Another WORST Vacuum Cleaner Candidate! The 1975 Goblin 105C Upright - Hoover Junior Clone

[@nick2203]

You mentioned local electricity board showrooms. I used to live in Yeovil and it was SEB (southern electricity board) there. Goblin were always a budget brand and the mother a friend had a Goblin cylinder back in the late 70s. It was a basic model in bright orange colour. Everyone secretly loves an underdog and you’re now getting quite a collection of Goblin vacuum cleaners. Always enjoy watching your videos, so please keep them coming.

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

I remember my SWEBLINE cylinder was orange with white ends. It was probably the same model

[@KirbyEnthusiast]

Loved this upload Steve great job 👍👍

[@nicko5945]

Heard that you were able to pickup the blue 105c from Dorian today similar to your Auntie Mae’s vac. So excited to see a video on it!! I was able to pick up the orange one. Should definitely be the only one here in the states.

[@OHhooverpoof]

Just watched dear Sam with a guest and his machine, one very similar to this one, and looked like it worked quite well...Also issues with the zipper on the bag on the other machine...Looking forward to you working your particular brand of magic, as it were, on this newest acquisition, Steve!!!

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

I'll give it my best shot!

[@jonathanking3223]

Good old Sweb. Always remember the shop in the middle of Plymouth. Greetings from Saltash!

[@syhooverman5418]

youre a natural presenter. Very good.

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

Thank you very much!

[@clarkmills35]

EMELEC around here in the East mids :D :D BTW Hoping to get that inventory of stuff to you soon :D

[@Kirbyvacuumcleaner]

Hi Clark....hope your well.🙂👋🏻

[@clarkmills35]

@@Kirbyvacuumcleaner hi James. All good here bud. Hope it’s all good for you too. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Kirbyvacuumcleaner]

I am cheers.🙂 I'm glad you are. You'll have to pop by one day again.

[@sebo_up_and_down]

A shout out to all fellow born and bred NORWEB lads & lasses. Kinda feeling sorry for this forlorn Goblin, a bit tatty and run down but a survivor nonetheless. We hope that Steve can wave his magic wand, sprinkle a bit of fairy dust and turn this trash to treasure. Here's hoping this machine gets all the bits she needs to bumble on being, at best, mediocre for many years to come. Thank you for keeping us entertained. 😁

[@Retro_andy_1977]

I had one of these a couple of years back - same colour with the orange front. It had been used in a print works! Thankfully no signs of toner in it but it smelt like a printing works!!

[@sdm3447]

As one of your other commenters says, the 105 is the Electra brand - the front cover was huge and as you said in the video it looked like it should have a headlight in it. This wasn't used on any of their mainstream models. The Swebline cover is from what was otherwise known as the model 102, which was the first model, in white and blueish-green, and had two fixed cord hooks and handle grip in the blueish-green colour. The most popular cleaner of this style was the 104 which came after, also in white and a sort of blusish-green, but with cream coloured parts on the handle. They did seem to sell well, there were plenty around when I was a kid, but like a lot of Goblin cleaners, it seemed people didn't bother to get them mended. I think they just binned them. Like so many budget brands, they turned up very broken but original, without any signs of new parts having been put on them. Regarding the baseplate, as you say, these cleaners didn't have one (like the 1334 and 1354 type Hoover junior), but I am wondering if what is stuck to the bottom of that cleaner is part of the pan-convertor for the tools. The original Goblin cleaners required the user to remove the front cover and then take the belt off by hand (yes, really), which was a job & a half, what with it being a very tight, twisted flat belt. The hose then went over the belt pully, just like on a Hoover Junior 119. But later models had hoses fitted with a pan converter.

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

Turns out, it WAS the baseplate for this machine! It was just a little bent n broken (know the feeling!). We'll see it again in an upcoming video

[@sdm3447]

Well I'm glad you got to the bottom of that. I never gave it a thought until now but back in 1982 we went to visit some relatives in Wales and they had a Goblin upright that was branded Singer. I have never seen anything like it since and I don't remember if it was a 102 or 104 version. Must be rare.

[@Kirbyvacuumcleaner]

Very nice. 🙂 I have that machine labeled Electra for the Eastmidlands Electricity Board. The bag is just orange. The cover says Electra and has a reflective strip on it that pretends to be a lens lol. The sole plate might be correct. Mine doesn't go all the way to the edge. I can't quite see in the video.🤔 I also have a new in box Goblin 104 I think.... it's white and blue. It's packed away and not seen it in quite a while. So I can't confirm the model number lol

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Is the vacuum loud?

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

Not really

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium yay

[@alanhammersley5014]

We had the MEB , Midlands Electricity Board, in the West Midlands.

[@alanhammersley5014]

Forgot to mention that Goblin machines where rebadged Electra for the MEB

[@David-uf8ex]

To be fair it wasn’t to bad 😂 sold well . I think the orange one is the Electra brand. I remember the 555 swebline brown and yellow I think

[@sorcerer101567]

we had YEB - Yorkshire Electricity Board

[@dglcomputers1498]

Talking about brushes damaging carpets, supposedly the Hoover uprights did eat the carpets a bit, we have an ex. Electrolux employee at work and when they were testing vacuums the hoover ones would get up more than they put down.

[@CordedUprightHetty]

That is why i dont like upright cleaners for daily vacuuming. I prefer a cylinder with a motorised floor head with a soft brushroll. Like the Numatic Henry Turbo cylinder

[@CordedUprightHetty]

As for hard floors but not wooden, laminate or vinyl floors like tile floors, i prefer an upright over a cylinder for scrubing the dirt of the grouts

[@sorcerer101567]

Surely the Light & Easy uprights and there various brands (Hotpoint, Spinney, Grattan own brand etc) would be worthy of a “worst vacuum ever” video 🤔

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

Do you think? I've always rather liked them. They aren't as good as a Hoover Junior. Hmmmm you might have something there

[@sorcerer101567]

@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium don’t get me wrong, they’re fun…but…well…apart from making a noise, they don’t do a right lot, they do 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@jakemcintyre4820]

Not worth anything? Put it on ebay and i'm sure you will see how much it's worth! I would love a budget Goblin upright from this era.

[@paulillingworth1242]

Goblin I’ve never been a fan of, I had a Goblin mains powered handy vac, in the 90s it was pretty terrible, it blew out more dust than it picked up 😆 I know the Goblin name is Asda own brand for a while in more recent years. Be interested see how this one goes.

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

Oh those Goblin Handy things were dreadful!

[@paulillingworth1242]

@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium oh definitely, I think it worked better as a bird scarer than a hand vac 😂

[@EngineVids]

Not worth anything? I wish as i tried bidding on one of these in far worse condition (it had jubilee clips and coat hooks for the cable storage!) I bidded like 40 which was too much imo but i wanted a BVC machine, I didnt expect it to sell for £200 though!!!😳😳😳

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

Wow! I bet the buyer never paid the £200 though

[@EngineVids]

@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium im not sure, but i didnt see it relisted or i would of had another bid.

[@silvianbauer1979]

Kenne sie den Electrolux d770

[@neilmansfield8329]

Yes it should be restored

[@jasonharris728]

My mum had one of them. It was crap! Give me a hoover junior any day!

[@iangrice329]

Omg talk about hens teeth. They always did quite well in the which magazine reviews. I've seen juniors nibble carpets.

[@davidfinchett3542]

MANWEB stands for Merseyside and north Wales electricity board

[@chiquita71]

SSEB south Scotland electric board