

 

[huskyvacs]

The Hoover Power Drive and whatever that blue bagless is with the computerized handle buttons buried in the middle of the pile is the ones I would grab. I have never seen the XL2 in red before.

I have that Bissell ProHeat Pet shampooer, it is an excellent shampooer but it puts out a lot of water if you have area rugs and I had to retire mine for that reason and get a Hoover PowerDash Pet. The Bissell does surprisingly well on low pile carpet believe it or not. Hard to find an upright shampooer that can do carpeting like that. It gets a good seal to the floor.

 

[human]

I haven't seen much lately other than the usual plasticrap vacs that hold exactly zero interest for me. Of course, I've been under a self-imposed moratorium on vacuums since last November so I haven't really been looking. I went seriously overboard for most of 2021 and realized I'd hit a saturation point. I've actually walked away from three Kirbys since the first of the year but I did have a moment of weakness a few weeks ago picked up a little Oreck BB compact canister for about the cost of a hamburger. I covered that more thoroughly in another thread.

 

[panasonicvac]

huskyvacs

When the Oreck XL2 Ultra was sold, they were available in three different colors. I personally like the looks of the black version the best but I think the yellow and red versions are also very cool looking as well, probably even more rare than the black one so that's one of the reasons why I bought the red one.

 

[huskyvacs]

I've seen the yellow one surface a lot but I had no idea it was rare. I'll have to keep an eye out for another one.

 

[panasonicvac]

Interesting

In my area I don't see either the yellow or the red one pop up from time to time. At least the red one might be more rare than the other two.

 

[panasonicvac]

Today's sightings, I bought the Kirby Ultimate G Diamond Edition.

 

[KirbyCollector01]

I saw these at three different thrift stores today.

May go back for the two Kirbys once I have the money.

 

[panasonicvac]

I'd take the Kenmore in a heart beat along with the two Kirbys!

 

[huskyvacs]

Agreed. Kenmore and the two Kirbys.

That Eureka on the far right of photo #3 is historically famous due to that "cleans better than dyson" claim they stuck on there. It got them in trouble with James Dyson and that vacuum got pulled from the market expeditiously. They sold enough of them, but it never had a full life cycle, and most people tore those stickers off. Just an interesting little tidbit of history.