What was you parents first vacuum!????

[kenkart]

My Mom and Dad married Dec 6 1950, They saved there money, and in 1952 bought ...for 350.00 a 1948 Plymouth 4 door De Luxe, and For 99.95 at Home Electric co. in Lenoir NC, a model 815 GE Swivel Top, the first canister made by General Electric, it served until I was about three, 1968!!

 

[kenkart]

Oh YEAH!

Before the Plymouth, they WALKED !!!

 

[unimatic1140]

Hi Hans, I was just talking to Fred about that the other day, my mother had a turquoise first generation Eureka Princess.  We had that vacuum until the early 70's when my parents went to Sears and bought a square canister, I don't think it was a Lady Kenmore but it might have been.

 

[kenkart]

My Maternal Grandmother!

Bought new..in 1948, a Electrolux XXX complete with cordwinder and polisher, which my Mother and Aunt said they used each and every Saturday to wax and polish the hardwood floors with!!!

 

[brandon_w_t]

My mom says she remembers having this lindhaus looking machine. (almost electrolux upright styled) She bought it when she married my dad back in 1993.

I know my grandma bought an electrolux Super J and every thing else like the floor polisher/scrubber, and stuff.

She remembers it well, and really liked it.


I have been looking for an Electrolux Super J in good condition with power nozzle for her. Have yet to find the right one.


She said the hose got crushed and it was very expensive to fix so she traded the machine in. She said she really regretted it.

 

[vacman117]

My mom's first vacuum was a 1990 Eureka ESP 2011. It was a wedding gift, and she had it for 7 years! That is the longest she has ever owned a vacuum. My dad's first vacuum was a tan JC Penny 'Hoover' with a square headlight. He said that is all he remembers about it, and it was a hand me down from either his parents or his ex wife's parents. But he specifically remembers it being tan, having the big headlight, and saying JC Penny on it. I would love to find out what it actually was!

Chase

 

[1926700]

come on....

this is easy...yall know my answer....Hoover Convertible U4119

 

[eurekastar]

Well, I won't say it was a vacuum cleaner my "parents" owned, because I don't EVER remember seeing my Dad use one!  However, they were given a new Kirby when they got married in 1953, so I'm assuming it was a Model 513.  I vaguely remember it when I was a kid.  But the vacuum I remember the most was a green Hoover Convertible.  I don't remember it having a headlight, but I do remember that it used the Type C bag.  The outer bag had snaps.  Those Type C bags were always a mess to change!  She finally got a Kirby Classic Omega (which I now own) when I was in Junior High School.  I have no idea what happened to that Convertible or her Kirby 513.  My Mom is always hard on vacuum cleaners.  I see those "torture" tests on Youtube.  They're nothing compared to what she does to a vacuum cleaner on a daily basis!

 

[1926700]

and...

yes thats the very one.....hers was the first version from right at 1979....from what i hear this model ran to 1985....and there is another version same color combo, but the only thing different is this later one had the plastic swich plate and slider switch as oppose to the metal switch plate and classic toggle switch that was always used before...

and heres the sales literature on it....

 

[vacman117]

Eurekastar..

The Hoover Convertible was most likely a model 1030. It was a metal based lime green convertible with no headlight and a snap-up bag using Type C bags. Where the headlight would be, it would have send Convertible with a brown square going around it. They are very nice vacuums.
Chase

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">We lived with my grandmother, and we used her fabulous Hoover Model 28. It's still one of my favorite Hoovers, and a real workhorse. My parents went out and bought a Hoover Model 31 Special in 1959 (no headlight, snap-up vinyl bag). I was sick. My aunt had the DeLuxe Convertible 65 with the headlight and zip-up bag. I bugged my mother for days...."Why didn't you get the NICE Hoover, like Aunt Barbara?"</span>

 

[kirbyduh]

Mom..

My parents had a Rainbow D4 SE. I LOVED that vacuum. They had every optional accessory but a couple years before I was born, their house exploded. I'm guessing they hadn't had the machine very long. The explosion destroyed the aquamate, rainbowmate, 2 quart basin, and wet hose. I think it is a great testament to that machine's durability that it survived an explosion! We sold it in a yard sale because mama got tired of emptying the water.(I think this was around 2002) It was replaced with a Eureka Whirlwind.

 

[pr-21]

Parent's first vacuum

Electro Hygiene Tank in the 50's. Traded in Premier 21 that was my mom's mom and dad's,  they lived with us at the time.


 


 


 


Bud

 

[lovecanisters]

Hoover 1030

My parents first vacuum was the Hoover 1030 convertible with the matching slim line or slim liner ?!? canister...think they purchased that in 1970/1971 when they purchased their first home. I still have the upright, canister was tossed a long time ago...my mom then went to a TOL Sears Powermate Canister in 1975, that's the vacuum I remember most playing with, but played with both...haha I was upset when mom threw out the Kenmore in the early 80's when she went with a self-propelled Hoover Concept One...I'm on a mission to find that the Sears model. I have the 1980 "Sears Best" canister and love it...

 

[opelgtkarl]

My Parents had.....

My dad's parents had an Airway 66 as their wedding present and my mom's parents had a light blue Hoover Conny. My dad later had a plastic Hoover Convertible in college. Fro their my parents joined the Amway business and we've been selling and maintaining the ClearTraks ever since.

 

[suckolux]

I think a Singer canister.

 

[luxman107]

My parents first was an automatic E..My mom used my grandmothers xxx until she got her own Electrolux in the mid 50.s

 

[crevicetool]

The first vacuum I can remember my Mom having was a Kenmore canister. It was burnt orange with a disc on the bottom of it (where the motor was). It had a white hose. I can't tell you the model number, or even if I would be able to recognise it today. It wasn't my favorite. My Grandmothers was. When the Kenmore quit (around 1966) the household got a two-tone blue Lewyt (Shetland-Lewyt?) AND a pinkish Regina Electrikbroom. Had both of those until 1975 when some no good dirty rotten rat fink Kirby salesman sold them a Classic Omega III. After which I was no longer in the house. My Grandmother's machine was still going strong well into 1977 when my Grandfather passed away and everything was sold/given away while Grandma was in assisted living.

Rick

 

[crevicetool]

Now, don't go having an attack...........I was the Kirby salesman......

 

[Automatic-Shift]

Hoover Convertible Model 710

My parents bought their first vacuum back in 1969. It was Hoover Convertible Model 70. And, it was ferocious, at least to me. I was so afraid of it...Ron

 

[tazcatsdad]

<span style="font-size: small; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The first vacuum my Mom had when I was born was a '50s Kirby 511.  God, I wish I had that machine today!  She had it until sometime in the '70s when she got a Hoover Convertible U4005 from K-Mart.  That machine was so darned plain (blue snap bag, no headlight, no handle grip) that I actually despised it!  Now the only thing I have in my collection that's even REMOTELY close to it in plainness (is that a word?) is my 1020 Convertible.  Even though I was still kinda young, I didn't hesitate to let my Mom know that there WERE better choices out there.  But, at least she bought a Hoover.</span>


 


<span style="font-size: small; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">She had the 4005 for almost 15 years, and then she began to get my castoffs -- starting with a Panasonic-made Kenmore Whispertone upright (which broke before it could get into my collection), then going to my Miele Powerhouse Plus S174i Upright and finally ending up with my Windsor Sensor SR12.
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[bagintheback]

My mom has told me that my Dad had a some type of an 90s Dirtdevil for awhile, died picking up kitty litter. I'm not certain what it was, but from what I'm told I think it was a Featherlite style machine. Then he got a white first gen Hoover Elite which also died by kitty litter. Then, when they got married in 1996, they went to Target and the got the Hoover Elite we had until 2004. Guess how that one died. Kitty litter! All of these vacuum were 90s machines and bought before I was born in 1997. My family has long vacuum-brand loyalty stories I can tell if anyone is interested.

 

[xraytech]

My mothers first vacuum was a Eureka 1428 upright purchased at Sears by her bridesmaids in 1984, she had paired with it a JCPenney badged PortaPower she bought with here employee discount. Since mother is very rough with vacuums the Eureka was replaced in 1987 by a Kenmore Lifestyle self-propelled, and that was replaced in 1989 by a Hoover Elite 200, I remember that being such a dissapointment since it was so plain in comparison to the Kenmore I had gotten used to, and it wasnt the Concept Two I begged for at Service Merchandise

 

[kirbyds80]

Don't remember...

I don't remember the model, but what i do remember is that it was some kind of old style Eureka upright that was white... That's all i remember because i was too little. However i remember after that we got a hard bagged Eureka The Boss World Vac, then another old school Eureka in a dark blue color, then we were given a Eureka ESP with a headlight which my dad uses that thing is cool. We had to replace the original bag since the zipper stripped out, Oh and i almost forgot my god mother gave me a Eureaka Powerline soft bag version, I loved that thing until one day she gave out for good .
And that's my 2 cents worth,
Jayson

 

[henry200]

My parents were married in 1947 but didn't own a vacuum cleaner until a couple years before I was born.  Their first vacuum was a factory rebuilt Hoover Special model 700, given to them by a friend in the early 50's. 

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

My parents married on June 6, 1969. But I don't know what vac they had before their marriage. I know sometime after their marriage, while they lived in Plymouth, WA, they had a gold-colored Hoover Slimline canister. They retained this when moving back to P-town in May of 1976.

But on November 7, 1978, my dad got himself into a deal with a Kirby salesman, representing the C & E Kirby Co. located on NE 72nd & Sandy. My mom strongly despised this course of action at the time, insisting the Kirby was old-fashioned-looking (think 1920s to 1940s) but my dad ultimately won out. This meant my parents relinquished the Slimline in favor of the Kirby Classic III, which was the first family vacuum I'd ever known.

~Ben

 

[gottahaveahoove]

My parents got married in June of 1958

The house, (this house) had a GE upright. Was awful, I'm told. My dad then bought the HOOVER 67 2 weeks before I was born. It's still here.

 

[markemark]

my grans was a beat 64 with a replace shake out bag but now is long gone

 

[djtaylor]

My parents were married in Feb. 1971. Their first vacuum was a disc shaped Hoover, suction only(don't know what model it was, it was long gone before I started my obsession). It was followed by a Hoover Convertible(also, I don't know the model... for the same reasons as before.) I do know that the Convertible was mom's birthday gift from dad and she did NOT appreciate it. Later came the Kirby Tradition, which mom agreed to buy when dad was out of town(he was a long-haul trucker)and could not object to the purchase.
No wonder they divorced. But the Tradition has lated to this day.
Justin