kirbyvertibles
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the compact and elux model L are also awesome
switches... what's your favorite
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the HOOVER Convertible!!
BIG surprise! I hate the location of the ones on the Elites, etc.. down on the side !? How can they think that was an improvement from a flick of your finger on an upright/??
BIG surprise! I hate the location of the ones on the Elites, etc.. down on the side !? How can they think that was an improvement from a flick of your finger on an upright/??
I collect everything that's GE too!
Tanks for showing your GE cleaner Fred! My head is spinning with all these cleaners and switches! I vote for the Hoover toggle switch, seconded by the later slide switch.
Tanks for showing your GE cleaner Fred! My head is spinning with all these cleaners and switches! I vote for the Hoover toggle switch, seconded by the later slide switch.
aeoliandave
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Internet went down last night and I wasn't done yet..
I'm all perspire-y over that GE, Fred. I'd drive to Minneapolis just to touch it. dare I say it's more beautifully formed than the Modern Hygiene?
Sigh...
Mustn't forget the Kenmore Commander footpaddle smoothly integrated at the end of the handle.
I'm all perspire-y over that GE, Fred. I'd drive to Minneapolis just to touch it. dare I say it's more beautifully formed than the Modern Hygiene?
Sigh...
Mustn't forget the Kenmore Commander footpaddle smoothly integrated at the end of the handle.
aeoliandave
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The Singer S=2 slide button.
aeoliandave
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The aforementioned Modern Hygiene gray ribbed rubber capped aluminum plate pushbutton paddle...and the Great Fake-out of 1949 Cylinder Vacuums, the Modern Hygiene's length-enhancing hollow end caps. So boastfully excessive in Brooks Stevens' wishful thinking the engineers had to add a long tube extension to reach the bag.
Nonetheless, a stunning design icon.
Nonetheless, a stunning design icon.
aeoliandave
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The Rexair Rainbow's humble and dependable toggle switch.
aeoliandave
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And surely, Shirley, we can not leave out the GE Roll-Easy's take on the common toggle, their spring-loaded pull-chain 'wheeblewobblebob', to protect milady's shoes from gouges and dents.
Sadly, oft times the chain toggle got broken off from too much force and is replaced with a standard rigid toggleswitch.
Sadly, oft times the chain toggle got broken off from too much force and is replaced with a standard rigid toggleswitch.
aeoliandave
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Gee, you'd almost think I've been ready and waiting for a switch thread to come along...
A much better calendar snap of the Air-Way Green Goddess ring switch, which is a knife switch housed inside the aluminum box on the backside.
A much better calendar snap of the Air-Way Green Goddess ring switch, which is a knife switch housed inside the aluminum box on the backside.
My favorite switch is the red one on the Elite-style on the side of the machine. I think I like it mosty because my parents had Soft 'n Light when I was a baby, and I used it ALOT! Plus it also has a short (CLIK) noise before the motor turns on. Plus the soft-cover bag is right next to it! I'm going to some Goodwills tomorrow with my grandpa and I'm on the lookout for a Elite. I really miss the soft-cover bag. My Oreck just doesn't fill that spot anymore.
My 2ed favorite is the old Convertible switch, where it makes the really loud click and then slowly turns on.
Then I also love the Eureka's/Sanitaire's switch on the base. It just feels like the right spot and size.
My 2ed favorite is the old Convertible switch, where it makes the really loud click and then slowly turns on.
Then I also love the Eureka's/Sanitaire's switch on the base. It just feels like the right spot and size.
suckolux
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Lots of good designs, but my favorite is a toss up between my lux XXX or the Compact C 3 I think.
rainbowkid107
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Rainbow e2
I LOVE the switch on my Rainbow e2 2008 Platinum and Blue edition. I also love the start up sound of said vacuum
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-Josh
I LOVE the switch on my Rainbow e2 2008 Platinum and Blue edition. I also love the start up sound of said vacuum
)-Josh
aeoliandave
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Cartoon too good not to post and that Blue Ribbon Best original 'squabble' up above makes this the appropriate thread.
Dave
Dave
hooverbaby
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Good when they work..
I like the handle switches, typical of Hoover convertibles and pre-war Hoover uprights.
They're very handy, especially in tight spots when you want finger-tip control and I like the positive feel that you get in your hand.
However, there is a down side and that is when it comes to repairing them. I recall not long ago taking a similar switch apart on a Hoover 370 Junior. It required patience driving out the small rivets without cracking the bakelite/plastic and balancing the little square plate on the end of the plunger/spring on re-assembly.
The fault was merely corrosion of the curved metal contacts, both stationary and moving, due no doubt to long storage.
I've also had an air-way switch apart, similar to the one illustrated, since I needed to rewire the machine. I was a little careless and some bits flew out so patience was required to ensure correct re-assembly.
Stephen
I like the handle switches, typical of Hoover convertibles and pre-war Hoover uprights.
They're very handy, especially in tight spots when you want finger-tip control and I like the positive feel that you get in your hand.
However, there is a down side and that is when it comes to repairing them. I recall not long ago taking a similar switch apart on a Hoover 370 Junior. It required patience driving out the small rivets without cracking the bakelite/plastic and balancing the little square plate on the end of the plunger/spring on re-assembly.
The fault was merely corrosion of the curved metal contacts, both stationary and moving, due no doubt to long storage.
I've also had an air-way switch apart, similar to the one illustrated, since I needed to rewire the machine. I was a little careless and some bits flew out so patience was required to ensure correct re-assembly.
Stephen
vintagehoover
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Nothing like the solid 'clunk' of an original 541/543 footswitch!
portable
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I like the pointed edge
of the Hoover Model 700 switch. Looks like an arrow (or is it the Hoover 800?)
of the Hoover Model 700 switch. Looks like an arrow (or is it the Hoover 800?)
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The 2-speed switch was first used on Model 750, but I do have a 725 which has a single-speed arrow-ended switch.
Here's the arrow-ended 2-speed switch on my 800.
Here's the arrow-ended 2-speed switch on my 800.
dustin
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I like any switch that shows whether its on or off- not push switches, I dont like getting the suprise when I plug it in and Its on...
little fingers
I remember my Aunt's old Kirby or Royal upright. I apologize for not knowing; she traded it before I was even potty trained. I was very very small and vacuumed as soon as I could walk--but my fingers couldn't push the metal ball-tipped toggle switch on or off. The spring in that thing was just too stiff. I also used to have to hide for a second until the bag fully inflated. Scary. Still, I had to help push it back and forth. I was definitly born with this affinity.
I remember my Aunt's old Kirby or Royal upright. I apologize for not knowing; she traded it before I was even potty trained. I was very very small and vacuumed as soon as I could walk--but my fingers couldn't push the metal ball-tipped toggle switch on or off. The spring in that thing was just too stiff. I also used to have to hide for a second until the bag fully inflated. Scary. Still, I had to help push it back and forth. I was definitly born with this affinity.
