What does this year hold?

[vacmadman]

Last year was a very nonproductive year for me as far as my collection is concerned. I only restored one small hand vac, The 1935 Kenmore deluxe Jr. I haven't seen any vacuums for some time now that I would be interested in adding to my collection. I hope that changes this year and I can find some old and rare beauties to work on.

I have become a little more selective about what go's in my collection due to my limited living space.

Jim

 

[amtraksebo1997]

What does this year hold for you?

I dunno.

 

[kwalsh97214]

I managed (with a lot of help and luck) to acquire five vintage machines in 2024 -- so it was a good year (for a relatively new collector).

The handful of vacuums I still want are going to be hard to acquire so I need to resign myself to more daydreaming and less actual collecting in 2025.

 

[justjunque]

This past year, I too acquired some vacuums that I never expected to have. A late 1950s and a late 1980s Kirby, for example. A mid to late 1950s Electrolux. A couple of Hoover Elite type uprights.
Aside from the Electrolux, none of them were machines that I was actively seeking. But, I liked them, so I brought them home.
My goals for this year, which may or may not happen, would be parting with some machines that I'm probably not going to use or do anything with. Easier said than done. Especially, since I'm sort of a hoarder.
Getting some of the "project vacuums" up and running; whether I do it, or have them professionally serviced.
And, acquiring (at least one) metal-bodied Electrolux from roughly the '70s/'80s.
But, I'm also dealing with emotional and physical health issues, and close family members with health issues. So...what I'm actually able to accomplish remains to be seen.

 

[lesinutah]

Hmm

I have vacs on the docket. I just need to organize and trim collection down.
1928 bee vac, 1928 bee vac and get to my 1920 royal.
Its probably more like a 3 year plan.
I like old hand vacs they're small easy because there space savers.

 

[tolivac]

Since the fire that destroyed my previous vacuums-have cut back on collecting.The very vintage vacuums are getting to be like other "collector" appliances-lamps,fans,radios-now vacuums-too expensive.

 

[dysonman1]

2025 is going to be a year of great change for me. For one, I'm retiring after 44 years in the vacuum business. I'm selling almost all of the collection (have already sold more than half) but keeping 40 canisters and 10 uprights to carry me through the rest of my life. There are several new model vacuums coming this year and I super excited about that. I'm putting my hands on one of them next week, months before the official launch. People already are spending money on new vacuums like crazy. And I bought a new car. So 2025 is going to be a good year (let's hope).

 

[hygiene903]

Looking Back, And Forward

This past year has been a good one for my collection. I thinned the herd a little by passing 4 machines (Royal 801 and 1028, Electro-Hygiene 903, and Frankenkirby) on to other collectors, but also added 3, and 2 of those were on my wish list--a Custom King (Silver King) and a model 210-A Electro-Hygiene tank, and the third one being a 2-230 Electro-Hygiene upright that I wanted for the attachments to complete one I already had but ended up with the vacuum too! I also found an attach-a-caddy and sprayer to make my Air-Way 66 more complete, sprayer, sudser, and demother for my Revelation, but then after getting a demother and sudser for my Custom King, I hit the jackpot on Silver King accessories! I found a set on ebay that had the King Polisher (which I didn't even know was available), squeegee, sprayer, instruction books for the Silver King and the polisher, sudser, demother, filters, rug nozzle and floor brush. If I had known this was going to turn up, I wouldn't have bought the other sudser and demother, and now I have an extra rug nozzle and floor brush too!
I also found instruction books for my 512 Kirby and 55A Air-Way, so I now have books for all my Kirbys and Air-Ways. And I learned something from the Air-Way book--at some time during the production of the 55A, they apparently changed some of the attachments. Mine has a different upholstery nozzle with a slider for the floor brush, and the book shows the style of floor brush and upholstery nozzle that were used with the 66. A purchase date in 1948 was written on the back of the book, so I'm assuming that means mine was built before 1948.
So what will 2025 bring? Hopefully I'll find time to get some restoration and polishing done and do some further testing on the 2-230 EH to see if it runs or not. Probably round up a few more machines to pass on to other collectors, and just maybe I'll find another one too knock off my wish list!
Jeff

 

[rainbowd4c]

A lot is going on with us. Brent and I own our own company and it has take off better than we could have ever imagined. We are also diversifying in a few ways which has helped us as well. We have a lot of customers in California and while the wild fires were devastating many of our customers lost their bikes. We already have reorders coming through. We also developed a new line of product that is taking off and have managed to pick up a couple of customers overseas.

I was planning on going back to school for my nursing degree. But given the circumstances of our company I can't see myself doing this. With that being said I resigned from my dream job at the hospital so I could focus on our company.

As for vacuums. I don't really have much of a collection. All my vacuums serve a purpose. If I find something that catches my attention. I'll pick it up. I still use my Rainbow, and Aerus Classic. My Kirby these days just stays in the background.

 

[ultralux88]

I’ve been extremely busy so far, so I’m hoping this year bring me more central vac work. I’d like to find some more friends locally. I’ve given up on the Colorado vacuum contingency, it seems they’re antisocial, so I’ll have to find other people around here.