No Sound?

[tolivac]

Or the clinking sound of pebbles going thru a METAL Royal,Old Kirby and Hoover,Eureka metal fans.The clacking of plastic fans just isn't the same or as satisfying.

 

[sireluxomatic]

Snap! Crackle! Pop!

I forgot about the sound of something small and grainy rattling through the wands and hose; as long as its not something big and problematic. I do check the floor and all other surfaces very carefully, though, to make sure there's nothing big and nasty, but its always fun to hear the sound of small pebbles, grains of sand, un-popped popcorn kernels, etc, flowing through the wands and hose.

 

[electrolux~137]

Heh heh, when I was a kid I thought it was fun to pull out kleenex and scatter them across the floor, to watch (and hear) them FWOOP into the Electrolux wand!

 

[sireluxomatic]

Goodness, the fun sounds a vacuum can make are endless. Paper, tissues, dryer fabric softener sheets, etc, do make that fun "fwoop" or farting sound when they get sucked up.

Re: the GE wheels. My folks had a GE swivel top when I was young, but I don't remember the sound of the wheels at all...strangely enough, I remember it better at the end of its life, when all the wheels had disappeared!

 

[electrolux~137]

I remember it better at the end of its life, when all the wheels had disappeared!


Like the sound of my mom's Electrolux AE when it had lost all its wheels?

Scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape
klunk
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       klunk
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         klunk
          klunk
           klunk
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                    KLUNK
Scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape

... being dragged across the floor and down the stairs?!

 

[electroluxkirby]

I would still love them, but I do like the sounds. I finally got a new hose made for my Electrolux XXX, and a cord for it. It has a very nice sound; doesn't sound anything like my Olympia One or Automatic AE. I can't actually hear the TV and phone when the XXX is running.

Other things I enjoy listening to are my Maytag 606 Washer, KitchenAid Custom 21 Dishwasher, Sunbeam Percolator, and any of my IBM typewriters when typing or idling.

 

[beerad]

ahhh ooooooooooo

I remember I love the sound of the sand travelling up the hose of the lux 89 as I was vacuuming the carpet with the power nozzel. I just went very slow and I heared more and more sand flying up the hose. a very distinct sound of its own. Is there anyone eles who experienced this with the oler luxes and the braided hoses?

 

[hooverbaby]

Sound is the main appeal!

I'm sure that my main reason for becoming interested in cleaners is due to the sound which they make. I especially like the sound of older Hoover uprights but there are others that run sweetly.

In common with many collectors, my interest began at an early age. Although I've always valued appearance and design features of machines, my interest in them developed after becoming initially hooked.

 

[sireluxomatic]

"Scrape...Klunk"

That describes it pretty well. The bottom of that machine was a disaster area.

 

[suckolux]

and having just finished the vintage floor sweep with my xxx, something about the feel of it, smell of it, of course sound of it, more like a pleasure cruise than work, AND, my skittish cat doesn't even move or run with that machine, not sure if sound level, or the quality of the sound? It was fun. I use a newer blue/beige flip nozzle with gleaner for the plush area rug, works pretty well for long hair cat owner.

 

[suckolux]

Ok, somebody will want to kill me, but the old xxx got moved back into weekly rotation, its in the inside vac closet now! Guessing that the Silverado will move to garage, or the Kemore Progressive with $4.50 hepa bags maybe? Cleans ok, just not a good handshake, its a feel thing. PS, my xxx is a frankenlux from 3 units! But I sure LOVE it.

 

[louvac]

What about the bag and the cord?

Not only the sound of the machines themselves does it for me-it's the gorgeous billowy cloth bags when inflated! I love the shapes and colors! I just love the way a Kirby bag inflates! And, Royals, too! There is just something about it!

And, I was never and I am still not now, a fan of "Cord-O-Disappears"!! I like seeing the cord. I guess it's rooted from when I was kid that those retractable cords made the machine appear as though it operated on batteries. And batteries back then were not of the caliber that they are today. So "battery-operated" always (at least to me) meant, mediocre quality.

I guess for me it's part of the whole package... sound, bags, and cords....the overall form....!!!!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

correct

LOVE it all.

 

[tolivac]

For those who like "poofy-Billowy" bags-you need a NSS M1-the top mounted HUGE bag is just right for vacuum lovers that like large bags.And the delightful "THOOP" as something picked up is blown into that bag by the HUGE NSS fan!And ProFlite has a large wide sweep upright vacuum that looks like a lawnmower-its bag sort of look like the grass bag on a rear discharge lawnmower.The machine is too bag for my home-but tried it out at Greenville Vacuum and sewing-It like the NSS-has a huge metal fan!When you picked up rice with it for testing-made really nice tinkling sounds as the rice went thru the fan.I want one anyway!-just have to figure where to put it and use it.Mike the vac store operator suggested I buy it and use it to vacuum large floors for hire.The machine and bag are a really cool blue color.This one vacuums a path 24" wide.