Hello everyone!
I thought it was time to start a new, more creative thinking thread. I'll go first, and others can follow with their own examples.
What if Oreck had bought Airway? Superb all metal American made vacuum for a canister, but even better, the perfect venue for recreating the Airway twin motor uprights, or the Vorwerk/Mighty Maid (Clarke) could even have been a tandem open-fan system., with a fan in the head, like Oreck.The motor fan unit in the handle tube could still have incorporated the Airway suction diverter to use the open handle as a way to use tools with out a hose. A small handle grip was part of the system to use the unit like a Kirby hand portable. The hose could have been used like a shoulder portable (Worwerk style) or on the end of the open handle (Airway style) Sebo has copied the newer vorwerks with their Felix uprights, clean fan design, instant on/off power nozzle w/ manual adjustment and lifetime belt warranty, hose that can be used with the unit standing, or with the p/h removed and handle lowered, adjustable power switch.
Or, how about this for the ultimate in cleaning convenience? Take the Oreck platinum, the New hoover windtunnel, or the Riccar supralite, add a backpack, like the Nikfisk, super light weight, with a cord that PLUGS INTO THE HANDLE OF THE LIGHTWEIGHT UPRIGHT. So both units could run at the same time, upright in one hand, wand of the backpack in the other. No switching except the tool on the end of the hose, which could be the ultimate 12 in 1 transformer tool and a telescopic wand. The backpack could of course have a longer cord to allow it to be used away from its companion upright, but think of the speed and convenience!
Couldn't resist this one, Bissell and Dyson merge to produce a multi-cyclone Lift-Off vacuum!
Come on, let's have some fun and some creative thinking instead of beating the same old dead horses!
This message was modified Jan 27, 2009 by Trebor
