Dirt Devil Hardy Hand Held Vacuum Cleaner Unboxing & Demonstration

Another one from the collection, a brand new Dirt Devil Hardy, hand held mains powered vacuum cleaner.
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[@samuelfellows6923]

I have that vacuum ~ rescued it from a neighbours skip several years ago, I remember they had sucked up some carpet trimmings and blocked the “dirty” fan and as they didn’t know how to fix/unblock it/had a far superior vacuum and as they were having building work done they threw it on the builders skip. On the way home from work I spotted it and took it [looked immaculate as if there was nothing wrong with it] and when home I showed it to mum and she was amused that I had saved it and did it work? So I went to my bedroom and assumed there was something wrong with it [why the neighbour had thrown it out] and I took it apart and found that the black plate on the front comes off with 1 screw, and that the centrifugal impeller had bits of carpet stuck inside it so I pulled them out, unfortunately I ripped the flap thing over the outlet hole on the back of the unit as I didn’t know how to remove it when splitting the housing. I re-assembled it and tried it ~ and found the rotary brush to be stalling on the stiff/compacted areas of my carpet = the belt was slipping off the drive shaft onto a “H” shaped moulding on the front plate, so I bought a clamping washer online ~ it had a grub screw that clamped onto the shaft, with it fitted the belt won’t slip off and it had the “beats as it sweeps” effect & the purring sound when vacuuming my carpet = it was very efficient with a lot of dirt and hair in the re-useable bag, the only problem with it is that the motor had no cooling and it would quickly overheat if used for too long - unfortunate that the drive shaft gets hot and it has a plastic impeller - a metal one would be a efficient heat-sink. I use it for deep-cleaning my carpet, ✅ - the suction is poor with the pan-converter and the crevice tool

[@Blackheartvacs]

Cool! I've never seen or even heard of one till now. I think I liked the classic "handy" better but it's neat.

[@peptheblue]

Just had the 1980s on the phone Roger, they’re asking for their dirt devil back 😂

[@Retro_andy_1977]

😂😂😂😂

[@that_vacuum_guy2023-qj4lm]

Never seen one before
Looks nice

[@fabou3]

Used to have an older one when they were owned by royal. Had a tiny paper bag but was great for messes and stairs

[@huskyvacs]

Yes those are very good. I have used them in my house for furniture and the stairs for over 25 years. Those are daddy's little moneymaker. I get them at goodwill for $5-$10, restore them (yes really restore them not just a wipe down) and then they sell for $40 a piece. I've sold about 10 so far.

[@robdavis5711]

Almost obscene! 😂

[@fish_sticks_the_cat]

hi roger I’m watching from alaska!

[@robdavis5711]

Oof! 10 on the suction gauge! 😂😂😂

[@ourfunreviews]

Great Vacuum for my job

[@cantliff9]

I do wonder what the suction guage would have read if you had managed to hold it where that little flap is on back where the bag goes... The hole there looked like it would line up perfectly

[@huskyvacs]

These have hose attachments.

[@cantliff9]

@@huskyvacs yes but it uses a pan convertor that had a degraded seal, that would have affected the shown performance

[@huskyvacs]

I just now got to that part. That is very strange. I have no idea why they did that. Because the mold this vacuum is made from uses a hose coupler through the fan chamber plug, as with all Dirt Devils. @@cantliff9

[@cantliff9]

@@huskyvacs who knows but dirt devil I guess. They supplied it that way

[@huskyvacs]

Yeah companies do strange things. I suspect this was probably a lower end model for people that couldn't afford the normal ones, or this was a made for UK market vac, but I could have swore UK got the conventional bagged Dirt Devil hand vacs. @@cantliff9

[@robdavis5711]

Eh? Hardy? So the Handy had a soft bag, the Hardy a dust cup? I had no idea!

[@FreddioSmith]

Back in 2029 a good old dirt devil

[@ZachFblue2000]

How much money does it cost?

[@whelen_vortex]

Size does not matter that thing is strong

[@susanparkinson1130]

I thought it was the dirt devil handy But instead it is hardy

[@jeremymarshall7381]

Dirt devil hardy its how Oliver norvel hardy by laurel and hardy

[@robdavis5711]

Bit of an anachronism now… a class of vacuum rendered obsolete by cordless stick vacs from Dyson et al, which are more powerful and cordless too!

[@huskyvacs]

These are not "obsolete". A corded vintage hand vac is 10 times over some garbage Dyson. Also the bristles on the brushroll are soft fibers that will not damage your upholstery, which Dyson is not.

[@robdavis5711]

…? I have a Dyson. It would DEFINITELY measure more than 10 on the suction gauge, and the brush roll’s fibres are soft, I think the company refers to them as micro filaments. I use the powered brush roll on my sofa with no issues and no stalling.

[@huskyvacs]

I misread that as "Handy". I suspect that is very inappropriate for the British.

[@robdavis5711]

Why?

[@carterwilliams4807]

Hi

[@kruger335]

Load of nonsense.

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Be more respectful