If all you are doing is vac'ing open carpet, then the Orecks is a pretty nice package.
I give the nod to Hoover for canisters...at least the old ones
Reminds me of...............TubaTinker wrote:They all SUCK!
Don Van Vliet: You know, once Stravisnky called me to his house, when I was doing a thing called Trout Mask Replica. Laura Huxley called and said, "The master must speak to you." And I didn’t go. I didn’t go due to the fact that I was deeply involved with the album and the people I was with would’ve probably run right out the doors if would have left at that time. I didn’t go and I’ve never forgiven myself for that. But, I did sell Aldous Huxley a vacuum cleaner in the desert, in Lano. An Electrolux.
Byron Coley: Really? Was it any good or was it a bum cleaner?
Don Van Vliet: Oh yeah, very good. I wouldn’t have done it other wise. I have a hard time selling anything. But that was one thing that was really worth it, because at that time it had a bag, a little paper bag, and it sealed off and you could dispose of it very easily.
Byron Coley: Did you go out there especially to sell it to him, or were you a vacuum cleaner salesman?
Don Van Vliet: I didn’t know it was him when I met him. But after being there for a minute I thought, "This fellow is an awfully powerful, unusual individual." He could hardly see, you know, he was very tall, and he looked down like this and said, "I want that". I said, "Well I assure you sir, this thing sucks."
From: 1979 interview by Byron Coley
also...interesting stuff here at the Cyber-Space Vacuum Cleaner Museum
