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Meow, meow, meow...

Move along, folks....nuttin' to see here.

BTW, I recently got a Kenmore Iridium canister and I love it.

I bought my ex a Miele compact so he won't disturb his new neighbors by vacuuming at three in the morning....

Mom, who is 78 and very independent, has herself a new Oreck XL now, as the era of the electric broom has ended....in retrospect, I wish I would have bought the very similar Hoover upright and saved a lot of money....

I'd like a new-school Constellation and think it's probably Hoover's best new offering this season....

I've never posted at vacuumland, but lurked around. I have posted at
"What's-The-Best-Place-To-Find-Out-WalMart's-Latest-Earnings-Report",
but that got tired surprisingly quick!

I'm more into the new stuff then vintage....
 
new new new stuff

Some people think I have bumped my head...

New stuff in my house lately includes:

Kirby Ultimate G Diamond edition(for a daily driver)
Sanitaire Blue S634
Oreck XL2600(used and a joke I might add)
a New-in-box Regina Housekeeper(that will be saved for posterity and NOT taken out of the box)
 
Jeff...

... When your pictures were on vacuumland, I noticed the elite twotone style elite. What model was it?

-a-
 
Jeff, a Regina Housekeeper? Never thought I'd see someone collect those...why not an NIB Eureka instead? ;-)

*ducking and running hard*

I will also be getting an Ult. G shortly...even though it's not the Diamond Edition like yours I'm still very excited! I expressed interest in the one that Skip offered to the club a few months ago; that machine looked like it was in nice shape. I've noticed that with Kirbys, you have to look for the right one; with their customer base in mind, there are more well-loved machines out there than well-maintained, IMHO.

At any rate, congratulations!

--Austin
 
I will miss Vacuumland

If it doesn't return. I missed Hooverland too, when it died shortly after Yahoo changed Clubs into Groups. It's buoyant again, mainly with UK members talking general (and mainly modern) vacuums, which aren't really what I'm interested in.

I don't know where I'm going to get my fix of Dialamatics, Aerodynes, Larks etc etc, plus the European machines and even *gasp!* non Hoover machines now! The thread on the Bison was fasinating, to name just one, and I've learned a lot from other forum members on the relatively short time it was online.

If vacuumland doesn't return, I hope vacuum posts continue here (even though I'm hardly a regular), although I would understand if the moderator(s) are reticent.

In the meantime, did anyone save that 1975 Hoover German brochure to their hard drive? I knew I should have downloaded that...

Si
 
because

I appreciate many different vacuums, for a variety of reasons.
I am not just about Hoover all the time.
I wanted the Oreck for fun, never played with one before, so why not.
The Housekeeper is I FEEL a collectible machine just because it was so bad.
The Housekeeper also began the change of the modern vacuum.
Before the housekeeper:
Almost all upright vacuums were dirty fan
there was no such thing as on-board tools on an upright.

The Housekeeper started the on board tools movement, and the trend to all clean air machines.

Too bad it was such a miserable excuse for a vacuum cleaner.
I got mine off ebay, new in the box. It will stay that for posterity. The day is coming when collectors will look back and talk about the Housekeeper as a huge flop(it was, just like the Hoover Z and Royal Powercast)
somewhere there should be a housekeeper preserved.

I bought the Kirby to sweep up Jack's hair... it works beautifully!
 
Vacuumland...

Ah well...nothing lasts forever. I do not blame the webmaster one bit. AW has always seemed like a nice friendly place. It is too bad that one really rotten bad egg had to spoil the dozen!

Jeff...

A regina????? Yikes!!!!!

***runs away very fast!!***

Charlie...

I agree with you completely. You have earned my respect as a collector and as a human being. Thanks for standing up for what is right and true.

--Tom

Happy Hoovering Everyone!
 
Buffalo Joe's Here.............

I have been busy from the holidays and am just over from being sick with a bad cold. I missed what happened in vacuumland and maybe its a good thing I did. I can only guess what happened. Alot of other vacuum forums died a horrible death also. Too bad some have to spoil it for the rest.

I've always continued lurking here at washerland. While my lifestyle is different from most here, I do have alot in common when it comes to old appliances and old stuff in general. Besides, I do like the atmosphere here and the people are great. I'm going to stick around here for good.

Take care.

Joe
 
Westytoploader ult g

Austin I got the ultimate G not a diamond for christmas in 2005, I don't know what it is about it, IT is a fine vacuum. I still seem to use my G4 a lot more often, they clean about the same, but i just for some unknown reason like the g4 better. When Santa is home I do use the Ultimate G. let us know what you think of your Ult. G after you use it a while. signed stuck on 4. alr2903
 
I have to confess....

I have the first Dirt Devil upright. Jeff's right, those early Regina's were the "new" standard that all vacuum makers had to live up to. Now to the every day user, tools on board are a must.

Jeff, you are doing good preserving that Housekeeper. I'm going to stash one up in the barn someday too.

Joe
 
I do like how the new Kirby's clean. Even though they are heavy, they do a excellent job of cleaning.

I guess I really wouldn't mind getting a light gray colored narrow nozzle Housekeeper, as it would bring back some old memories of a relative that had one. I would probably also preserve it and almost never use it because tehy were fragile.

My collection also ranges in everything from old hand pumped models to my brand new Miele and everything in between.
 
MY Canadian Electrolux polisher

This is my Canadian electrolux polisher which is a match to My canadian Model 86 canister
 
Pete

I will most certainly post a picture of it tommorrow as I have to get it out of my Vac room and it's all the way in the back but will sure tommorrow

Skip...
 
And while we're on the subject of Regina...

Here are some scans from the vacuum scrapbooks I made from age 4 to about 7 or so. I'm going with the earliest first. If you get queasy at pictures of plastic vacuums or anything Regina, now is your warning ;-)

Here's a scan from K-Mart from around '92-93 or so. That machine and the Eureka next to it weren't exactly cheap considering their build quality...
 
Here's another ad (I think this one might be from Wal-Mart) advertising an early Housekeeper, complete with a free Dirt Magnet hand vac, and again not exactly cheap. I prefer the square nozzle and "Dial-A-Nap" height adjustment over the later version, and if these were being offered NIB, I have to admit, I'd grab one.
 
Another early-90's advert featuring the lower-end 5.7-amp version, from Service Merchandise (boy, that name dates me!). I'm really eyeing the Eureka on the left, though...
 
Reggie

Here's the picture of the cord rewinder on the electrolux polisher

Skip...
 
Austin

Thanks so much and boy do I love how it cleans, It really does an awful great job. I'm totally impressed with it

Skip...
 
Regina Housekeeper Ad...

Take a look. A REAL early Regina Housekeeper television ad on YouTube...

It's about 2:44 into the clip.

~Fred

 
Oh, this is good timing. I just got my first vintage vacuum in the mail yesterday too off of Ebay:

A Hoover Convertible model U4007.

And this is only the beginning of the collection (just like washers for me as well) :D

 
The Regina Housekeeper that I had actually seemed solid to me...at least better than today's mass-market stuff. It did not, however, deep-clean carpets very well.

The Eureka Boss, on the other hand, deep-cleaned carpets VERY well, but was not built to last. The Hoover was even worse, particularly the bag assembly.

A friend of mine had the Dirt Devil red upright, and I'd have to say that was the worst of the bunch...burned out quickly and NOISY!!

But these were ordinary, everyday upright vacuums for everyday working people (like me). And, as mentioned, the Housekeeper was revolutionary in that the above-floor cleaning could be done instantly, without much muss or fuss with attachments. I felt the Kenmore/Panasonic and Sharp Twin Energy efforts that followed were indeed much better made...but had the Housekeeper not set the standard for simple-to-use above-floor cleaning, those machines would never have been introduced...

Perhaps a year or two later, the Fantom machines hit the market. They were marketed aggressively on TV and had (expensive replacement) filtration devices and bagless technology that previously had never been offered before (and yes, I ran out and bought the Fury and the Lightning!!)

The Fury wasn't so hot, although the Thunder was a great vac, if unwieldy. The Lightning canister, I still use. I would not have replaced my disappointing Eureka Oxygen tiny-bagged canister with a Kenmore Iridium if I hadn't been very impressed with how the Lightning performed!
 

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