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icee

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Question of the day, what is the sweeper you'd most like to have that you don't already own? And if you already do have have your dream sweeper, what is it? Mine is a kirby legend 2, I would be absolutely excited to get my hands on one!
 
Wish List Sweepers

The sweepers on my wish list include Galaxy Prestige 990, Electro-Hygiene 210 tank, Westinghouse tank, and Westinghouse big wheel canister. Other than that, I already have most of the vacs I want.
Jeff
 
Electrolux AF with original grey PN1 power nozzle,(I have the machine just need PN)

Compact C4 C5 or C6 with ABC Always beauty Clean power nozzle,( I have machine need PN)

Green Lewyt Electronic with power nozzle. ( Again I have the machine I just need the PN)

Grey Kenmore Horizon style canister with electric hose ( I have the power nozzle I just need the machine to go with it)

Filter Queen 31 that had the very first edition whirlpool type power nozzle. ( I have this power nozzle I just need the machine)

A Don Clark made Air-way/Eureka direct air power nozzle in either color. (I have both of the Airway tanks)

A Hoover Convertible golden 65 ( John Long that reminds me I need to call you, whens a good time?)

and a Hoover Convertible 334 the first commercial Convertible in light grey and sporting the large medallion.
 
My Kirby Wishlist

I am asking the Kirby Gods for the following for my humble collection:


 


Ezee


Vacuette


Vacuette Electric


Scott & Fetzer Sanitation System


Kirby 3C


Kirby 505


Kirby 508.


 


May the Kirby Gods smile down upon me.
 
Hoover Model 63

My Grandma had a mint Hoover 63, not a scratch on it. I was devistated when I found out she traded it in on a Simplicity 7250 I now have along with her Electrolux XXX.
 
SINGER S-1

Or as Singer called it, "The Magic Carpet Cleaner." I have been wanting one of these for a long while.

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I already have it. A Premier Vacuum Cleaner Model 21. It is from a club member who ended up doing some traveling and asked if I was still interested. My grandmother had one of these and I ran it everyday when I was there. I do have it as well, but the bag has been patched several times and the wheels broke (bakelite). I salvaged the handle, motor and cord for spares, if I ever need it. The brush roll in the one in the picture is in great shape and makes it a viable cleaner to use.


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Bud

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Tough to say

I don't really find myself yearning for a particular machine, although there are a few I had or that were in my family that I sometimes wish I had back:

• My grandmother's 1977 vintage orange Eureka Princess with matching power nozzle. It was my main machine from about 1996-2003. Its ignoble fate is well documented elsewhere on this site and I won't bore you with the details again. Still, I have an inordinate sense of loss regarding this machine and I don't understand why.

• My parents' pink and gray Lewyt canister. We used it until the hose fell apart but the machine itself never quit. I've never seen another one exactly like it and I doubt I ever will.

• My grandparents' Electrolux. I think it was an LXI. It was in use in their house for as long as I can remember. It was probably still in the hall closet when I last set foot in there after my grandfather's funeral in 2001. Although long gone now, it's probably why I gravitate toward Electroluxes and have a 1205 and a Super J today.

• My Kirby Heritage 1HD. My most recent ex-girlfriend "borrowed" it three years ago, promptly pitched her Oreck in the dumpster and never gave it back. This would probably be the easiest of the lot to replace, but I guess you could say I've already replaced it with either the G5 or the Gsix I picked up last year, or knowing my personality, maybe both.

I'm not actively on the hunt for any of these machines; I've got too many vacuum cleaners as it is. But if the opportunity to acquire one in nice shape for a good price were to arise, well then we'd just have to see, wouldn't we?
 
That particular model Radiance is now a retired model (the R40Premium replaced it). Many dealers may be discounting it heavily so they can restock with the new model. We have a number of the white Radiance in stock at the factory outlet store.
 
Wow. I didn't know it was no longer being made. To be honest, I like the pearl white better than the blue on the new R40P. How much would it cost to get one shipped from the factory outlet to Alabama? (Not that I can afford it.)
 

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