What vacuum cleaner do you have?

[parwaz786]

Hi guys! I am new here
I quite like vacuums and have a "TINY" bit of a washing machine interest, but I know ZERO even though I find this not so boring .

So what vacuum cleaner do you guys have?

We have loads, but we currently use a Dyson DC33 Animal and a Dyson DC41 Mk2 Animal

Pics would be lovely too!

-Tayyab

 

[norgeway]

You mean

What vacuum cleaner DON'T I have..LOL, I have over 200, most made in the 50s and 60s, mostly canisters and tanks, I never use anything newer than the early 80s, but mostly use 50s stuff, right now im using a 57 Automatic F Electrolux and a 58 Singer Roll A Magic.

 

[parwaz786]

Nice! Didn't know there were vacuum collectors on here too ;D

 

[vacerator]

Pawarz,

As we are both on the vaccumlanders, you may already know I have 4 Eureka power teams, a Hoover central vacuum, and an Electrolux XXX.

 

[midcentnurse]

There's a connected site called vacuumland but I'm sure lots would like to give their 2 cents about their vacs . I had a 59 Electrolux I found at a church sale but have since passed it on. I now use Hoover platinum upright with the small canister for the wood floors. Less than $300 and some of the best machines I've ever used. Really nice machine.

 

[tennblondie78]

I have a D31X Filter Queen and a Hoover Convertible Deluxe.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?54781

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[circlew]

I have a Euroclean GD930 (canister type) and a Sanitaire 887 (upright). They are both very good machines.

 

[stricklybojack]

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Norgeway took my line...I too have around 200 gathering dust in a silent way.
I'll focus on my favorite brand you can still buy new, the Tacony made Powr-Flite, Riccar, or Simplicity branded vacuums. Usable features and longevity rather than gimmicks and planned obsolescence, all without the sticker shock of the door to door makes. I just picked one up before I left San Diego for $20 UNUSED from a thrift store...I scored another just like it two years ago for a bit more, but also in what appeared to be never used condition.

Blue or red line Sanitaire, Hoover: Convertible, Decade, Conquest, Concept, Dial, Guardsman...etc. Metal Royals and some Orecks are an especially good value for the right owner.
Many Panasonics, Filter Queens, Rainbows, and Kirbys, are also very desirable at the right price.
I could go on, and on.
Among Vac collectors original pre sellout Electrolux or Aerus vacuums are like Speed Queens around here, BELOVED. Kirby being a close second. Vintage Hoovers though are probably king of the heap.
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[parwaz786]

I was kinda expecting people on here to own modern Dysons,Hoovers, Vax machines etc lol! But very cool Keep em coming!

 

[tomturbomatic]

A Beam Central. I thought it would make vacuuming less onerous with less noise, no machine to haul around and all of the air vented to the outside, but I discovered something. I just don't like to vacuum, period.

Before the Beam, I had a big orange Eureka power team from the first year that they introduced them, maybe 73 or 74. It had the variable suction bleed thumb wheel on the canister and that little meter to show the suction strength. I still have a couple of Hoover Electra Brooms and two Dirt Devil sweepers that are like little Bissells.

 

[alr2903]

Three Kirbys, Diamond, 2 gen. 4's, electrolux Olympia,  dirt devil,  tiny panasonsic canister.  In the attic a metal Royal, 2 or 3 hoover convertible, Decade 80,  The big plastic Electrolux upright (takes the pricey odd bag mostly found on fleapay). 2 Rainbows, 1 filter magic. I have went through tons of Hand vacs in fact just hummed a shark in the dumpster.. ain't got time for that. I think I have a couple of Electrolux tanks in the attic I can't remember the model they have the thumb wheel you turn for different suctions.   And yes I would love to clean the ones in the attic out as a LOT. No shipping.

 

[maytagbear]

Miele Capricorn

canister, which I love, and use several times a week, and a

Hoover Tempo upright that I keep as a remembrance of the very kind friend who gave it to me.

In general, I prefer canisters with powerhead nozzles to uprights.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[xraytech]

For me it's all about the Hoover Concept both Power-Drive and regular versions.
These are the ones I use, but have a few extra in the cellar.
I also have an early 80s JCPenney canister for above floor cleaning

 

[washman]

well, does modern count

A Riccar. Can't recall the model # but in 2004, it was the only US made vac I could find. Still have it and it still works.

 

[jkbff]

I have a Miele C3 Alize canister, a Hoover HushTone Commercial and a Dyson V6 Animal cordless.

I love all three. Each has a specific purpose, and they all are equally used.

I do have a Miele U1 Salsa and a Simplicity Synergy G9 as well. Both live in other homes though.[this post was last edited: 2/23/2016-19:28]

 

[cfz2882]

not really a collecter,but...

...seem to have accumulated a few:
-~1947 Electrolux
-~1965 hoover upright
-~1968 royal upright
-~1970 hoover upright
-1979 hoover upright
-1980 hoover concept
-early 1980s regina electikbroon
-1982 eureka canister w/powerhead
-1982 eureka upright
-1982 Panasonic upright(DDusage)
-~1983 hoover "decade 80"(DD usage)
-(2)1983 Kirby heritage
-1984 hoover spirit-maroon
-1985 Oreck 4300
-1988 hoover spirit-red
-~1990 Oreck xl
-1991 dirt devil
-1994 shop vac
2011 miele ariel(DD usage)
And mostly a vacume: 1983 rental type "rug doctor"carpet cleaning machine

 

[iheartmaytag]

I'm on the vacuumland side too

I haven't counted for awhile, I think there are about 25 now.

 

Kirbys are my first love. Have E-lux, Filterqueen, Rainbow, Hoover, Sirena. . . 

 

[mjg0619]

I have more vacuum cleaners than I can keep track of, but my daily drivers rotate in upright/canister pairs between the following:

Sanitaire S677 Blue Line upright (This one is always out no matter what else I'm using)
Sanitaire canister vacuum (rebranded Eureka Mighty Mite)

SEBO Automatic X1 (with a SEBO Felix on the way!)
Filter Queen Majestic 360

Hoover Concept One/Concept Two/PowerMAX (several different models of each)
Electrolux Diamond Jubilee

And one of my more recent toys is a Shark Rotator "Powered Lift-Away", which I have been shockingly impressed with. It's a fantastic all in one daily use machine, very easy to just grab and scoot around with.

Out of all the machine pairs listed above, the uprights that get the most use are hands down the Sanitaire and the SEBO.

 

[DADoES]

 
Singer SST-1300B circa 1986, bought on close-out at the local WM.

Hoover Celebrity S3121, don't know the age.  Got it from the grandmother after she had carpet added everywhere (including bathroom and kitchen) so needed only an upright.