Performancereviews now published in the VDTA magazine

[vacuumdevil]

Performancereviews is now published in the VDTA magazine.
Thought I would share the article with vacuumland.

https://www.vdta.com/Magazines/FEB2020/performance reviews.html

 

[vacuumdevil]

Bump

 

[regularrett69]

Wow!

Some things just slip away. A lot of my posts get about 4 or 5 replies, then they're done. This is really cool! It's nice that you are even more known than before. I assume SDTA stands for sewing dealer and trade association? I'll be updating my thread very soon on thrift store stuff, feel free to make a comment on it.

Thanks, Garrett

 

[vacuumdevil]

Thanks for reading. Yes you are right.

Love and miss thrifting will check it out.

 

[dysonman1]

The VDTA is no more. They published my articles for 11 years.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Alex, thanks

their number is (800) 367-5651 You may also still find them and news on their next convention at vdta.com
Perhaps I should include something from them in our upcoming newsletter.

 

[dysonman1]

I wrote 130 articles for that magazine over the years. It's a chore to be published because there's always the next month and the next article.

I have kept all the magazines with all my articles from over the years. I should put them together and reprint them for a newsletter. Alex, I know you said you were going to come to the Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Convention in September with Reggie. Maybe you can help me with putting together the newsletter for all our friends?

 

[electroluxxxx]

I have seen some of those articles and they were very well organized and written! I didn’t realize you did 130 of them!

 

[dysonman1]

When the Vacuum Cleaner Museum opened more than 11 years ago, Tacony Corporation asked me to write one every month. There were more than 500 machines in my collection, so it was easy to pick a machine of the month. I would take pics of the machine I was writing about, and send them along with pics of the instruction manuals or the advertisements to go along with the story I wrote.

It was a lot of fun. To bad they are not around any longer.

 

[air-waycharlie]

Tom, your articles are the main reason that I kept getting the magazine and belonged to the VDTA. I let my membership lapse a number of years ago but they still sent the magazine anyway.

Your articles were very well written with a great use of the English language explaining the history, evolution and demise of many vacuum manufacturers and their products. Your pictures were great too and added a lot to the articles.

I spoke with many vacuum shop owners over the years in various parts of the county on my travels and I always would bring up your articles. The vast majority told me how much they liked the nostalgia and they learned a lot of interesting, if not valuable, information.

Please at some point put them together in some kind of binder, in chronological order, available for purchase. I think many posters on this site would pony up for a collection like that! If would be unique and collectable.

Thanks for your efforts over the years.[this post was last edited: 6/24/2020-18:38]

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Charlie and Fred!

What a surprise to see you both post.
It's been solong.
Glad you're both alive and well.
Be safe with COVID.

 

[dysonman1]

Charlie:
Thanks for the kind words. We had so much fun last summer when we got together. The Diamond Edition Kirby that you gave me is enjoying its status as 'the' #1 go to upright in my home.

I would love to do a 'pod cast' with you next time you visit. Basically someone films us while we talk. Can you imagine what two former Presidents of the VCCC (you and I) would have to say? Oh the tales we could tell. See you soon. Love you more than my luggage.

Ouiser Boudreaux (lol)

 

[gottahaveahoove]

For those who aren't aware, or think it's no longer

THe Des Moines based group, VDTA, stands for Vacuum and Sewing Dealer's Trade Association.
They just had a convention. The lowest yearly dues are $130.00.
I'm kinda in contact with them, looking into something more.
It'll be interesting.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

wait for

it.

 

[luxlife]

I just LOVE a good “persona non grata” response!

I’ll give him a C+ out of compassion, but Sister Mary Agnes would just shake her head in disgust and pray that he’ll soon move on to manipulate a greener pasture elsewhere.......

 

[lesinutah]

Yet

This too shall pass!

 

[luxlife]

My posts expire at midnight.

<Poof>!!!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I always wonder why

these post are removed. I rarely get to see them.
Guess they weren't that important.

 

[n0oxy]

articles

Tom, I have also enjoyed your articles, I remember one day a couple years ago I looked through the archive of all of the magazines on the VDTA site to read as many articles as I could. Some of my favorites were your articles on the history of Eureka, the history of Electrolux, now Aerus, your article on the history of Airway, and the article about Shetland Lewyt where you mention the zapper models of the Lewyt canisters.
Alex, definitely looking forward to meeting you in September, I met Reggie at the last convention. I'm going to hopefully bring all 4 of my 240 volt central vacuums, and possibly a couple 120 volt units as well.
Mike

 

[dysonman1]

Thank you Mike:
Can't wait to be with all our friends in September. I know our Central Vac gurus are going to be elated. Since we are limiting the number of people at the Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Convention this year, that's the reason for the limited invites as we are all doing our part to stay healthy. When we knew the theme was going to be central vacs, your name was right at the top of the list of people to invite. So happy you're bringing some machines.

How ironic that the very last VDTA magazine ever printed had the article on Regina for the cover story, and my article on the vintage Regina upright inside. While the VDTA is no more, their website is still up. Apparently you have to be a dues paying member to read my article. Of course, there's no one to pay dues to any longer.

 

[vacuumdevil]

@dysonman1
Sorry for the late reply, I'm not sure I would be much help putting together a newsletter as dyslexic as I am.
I know it's already been said put your articles in the VDTA magazine over the years,we're definitely an inspiration to me and used to make me very excited every month to get the magazine.
I've been excited about the idea of driving out there to the convention. But at least over here we've had a resurgence of covid .

 

[panasonicvac]

dysonman1

I see that you went back to using a Silentmaster unit, I wonder why you don't use the Vacuflo anymore as I thought you originally got it to replace your Silentmaster in the first place?

 

[dysonman1]

Wow. Thank you for remembering. I started out with a Silent Master years ago, way before I moved to St. James to run the vacuum museum at Tacony Corporation. At that time, the machine had a single ply disposable bag liner for the cloth bag. I felt it lost airflow fairly quickly. After owning it for less than a year, my friend and central vacuum guru, Owen Perkins, traded with me for the Vacuflo 99. I was perfectly happy with it for years, until I got a sinus infection emptying it. It’s a long story, but you have to be willing to be covered in dust if you own that machine when you empty it. The new Modern Day Silentmaster uses the True Seal HEPA disposable bag. In no way can I get dirt on me when I empty it. My good friend Evan Rogers, when he installed it, was kind enough to leave me two HEPA bags. When the day comes that I do have to empty it, at least it will be a sanitary convenience, and I will not have to pay for a doctors visit or antibiotics due to emptying a central vacuum again.