Today's Wonderful Garage Sale Finds

[vacman117]

Today was yet a wonderful day, perfect for garage saling. I started off at a church rummage sale, where there was a Hoover Steam Vac with automatic tool conversion, mint condition and the manual, but it was twenty bucks, 15 dollars more than I would pay..As soon as I walked in there was a lady paying for a MINT CONDITION Oreck XL 8300, not a scratch, 20 dollars, I would have payed that! =], I was angry that I missed it. But I already do have one so I will live. At another sale I found an Oreck Buster B canister, all the attachments, in very good shape. It is decent. The bearings could use some work. Next was a Eureka World Vac upright, with all of the tools, bags, and manual. Stapled to the manual was a neat pamphlet thing with the "Boss Family" on it. Notice the ESP Self Propelled with the precision like headlight. It is very interested and I would like to find one. The next garage sale over I found a Eureka 1934a for two dollars. It just needs a clean up and a new belt. Runs very nicely. And lastly, was something I was just telling a friend I wanted. Another Eureka Mighty Mite. This thing is MINT. There is barely any scratches, and the color is aweseome! ha. It came with all of the attachments and some bags. I had a green one years ago, and I threw it out because the bearings went bad, and I never wanted to pay the price for a new one, so I am very happy I saw this! All for the price of 8 dollars! And I also found 6 Hoover Type Z bags for a quarter. Much better than the 7 dollars I would have payed at the store! Everything works great and I am very happy. I paid the grand total of $19.25! Now I just need 30 more dollars for the Wintunnel Air!

 

[vacman117]

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[vacuumfreeeke]

Wow, I didn't know the Bravos were being sold right along side those F and G models.... seems like most of your finds were Eurekas. Congrats on the 1934A... If you don't have one already, you are going to love that thing! I like the Mighty Mite in that color... those are nice straight suction vacs... when I sold vacs at Sears, the people who had cleaning business always raved about them... only problems being cord storage and friction fit tools.... I loved the floor tool with those, and the blower port, rare on modern vacuums. Nice finds )

I'd have gotten that steam vac if I didn't already have one and found one like that... that's a good price, and the automatic tool conversion is definitely nice. I don't use the hose on my as much as I'd like to because it's such a pain to connect.

 

[vacman117]

Mighty Mite

I vacuumed my entire grandparents house with that little thing. It is GREAT. They have a very low pile carpet in one room and the rest of the house is hard wood floors and rugs. So it did a great job! So much easier to use on the hard floors rather than her handheld Euerka Copperhead thing. I do have a 1934a, and I do love it, ha =]. They are GREAT vacuums. Once I get this one cleaned it up it will probably go to Kyle.

 

[gusherb]

Mighty Mite

I've got the Mighty Mite in yellow too, that's the daily driver in our house since we have pretty much all hardwood floors. It sure takes a beating and holds up well too! I LOVE the easy bag change on it, even when I'm not "in the mood" I can readily change the bag in the blink of an eye. Or last week bugs were all over my ceiling and I simply vacuumed them up with it then tossed the bag right out.