Toy vacuums

[sebo_fan]

Wouldn't it be super cool if someone made a toy Miele vacuum with a real motor? That would give Miele some thought to develop a mini canister.

 

[rolls_rapide]

My sister and I both had a Casdon "Hoover Senior", model 652-style in pale green.

A year later, she had the Casdon "Hoover Junior Dirtsearcher" in blue.

Both types had battery operated "Dirtfinder" lamps, which activated by pulling the handle from the upright position, to the 45° operating position. Suction was generated by friction drive gearing from the rear wheels to the "dirty fan". The brushroll was a miniature carpet sweeper brush (looked like a narrow bottle brush actually), which was friction driven from the front wheels.

The PVC bag inflated and the machine actually picked up dust.

 

[sebo_fan]

I have a Brown/beige Hoover Junior (not the dirtsearcher) and a Blue Hoover Senior with the Dirtsearcher lamp - both made by Wells & Co, although I remember my parents buying two of them under the Casdon label when I was little - clearly I must have shown signs as a toddler that I loved vacuums lol. They seldom work now as the motor has that "burning out" sound lol but at least they're almost perfect replicas.

 

[s31463221]

Toy Mieles...

I bought one of those yellow Miele toys for my daughter last Christmas. She absolutely LOVES it and I have to say, for a toy it's pretty neat! Of course the suction is almost non-existant, but nevertheless it's an interesting toy.

On another note, I don't think they make these anymore, but being a computer geek, this one just struck my fancy. I would LOVE to put one on my desk at work, but alas I can't find them on eBay or any of the other USB gadget stores.

 

[dysondestijl]

i had one of those little usb vacs. the vacuum opening is soo narrow it struggles to pick anything up. it fell apart lol!

 

[hi-loswitch98]

Here is a list of all my toy vacuums:

Dyson DC01 DeStijl
Dyson DC02
Dyson DC07
2x Dyson DC08
Toy Henry
Toy Hetty
Dyson DC14
Electrolux 550
Electrolux Contour
A big Smoby thing I had when I was about 2/3, can't remeber what happened to it
Toy Moulinex Cylinder
When I was 4 I also had the Vacuum that came off the cleaning trolleys, I had 2 different ones

 

[borusa]

I had the wells and co dirtsearcher junior - there's pic somewhere of a three year old me with one one christmas morning

 

[Numatic99]

I used to have a Bosch toy hoover!

It was silver, and had a long pipe like the Dyson's and a stair tool thing on the end. Half the pipe has broken and the other bits, don't know where on earth they are. I'll hunt for it now and get a piccy.


Chris.

 

[thermokid]

Toy Vacuums

The only toy vacuum that I have is one that looks just like a Hoover Model 63. My mom gave it to me one year for christmas when I was little hoping it would not make me so scared of the vacuum. Dan

 

[beko1987]

I had a green lux contour toy vac as a child, don't remember much about it really.

Saw a grey contour toy vac at the car boot last weekend, and almost bought it for my daughter, but it was faded and missing tools so I left it.

One day...

 

[turbo500]

A big Smoby thing I had when I was about 2/3, can't reme

I remember those Smoby toy vacs! IIRC, it was round and had a clear tank/bin and came with loads of attachments. Not seen one since

 

[hi-loswitch98]

Turbo500

That's the one!

Thanks so much for reminding me!

I remember receiving it as a birthday present in 2001 & then when we moved a few months later I remember carrying it as we walked in the front door for the first time. I would love to see a picture of one, or even have another one. I loved how many attachments it came with, despite it not being a real vacuum.

Thanks ever so much again!

 

[turbo500]

^no problem. I think it was meant to be the childrens equivalent of a Vax or similar 3 in 1 machine. I always remember thinking they looked pretty cool. IIRC they were on sale about the same time as the Dirt Devil Junior Deluxe Upright toy.

 

[hi-loswitch98]

What does IIRC mean, not a term used likely by people around me.

They were in the Argos Catalogue, actually the Index Catalogue, but I had hours of fun with mine & loved the fact that we had Henry at the time too, so they were similar.

I'd give anything to have another, can't find a picture of one, sigh

 

[turbo500]

IIRC = if I recall correctly

 

[stephaniekoro]

i had over 200 toy vacuum cleaners growing up i still have some now the ones i do have are
toy hetty
toy henry
toy dyson dc08
toy my home fun in pink
toy electrolux contour
toy dyson dc07 clic
toshiba
dyson dc01
rement sanyo toy

 

[hoover300]

Wasn't there a Hoover Dustette toy? I saw one on Youtube a while ago, as well as an Australian auction.

 

[justjunque]

I don't know that you'd call it a toy, as much as a novelty.
I have the battery powered Henry. I think they call it a desktop Henry. Supposedly, it's capable of picking up small desktop debris. Crumbs, dust, maybe eraser shavings, if people still use erasers. I've never been able to confirm this, because I could never get the battery compartment open. Rather than risk breaking it, I just kept it for looks. He is mighty cute!
Aside from that, I just have three tiny Hoovers that are actually measuring tapes. I have two different color Constellations, and a maroon Elite upright.

Barry

Edit:
Again, not really toys per se, but I have several different styles of the Electrolux "Save N Pay" banks.
I always wished they had hoses and little mini power nozzles![this post was last edited: 5/28/2020-13:50]

 

[stephaniekoro]

hoover 300 yes that was my video i used to have a little red one with a bag on it

 

[stephaniekoro]

my video i made in 2010 uploaded it a few years ago