Electro Hygiene Vacuums

[weed30]

I picked two of these up today - an upright and a canister. The upright is super clean, and the canister looks like it will clean up nicely. I also got a box of attachments, I believe they are all for the canister.

Anybody know about what year they might be?

Scroll down a little after you get to the link.

http://www.pbase.com/weed30/treasure

 

[washernoob]

Wow!!! Great finds for sure! The upright looks hardly used.

These are rebranded royal vacuums. The upright is I suspect early 70s. The canister.... perhaps 60s. Dont know much on their canisters.]

Youll notice that the upright is one good vacuum!

 

[weed30]

Oh, DUH!

I need to go to Vacuumland!

 

[weed30]

Thanks!

We posted at the same moment. I am surprised the upright is that new - it looks so 40's/50's to me, especially the design on the bag. I am very surprised at how lightweight it is. I have very bad memories of using my mom's Kirby when I was a kid. That thing weighed a ton!

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep them...it was an impulse buy at an auction. But I kinda like the upright

 

[washernoob]

Yep. On second thought it could be a 60s upright. Royal stayed true to their old design far longer than kirby I think, and they still do.

They are fantastically light weight and are probably the most maneuverable vacuum out there besides the dyson ball!

 

[weed30]

I should also mention.....

At this auction (an estate auction at a house), they had what I think was a center dial 806 Maytag washer and matching dryer. Really cool looking.

 

[luxflairguy]

Both vacuums are 50's era. Not until the mid 60's did Royal enlarge the nozzle on the upright. The bag style is also old.

 

[washernoob]

Here is a 1954 magazine featuring the hygiene model 900 it appears. Cant make it out clearly.

The canister and upright are most definitely newer than 1954. So late 50s perhaps.

 

[washernoob]

And here is a 1964 royal ad.

Note the similarities.

 

[weed30]

Thanks for the info both of you! And those ads are great.

One of the other items I bought today is a 1965 Westinghouse Jet Set TV. I found a vintage commercial for it on YouTube!

(Unfortunately, this TV does not photograph well. It's pretty cool looking in person!)

 

[cfz2882]

'65 westy "jet set"

i also have a 1965 westinghouse "jet set"-it is not in working
order,but is in decent cosmetic shape-it is partly transistor.
i also have a few vacs-mostly '70s /'80s

 

[weed30]

cfz2882

Have you ever tried to get your Jet Set fixed? The one I have is in mint condition, other than the fact that it doesn't work

 

[cfz2882]

jet set

have not yet tried to repair the jet set,it's a bit of a back
burner project(but your reminding me of it might just get it
moved ahead a bit!)I bought a non-working'57 hotpoint portable
TV (in pretty salmon,white and chrome)from a lady at a
collectables shop and she just gave me the jet set.
I got the '57 hotpoint working(replaced some bad tubes and
fixed a few bad solder joints)It's working at about"60%"and
one of these days i will relace a degraded tube i did not
have at the time and replace any degraded capacitors and
carbon resistors-then it should be closer to 100%performance
when i dig into the jet set i will sure tell what i find
wrong...

 

[whirlcool]

If I didn't know better, I would think that the Jet Set TV in the linked advert when off looks more like a microwave than a TV!

 

[defoedude]

I know about these because.....

we got into a bidding war! I primarily wanted the tank for parts but when the price started climbing up to $45 I had to stop before my pocketbook took a hit and then I thought afterwords "I have the upright already, I don't need another one!"

Did you get the sofa at Fathertime too? I know you won the coffee and end tables after some heavy bidding and that TV looks great too.

 

[weed30]

Yeah, that was a fast bid match! I had a little regret afterward...I didn't NEED a vacuum at all. But that upright was just so great looking. Then I tried it out when I got home and as mentioned upthread, it is so lightweight and easy to move! So it's a keeper.

I got the vinyl sofa & matching chairs at Father Time. I've been looking for a vinyl set for my knotty pine rathskeller, and they are perfect.