Vacuums That Sold Poorly & Died An Early Death

[man114]

I wouldn't say Fantom died quickly they were around for a good 12 years and killed themselves. They sold in droves though and I still regularly see them in thrift stores. When I worked in housewares in college I literally ordered pallets of Furys and they sold like hot cakes.

Samsung still technically sells a robotic vacuum. As far as their uprights I bought one for $50 on clearance at Sears and I like it, I think it does a better job than the Dysons it obviously rips off.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

fan-of-fans,
Yes that is the singer power nozzle. I'm not sure who makes it but it's pretty awful. When I do use my Oasis machines I use other power nozzles with them.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Another one that's very rare, sold poorly, was not mass produced and on everyone's wish list is the Compact ABC (Always Beauty Clean) power nozzle in the late 50's and very early 60's.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

oh and we can't forget the Compact upright.....
I wonder how many of you just went WHAAAAAAAT? an upright?

During the c-8 c-9 era they had a private label Eureka full(continental)hood F-G style upright with a chrome hood and black label leading me to believe it went with the C-8 around 74-78ish
I've only ever seen one and it had a replacement bag. Never seen any literature on it or anything in my life BUT one did pop up on Ebay years ago. Sometimes I can google image it and it comes up.

In addition to the Compact there were also a few models also labeled for Silver King. I have one so I'm not sure how rare those are.

Do any of our more knowledgeable folks on here know anything about the Compact and Silver King "Eureka" uprights? Like were they sold in janitorial or door to door with the tanks, or sold in the dealership, or vacuum shops?

 

[crazykirbydude]

What about this?

It's a Shark stick vacuum I used to have. I never remember seeing this one in stores and I don't remember much advertisement for it either

 

[carolinaguy1996]

The purple color means it was released around 2010 or so.

 

[jfalberti]

Kirby Ultimate G and Diamond Edition

I have to respectfully disagree with a comment made about the Ultimate G Diamond Edition. The Ultimate G was released in 2002, and the Diamond Edition was released in 2003. The DE ran until 2006, when it was replaced by the Sentria. I do agree that the DE delicate switch did confuse some owners. The original Sentria had a 6 year run,

http://www.kirby.com/about-kirby/our-models/kirby-models-ultimate-g-series/

 

[carolinaguy1996]

The Bissell Butler/Butler Revolution canisters anyone?

 

[huskyvacs]

What about Garry vacuums?

Or maybe, the Amway ClearTrak? Although it was not a bad vacuum at all (it is a very good one), the legal war between Thomas Dyson and Amway killed it off early.

They were only sold through industrial catalogs and never sold to the general public for home use. They had to pull the models out of the market before it barely even was produced due to the patent violations, so not many were purchased. I've never seen anyone to this day with a ClearTrak or a Garry (besides me).

 

[carolinaguy1996]

You guys got more to say?

 

[singerman]

The samsung dual chamber canisters. They were expensive to the point I could buy a dyson for the price. You also can only find them in best buys (Around me at least)

 

[kirbyvertibles]

The Amway was actually still sold until a couple years ago and the refurb department purchased it and changed the name to Workhorse and is still being made today with no changes other than the name.

 

[carolinaguy1996]

The Samsung vacuums that ripped off Dyson blew up like the Note 7. For real.

 

[singingrainbow]

I've had one of the samsung "dyson rip off" canisters for about three years. No explosions to report and I actually really like it. Nice to use and quiet.

 

[alexhoovers94]

This...89-90

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Alex, that's so weird that this didn't sell well oh last long over there.
It sold VERY well herein 88-90 and then got a reissue and hung around for a little while longer.

 

[alexhoovers94]

 


I think it is because we already had the traditional Junior (right at the end of its life, however, still on sale) Turbopower Junior as well as the regular hardbox Turbopowers and of course, the Turbomasters...There wasn't really much of a market for it, I don't think and it was still no cheaper than a Turbopower Junior...In many cases, the Turbopower Junior had other features, like the height right control and a headlight.


 


Another thing was, it wasn't sold in Argos, which is most likely where many people would of bought their vacuum cleaner, it was sold in Index and probably Currys and/or Comet.


 


It is a shame, as it is a really nice machine.

 

[huskyvacs]

RE: Post# 380469, Reply# 50 10/31/2017 at 08:30 by kirbyvertibles

I am aware of that, yes, but I meant during their original production run. The company does have enough spares, yeah. Like the DeLorean car factory and how they make and sell reproductions from the spare parts stock.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Hoover Quik-Broom (2 Motors)

I wonder if Hoover's two-motor Quik-Broom was a failure of sorts? Only two models were available regarding the first generation sold in the mid/late 1970s, the S2037 and then the S2043.


 


It seemed a failure because the Powermatic nozzle tended to lift up the carpet too much, and the size of the disposable bag was minuscule. 


 


Hoover would revisit the 2-motor Quik-Broom once more in the late 1990s/early 2000s, but it too flopped.


 


~Ben

 

[carolinaguy1996]

I'm pretty sure the Hoover stick vacs of the late 90's/early 2000's weren't bad.