What is you favourite type of vacuum?

[numaticrule29]

So hi there

I just wanted to know what is your favourite type of vacuum. For me it has to be the commercial tub vac. I was brought up with Numatics and premier mini 175s etc. My dad used to work in schools, that had a lot of these type of vacuums. I am also a fan of shop vacs, but as I live in the uk there are not many about.

Please share your thoughts and what your favourite types of vacuums are.

Thanks

Daniel

 

[vintagerepairer]

There are many things from the past where I much prefered the look, styling, and build quality, but the performance of which is insignificant when compared to the appliances we have today. I particularly like Electrolux cylinder cleaners from the 60's to the 80's but the earliest models do lack the power.

 

[citroenbx]

up right

dyson DC01
dyson DC04
dyson DC07
I use it for cleaning out other vacuums VAX 121 1000w

and more

P.S I service and repair vacuums too SEE pic(3) because I see your poster on the wall

 

[turbo500]

Domestic cylinders from the 80's onwards. I do like having both an upright and a cylinder to use, but if I had to pick one, I'd go with high end cylinders. The Lux Twin Turbo's are my favourite cleaners, but if I had to choose one for day to day use, it would be a cylinder. I find them much better for doing a really thorough clean - carpets, hard floors, nooks and crannies, above floor, under furniture without having to change machines.

Whilst I love my modern Henry, my favourites have to be 80's Lux's, particularly the 2000 series. I have an Ingenio & a Dolphin too that are also great vacuums.

 

[pinkge]

My fav...

is the Hoover 63 upright.And my GE roll-a-around pink/coral canister.

 

[kirbysthebest]

I prefer an Upright

I like to back out of a room as I vacuum so as not to step on the carpet where I just vacuumed, and leave foot prints.  It is just easier for me with an upright rather than kicking the canister backwards each step.  Not so much of a deal when the canister has a longer hose, such as a Lux or Filter queen, even the Panasonic.   Then again when you get to the end of a hallway and have to turn around the upright is easier than having to turn everything around and go into the kitchen.

 

[oliveoiltinfoil]

Bagged, western built machines; Sebo, Numatic, even Kirkby. I will support local manufacturing over far eastern rubbish any day of the week.

 

[vacuumlover]

Bagged upright for me.

Personally I adore any Hoover Turbopower Total System.

While I do love my Sebo X1.1 if I had to pick one machine for everyday use it would have to be a Turbopower.

Yes,yes "Why pick an oldie over a much more modern machine?" I hear you scwabble.

Well, i could go into depth as to why but i shan't bother anyone with my wittering (unless they want me to )

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[sebo_fan]

I like anything that doesn't make me stoop. Being 6ft in height I only own one vacuum out of many that possesses a very short suction tube and a short hose; as a result it doesn't get used very often despite it having an eco-classed motor.

 

[n0oxy]

my favorite vacuums

My favorite is bagged canisters, whether a backpack, a roll around canister, or using a central vacuum and attaching the hose directly to the unit. Much more flexible than an upright, especially if used with a power nozzle.

 

[kenkart]

Definately

Tanks and canisters from the 50s and 60s...I dislike most any appliance newer than the 70s.

 

[tolivac]

I would be in trouble if I was going to be sent to outer space or something-can't narrow vacuum choices to just one machine or type.My favorites would have to be Kirbys,Metal Royals,NSS M1 "canister" and my MD Silentmaster central vacuum.

 

[numaticrule29]

Thanks all

Thanks for all your replies. Now as I said as the start I really love commercial tubs because of there ease of use and how quite some are

Thanks

Daniel

 

[spiraclean]

Tough one, I too like uprights for carpets and cylinders for everything else.

In an ideal world I'd pick an upright with a full set of SEPARATE tools, proper ones at that. Sadly, such a thing barely exists any more, with the exception of Kirby and Vorwerk. It would be nice to see something along the lines of the Lux Twin Turbo once again, where you could fit or remove the hose and tools on-the-hop without even switching the cleaner off, but I think the chances of that happening are slim to zero.

A cylinder with power nozzle covers both bases equally as well, albeit in a reverse fashion to the above, so that's what I use nowadays. Fortunately I seem to "get on" with it OK, although I understand the reasons why they may not necessarily be everyone's cup of tea.

 

[eurekaprince]

Bagged.

I too prefer a pair of cleaners: an upright with no onboard tools for carpets only, and a suction-only canister with no electrified hose for everything else.

 

[sharkcar19998]

Difficult

Well some of my favorite uprights are the Hoovers with Twin Chamber and I am in love with kenmore progressive uprights oh and I'm in LOVE with the Eureka smart vac, I know I know it's plastic but it's a nice vac

Now for canisters I love my little Majic Blue DX and I want a windtunnel canister, the old style in green

 

[dysonman1]

My Rainbow is the one vacuum I can't live without. Love my new 75th Anniversary Edition - it runs almost (not quite) year round on LO speed in my bedroom to clean and humidify the air. It's used to clean house only when I want to 'deep clean'.

Kirby Diamond for the daily pickup on the rugs. Vacuflo Central Vac with Riccar Premium Power Nozzle Kit for once a week cleaning of everything in the house.

Every blue moon, the Electrolux Diamond Jubilee, Tri-Star, or Filter Queen - just to play with.

Still, if you took away EVERY vacuum I own with the exception of just 1, you may be sure I would keep my Rainbow.

 

[human]

Depends...

...on what I'm doing.

For carpet cleaning, you can't beat an upright and my favorite there is the Kirby G series for its raw power and ease of use, despite its weight. The Tech Drive is a wonder, but the hose and tools are a joke.

For hardwoods and generally using attachments, I prefer a canister and my favorite of those is metal Electrolux machines from the 1205 forward. They're plenty powerful, easy to use, and damn near indestructible.

But if the toilet overflows or I've got to suck up water for some other reason, my Dayton wet/dry vac is my go-to machine.

With the exception of the Dayton, which is plastic and bagless, my general preference in vacuums runs toward machines that are metal, bagged, and designed to be taken apart and repaired, which leaves most of today's disposable chinese plasticrap machines out of the running.

 

[thermokid]

My Favorite

would be a Kirby of course

 

[sanitaire]

my favorite vac is my nilfisk advance carpetwin 16xp. very quiet and super powerful. my favorite canister type is my nss m1 pig.

 

[fantomfan]

Water Filtration Canisters!

Rainbows are great. I'm also tempted by a Pro Aqua on Craigslist for $180. I currently have four Rainbows and I love them all. I'm still looking for a '30s-'40s Rexair though. A couple nice ones on eBay caught my eye but they're too expensive. Besides Rainbows: Filter Queen, Air-Way, Electrolux and Compact are great too. I'm a canister person if you can't tell already. For uprights, I like a bagged Simplicity Freedom or Royal (metal) upright. For bagless machines, I really only like the Fantom Thunder.

 

[durango159]

Well most of you probably know mine, but....

My favorite part of a vacuum is the brush roll. Additionally I love the flexibility and skinniness of maneuvering a skinny wand around rooms, between furnishings, under beds, etc. Therefore my favorite style vacuum is an electric power nozzle equipped canister vacuum cleaner! There are 11 power nozzle canisters in my home.

I won't take in a straight suction machine. My favorite kind of flooring is a medium high dense carpet that grooms well. Anytime I move, the carpeting is a prime aspect of my search criteria. Other than bathrooms, kitchen and some entry ways, I prefer as much carpet as possible, especially steps. I'm definitely not a fan of hard steps.

I would much rather push a power nozzle around than to do a bare floor brush process followed by wet mop. Needless to say whenever my bare floors get cleaned I always use a bare floor brush as opposed to just a power nozzle with the motor off. A designated bare floor brush that is designed well and hopefully has horsehair bristles gives floors a great full dusting and filth removal which keeps mopping bucket water cleaner longer and minimal hair collection on the mop head.



Here's a recent photo of just the Hoover power nozzles that are in my house!
***The black Windtunnel bagless power nozzle on the far left was recently gained by me and has yet to be refurbed, therefore that is actual dirt on the top of that one!

Photo 2, I just took 2 days when I used the Hoover PowerMax with a separate dedicated wand set for the bare floor brush. Taken the same day is Photo 3 of me in my cleaning attire. I cleaned the bathroom and mopped floors on Wednesday after classes.

***Don't mind my appearance, I always wear the worst clothes that I own for bathroom cleaning day, this photo took place after everything was mopped and scoured too, so I was worked up and sweaty too. LOL

 

[suckolux]

I totally agree with Human on this one. I love my Lux canister but upright for carpets totally. In another house, my opinion may change. Raised on canister, but I find I am more clumsy now and upright works for most times.

 

[panasonicvac]

My favorite would be

Metal clean air uprights such as Panasonic, Tacony(Riccar/Simplicity), ESSCO(Evolution/Morse/Bernina/Cirrus), and including the discontinued brands such as Sanyo and Sharp. They are vacuums that uses a metal handle, a metal bottom plate, and a metal brushroll. My favorite brand out of all those would be Panasonic because I grew up around with them, always loved the looks on them, and they just always impresses me when I use them. Unfortunately I would now have to say Panasonic would be my new favorite vintage brand instead of the modern brand because their performance plus platinum uprights are now disappearing in the U.S., there are only 2 that are still being made today and they used to have like six of them at the time back then. I would be favoriting Tacony to be my new favorite Modern brand today because they still use components that Panasonic used on their vacuums as well. Eureka Sanitaire types would be my second but just wished they haven't changed the motor on them today. And central vacuums would be my third but it's defiantly the vacuum I would want to use out of all the vacuums I would use for my own home but I were to own a cabin as well, I would use a Kirby which would be my fourth favorite of all time.

 

[delaneymeegan]

 


canister

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Great lineup, Zippy.

Well,  MY favorite is a Hoover Convertible.  Big Surprise there!!


 For attachment use,  I'll use a Constellation or sometimes a Slimline.  For 'quickies", I'll grab a quickbroom. For the staircases, I'll use a Brushvac.


  There are many from which to choose. Opposed to opinion that I'm "mentally damaged"... having way too many Hoovers all through the house, I disagree.  Comments from those who have never been in this house, and never will, really don't influence me at all.


  I have great, handy access to any model, type, color, vintage vacuum. 

 

[durango159]

Thanks John!!

You know I love my Celebrity and PowerMax canisters a lot!! I love your collection John, you're a Hoover expert and your home is like a Hoover Exhibition!

PanasonicVac- I couldn't agree more on your statement of the Sanitaire motors. I did commercial cleaning for a year using several Sanitaires in various accounts that I was cleaning. The vendor I worked for had older and newer SC886 and machines, and SC899 and some plastic hood ones. The newer motor on the SC886 produces a really obnoxious sound that I can't stand to hear. It's powerful but actually too powerful for the SC886 12" model, it makes rubber bottomed mats a P.I.T.A to clean and those rugs are commonplace in commonplace in commercial environments. I found the machines only wanted to eat the rugs and not clean them!! The plastic hood Sanitaires had a pleasant sounding much quieter motor and did a great job of cleaning and being much more efficient over the newer model SC886 series.

 

[kenkart]

I meant to mention..

I have very few power nozzle canisters, I love straight suction rug nozzles.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

And, Rob,

It really is because of YOU that I got 'turned on' to Concept canisters with quadraflex agitators. I don't use them nearly as often as I should. W were never canister people. But, they are fantastic.
And, you know that yuo are always welcome here at the house of Hoover.