Today's Garage Sale Finds

[vacman117]

It was a terrible day outside but there were tons of town wide and subdivision garage sales around the area. First I found this Hoover Elite for $4. It just needs a belt. Unfortunately it came with no attachments. The next garage sale I went to had a Filter Queen D31x with just the hose, crown, and dusting brush for $5, and I was going to get it, but as soon as I spotted it and was walking up to the driveway, a lady was walking out with it because she got to it first! This had really upset me. Next is a Hoover Quickbroom that I found for a dollar. The Panasonic is something I have wanted for a long time. It runs pretty good, and it is TINY! This vacuum is seriously so small. It came with the hose, crevice tool, upholstery tool, and wand, all for $7. That same garage sale had an Electrolux LX for $50 but all it had was the vacuum and a replacement hose. So what a rip off that was, obviously I left it, as I have one anyways. Lastly is a Dirt Devil Platinum Force Hand Vac. I found this for $5 and I only got it because I have the matching upright, and these are actually pretty good hand vacs!

 

[vacman117]

Panasonic

 

[jodan3399]

Nice Panasonic!

My mom has an Elite just like that, only in green.

Sounds like you had a good day, with the exception of the Filter Queen

 

[petek]

Aye, the small Panasonics the score there.

 

[suckolux]

Nice work there Chase, again you lucky bugger!

 

[brandon_w_t]

I had one of those exact elites years ago. It was given to us by my grandma. I remember as a little kid using it to vacuum my grandparents house.

It was an honor to use it!


until I broke the handle release. It was a pain to deal with after that. Eventually we got it and somehow it died.



I love the sound of them!!!!!! Also liked the tool set up on the side. Grey hose and off white tools.

 

[vacman117]

Brandon, your thinking of the Elite II. This model would have had a dark tan hose with black tools

 

[brandon_w_t]

I think you are right. Mine did have 2 plastic wands opposed to one that it seems yours had.

 

[mieles7]

Dirt Devil Platinum Force

I always liked the way the platinum force vacuums looked. The upright was on infomercials all of the time. Was there a canister?

 

[vacman117]

I've got the upright and it really is great! Unfortunately there was no canister though!

 

[fanonthefloor]

I rember seeing the upright at Service Merchandise, before they went out of bussiness, it looked pretty cool.