What was you parents first vacuum!????
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gsheen
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My Moms first Vacuum Was a Moulinex Major. I searched long and hard to fine one like it and last year my Good Friend Adrian Gave me a Delux version.
boxer_rules
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Tornado
This upright vacuum cleaner was my mums first vacuum! A "Tornado", the swiss edition from Vorwerk. If some of you guys have this one in the collection, I would be happy to see better photos.
This upright vacuum cleaner was my mums first vacuum! A "Tornado", the swiss edition from Vorwerk. If some of you guys have this one in the collection, I would be happy to see better photos.
compactc9guy
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my moms first vacuum
was a Hoover Celebrity Powermatic canister vacuum it had the air ride body style whit the caster wheels on the bottom it was light blue on top and dark blue on the bottom .I was in love whit that vacuum cleaner i still remember cleaning my moms car whit it in a hot summer after noon aaah the memories . One day my mom ex boyfriend took it away whe thought he was going to fix it .... he never did i had lost my beloved vacuum .Im still looking for on btw . It was replace by a 4 gallon shop vac that lasted 12 years that thing was used and used again by my mom my brother and me also .It saved us from a flood to whe had a leak in the basement because of a crack in the foundation out came the mighty shop vac to the rescue I have a video of it on my you-tube channel 4 gallon shop vac power head demo .That's right i added a power head and a 16 feet long hose that thing was a beast loud but function right .I replace that whit a c9 compact electra .
was a Hoover Celebrity Powermatic canister vacuum it had the air ride body style whit the caster wheels on the bottom it was light blue on top and dark blue on the bottom .I was in love whit that vacuum cleaner i still remember cleaning my moms car whit it in a hot summer after noon aaah the memories . One day my mom ex boyfriend took it away whe thought he was going to fix it .... he never did i had lost my beloved vacuum .Im still looking for on btw . It was replace by a 4 gallon shop vac that lasted 12 years that thing was used and used again by my mom my brother and me also .It saved us from a flood to whe had a leak in the basement because of a crack in the foundation out came the mighty shop vac to the rescue I have a video of it on my you-tube channel 4 gallon shop vac power head demo .That's right i added a power head and a 16 feet long hose that thing was a beast loud but function right .I replace that whit a c9 compact electra .
compactc9guy
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vacuumfreak95
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My Parents married in 1995 "same year I was born" and bought a Kenmore Power Path upright from Sears. I remember it very well, so they must have had it for awhile.
sensotronic
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The very first vacuum cleaner I remember my Mum getting was a McDonald Electric upright.
I must have been four or five when my Dad brought home a plain brown cardboard box containing said cleaner which required some assembly. The cloth bag had a very distinctive smell that became stronger as the cleaner was used. Oh to be able to smell that scent again!
I believe Oreck used the design for their early models, but I could be wrong.
I must have been four or five when my Dad brought home a plain brown cardboard box containing said cleaner which required some assembly. The cloth bag had a very distinctive smell that became stronger as the cleaner was used. Oh to be able to smell that scent again!
I believe Oreck used the design for their early models, but I could be wrong.
as a little boy
back in the early 60s i remember my aunty having a Goblin upright vacuum cleaner it was called The Goblin Wizzard Delux cream handle and blue bag the main body was blue with a cream hinged flap where the tools fitted with a red goblin on the bag it looked a little like a hoover 119 i have never seen another.has anyone got one? .The thing i remember the most is the stink of dog that came from it when it was in use [my aunty had a yellow labrador]and the fact that she was always having to empty it because it would fill up with dog hair
back in the early 60s i remember my aunty having a Goblin upright vacuum cleaner it was called The Goblin Wizzard Delux cream handle and blue bag the main body was blue with a cream hinged flap where the tools fitted with a red goblin on the bag it looked a little like a hoover 119 i have never seen another.has anyone got one? .The thing i remember the most is the stink of dog that came from it when it was in use [my aunty had a yellow labrador]and the fact that she was always having to empty it because it would fill up with dog hair
floor-a-matic
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I think my parents had a Shetland or GE Swivel Top; but was traded in for a Electrolux 1205 back in 1970; which I still have
hygiene903
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My parents were married in 1936, but didn't have their own vacuum until either 1951 or 1952, when they bought a brand new Lux XXX, with cord winder, Companion tool holder, sprayer, vaporizer, and floor polisher. Mom used it until 1974, when I bought her a 966 Electro-Hygiene tank, while I was selling Electro-Hygiene. Here's my Lux XXX, just wish I had Mom's. This is actually about 3 or 4 years older than Mom's, but similarly equipped.
Jeff
Jeff
My parents' first vacuum cleaner was a first-year General Electric swivel top they got as a wedding present, I think.
They unloaded it in 1962 in favour of an Electrolux Model F. (Thank GOD they did, that GE turned into a pain in the ass---something happened to it and when you used the upholstery nozzle it made a loud buzzing noise like a hive of hornets on amphetamines. No idea what happened, and in time it cost suction, so they were only too glad to get rid of it and so was I, I hated that buzzing!)
When my mother remarried (she was widowed in 1966), she traded that in for an Electrolux 1205 only because she wanted the power nozzle. She kept that Lux for the rest of her life (she died in 1992), and my stepfather kept it until he died in 2001.
They unloaded it in 1962 in favour of an Electrolux Model F. (Thank GOD they did, that GE turned into a pain in the ass---something happened to it and when you used the upholstery nozzle it made a loud buzzing noise like a hive of hornets on amphetamines. No idea what happened, and in time it cost suction, so they were only too glad to get rid of it and so was I, I hated that buzzing!)
When my mother remarried (she was widowed in 1966), she traded that in for an Electrolux 1205 only because she wanted the power nozzle. She kept that Lux for the rest of her life (she died in 1992), and my stepfather kept it until he died in 2001.
my parents got married in 1998 and as a wedding gift my grandmother gave my mom a hoover powermax supreme canister, when the hose broke on the canister my mom bought a dirt devil featherlite, and in 2003 my mom bought a kirby ultimate G. It was weird when she bought the kirby because they took the dirt devil, and my brother cried (he was 3, i was 1.5) even though he hated that thing.
For what I could remember-A Kirby 510 or 511.Machine bought the year I was born.1962 divorece-Dad kept the Kirby-Stepmom had a Kenmore "KenKart" pink-whellbarrow KN.The Kirby and that together made a good team.My Mom and Stpdad bought a Hoover dial-A- Matic.Was an early one-amostly metal-was used with the hose as a canister and upright.Later My Mom bought homes with central vacuums-Balck&Decker and NuTone.She kept the Dial-A-Matic for carpets.She no longer used the tools.
My moms first vacuum was one that my Aunt gave her as a house warming gift when she rented her first apartment. It was a golden GE Swivel Top. I was three years old. Over time it went to her sister. My Grandma upgraded to a New Electrolux. I don't remember the model but I was about 5 at the time and she gave my mom the old Electrolux she had. My mom always had the hand me downs from my Grandma. It was around 1986 when she finally bought a new one from Sears.
My mom was always hell on vacuums and so is my sister. She killed the Electrolux my Grandma gave her. Bought the Kenmore and had that about seven years or so before she killed it.
My mom was always hell on vacuums and so is my sister. She killed the Electrolux my Grandma gave her. Bought the Kenmore and had that about seven years or so before she killed it.
vac-o-matic
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My "training" vacs...
were a Kirby 505, and a coral/white GE canister. Back then before power nozzle canisters, most homes had both upright/canister vacuums unless they didn't have rugs. In the 60's when we went to wall-to-wall carpet, I noticed the rug nozzle plate on the 505 was snagging the Dupont 501 loop carpet, so we got a Hoover model 1010 on sale for $48.88 plus tx. She wouldn't spring for the headlight model, and sure wouldn't think of spending over a hundred for a new Kirby...oh well. I did try, our neighbors had a Sanitronic that I was in love with!
were a Kirby 505, and a coral/white GE canister. Back then before power nozzle canisters, most homes had both upright/canister vacuums unless they didn't have rugs. In the 60's when we went to wall-to-wall carpet, I noticed the rug nozzle plate on the 505 was snagging the Dupont 501 loop carpet, so we got a Hoover model 1010 on sale for $48.88 plus tx. She wouldn't spring for the headlight model, and sure wouldn't think of spending over a hundred for a new Kirby...oh well. I did try, our neighbors had a Sanitronic that I was in love with!
vacman1961
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My parent's first vacuum was a Kirby 518, which I still have, I refurbished it some years back and it sits in the box, I took it to the 2014 100th Birthday Kirby convention and it won 1st prize for best rebuilt. I still have a few of my parent's old vacuums.
crazykirbydude
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You Guys Are Lucky...
I remember two bagged vacs that my dad used to clean drywall dust. In the house, we had a Shark upright that started "screaming" a year later. Bought a Bissell Lift-Off, but me as a dumb 5 year old cut the cord WHILE IT WAS LIVE!!! We got a Bissell Healthy Home Vacuum to replace the Lift-Off. The Healthy Home got nasty and was replaced with a Dyson DC25 which I loved! (I didn't know Dysons were terible!) My great grandmother had a Hoover Elite with a metal brushroll, but that was tossed because the belt had slipped.
I remember two bagged vacs that my dad used to clean drywall dust. In the house, we had a Shark upright that started "screaming" a year later. Bought a Bissell Lift-Off, but me as a dumb 5 year old cut the cord WHILE IT WAS LIVE!!! We got a Bissell Healthy Home Vacuum to replace the Lift-Off. The Healthy Home got nasty and was replaced with a Dyson DC25 which I loved! (I didn't know Dysons were terible!) My great grandmother had a Hoover Elite with a metal brushroll, but that was tossed because the belt had slipped.
A 1982 Lux Olympia One Deluxe, still have and it runs great. I said we should get another vac since the Olympia was getting old haha, so they bought a Renaissance. I remember that day vividly, the salesman started to pull out a 6500 and before he got it out my mom said is that the best? He said actually we have a brand new machine, we were the first house in CT to have one, that dealer got them first and he hadn't sold any yet since he literally got them the day before. I always remember being jealous of my friends with their cheaper machines, everything I grew up with had to be the best.
toastermike
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My parents first vacuum was a new Electrolux Model E purchased from a friend of my Dad. At the same time my grandmother has a brown Kenmore Commander pull around tank from the late forties, that was shaped like a torpedo and sounded like a jet engine winding up when it was turned on. Today I own one just like it along with a recently acquired Kencart version in the same color. Very nostalgic for me!
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