What is the Weirdest Vacuums You've Seen?

[vac14012]

My pick is the Samsung Motion Sync from 2015. It was essentially a response to the Dyson Ball Uprights with a weird gimmick.

It had two dustbins and two motors. One for the main vacuum and another for an integrated handheld vacuum.

A fun idea for commercials or something but it was terrible in practice. It was essentially the same thing as using a hose but worse. It had its own weaker motor so the suction was poor, and another bin you'd have to empty. And it was corded so there wasn't even an argument of being able to take it to another room, like those old uprights with a dustbuster in the middle.

Otherwise though the vacuum was fine I think, if it had a hose would have been unremarkable.

 

[cheesewonton]

The Kenmore Ultravac, a rare tandem air canister and power nozzle lash up from Kenmore only sold for about six months and not everywhere in the US. The canister was a normal enough 4.5 hp Whispertone but the Powermate II was unique. Not only did it have a direct air suction motor that drove the brush roll similar to how Orecks are set up, but the power nozzle had a dust bin and detachable power cord. The Powermate II could be detached from the hose and used as a stand alone lightweight upright for quick clean ups. Emptying the bin was as simple as attaching the hose from the canister and sucking the dirt out. I have one. The Powermate II was a great idea but the implementation is not so nice, fragile and kind of wobbly because they wanted the handle to be able to rotate 90 degrees when the hose was attached like their normal wands to allow the thing to get under furniture. I don't have images of mine yet but here's a video of someone else's.

 

[panasonicvac]

I always thought the Hoover Z were the weirdest machines ever.