Hi Mole,
Thanks for the personal history. Just to look at one, you'd never think that there was all that much in one.
I was never aware of the Electrik Broom's repair record. Matter of fact, I thought it was probably cheap enough to be deemed the "disposable" appliance of the day. Yet, please tell us how much your dad charged for the repair of one.
I never actually owned a Regina stick but was aware of the modifications they kept coming up with to make them interesting to the public. Regina was only second to Eureka when it came to a flow of new gimmicks. Please note that I say that most respectfully. The Regina stick vac statyed basically the same, except for the model with power head., and chankges to the straight suction nozzle always kept shoppers thinking they were a little different than the last. Did you ever form an opinion as to what percentage of the people your shop served had the Regina stick as their only vacuum?
Correct me if I'm wrong but the only real competitors Regina sticks had were Hoover and Shetland. Right? Hoover sticks used the "clean air" method but the Shetland stick also used the old fashioned fan in air stream.
Venson
Hi Venson,the average repair bill on the regina broom in the early 70s was 12 to 15 dollars. Being the repair person Dad tried to keep me away from the over the counter customers
. My opinion is that the broom was used as an quick pick up every day driver, I would think that reginas main competition was the the eureka broom,always liked that broom,bagged,nice cleaning head,suction motor at the top even had a filter to protect the motor,6 bags and 3 filters were 89 cents,man am i getting old.The hoover brooms were not selling for us very well,The big prices at the shops was 29.95 and the bomb at 39.95.I still wish i never got rid of the everybodys pump broom,it's now a collectors item. It makes me sick how much stuff we threw away that are now worth big money .Shetland lewyt along with GE,also made brooms.But Regina dominated the sweeper market.Then along came the HOKY, and another phenom was born.
MOLE
