Vax 121 Multipurpose Vacuum Cleaner Unboxing & Brief Demonstration

What's that terrible smell? Well, whatever it was, it stunk the place out, but after remembering a conversation with Mr Beko1987 I now know the cause. Trouble is, how do I fix it?
Anyway, this was supposed to be a mint and unused Vax 121, but it did have signs of use though it is complete and works. It will be fine when the time bomb is removed.
I briefly demonstrate it for as long as I could, but I was afraid of an explosion, so the full demo will have to wait a while.

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

Thank you so much for uploading this video to KZbin I love the Vax vacuum cleaner I remember being absolutely obsessed with this as a child.

[@mattfisher2092]

God this takes me back to being a toddler in the very early 90s. My mum had one of these. I don't remember it being such a FAFF switching from ordinary vacuum cleaning to carpet washer though! My mum had this as her only vacuum for around 15 years to about 1998 when it gave up the ghost. She had various cleaners but always swore by VAX. My nan had one too, she had the one with the white hose as you mentioned. She lent it to my uncle who never gave it back!

[@muhammadabdullahahmad5277]

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[@LlyleHunter]

I wish that all vacuum motors sounded as good as that one. I believe that the odor is being caused by the surpressor. Please promise me that when you repair it, you'll test it outside of your garage for about a half hour running before bringing it back into your home as someone whose lived through the horror of a house fire. I'm forever changed by that experience. I'm looking forward to your demonstration of the Electrolux Widetrack you'd posted on Facebook the other day. Love your signature coordinating socks. Fondly, Bruce

[@LlyleHunter]

I saw you're reply on FB concerning the Electrolux and I'll be waiting patiently for the review. Thank You for the quick response and for all the entertainment and information that you give us.

[@manFromPeterborough]

What caused your house fire?

[@LlyleHunter]

@@manFromPeterborough I had a cordless stick vac mounted to a wall on its charger that overcharged when I left the house for two hours. One of my neighbors called me and said. “You better head home.” Since then I haven’t purchased anything cordless except for telephones and I take those off of their chargers whenever I leave the house. Things like that leave an impression on you.

[@manFromPeterborough]

@@LlyleHunter Did that vac use LI-ion batteries or the old Ni-cad ? Those hover boards 2 years ago were a real fire hazard, I own an e-bike 20x4 fat wheeler. from some of the YT blogs I've read LI-ion batteries don't like being laid up for days fully charged, instead of overnight charging, I throw it on charge first thing next day 3 hours before the planned trip

[@paulillingworth1242]

I bet the smell could be a suppressor? It sounds absolutely as it should do, I remember my mum buying one of those back in the late 1980s she loved it, it was a good machine in its day very reliable she had it well over 10 yrs and it given away to continue use as she replaced with a later version.

[@erekpatoc434]

Love the socks!! And the VAX!!

[@davidriley9194]

Perhaps it do smell strange of being unused because it’s new?

[@beerbandit291]

I couldn't smell the carpet cleaner. I'm off for a covid test!

[@debrafalasco7235]

Not, you can't smell stuff through screens

[@hawkesworth1712]

Don't forget, you're sucking up skin cells, dirt and transferring all the things you pick up on the bottom of your shoes, so the hose and fittings are coated with everything in that water you're pulling out of the carpet. I have the exact model and when they're left for a long time between shampoos they can stink. You also have to wash that blue filter regularly because you don't know what the last person used it for and whatever it was is trapped in that filter.

[@christianmoss4603]

That brings back memories my gran and grandad had one of those when I was younger

[@jonathanking3223]

Oh I just loved the smell of that solution...... I had a heady rush, suddenly I was back in the living room in the 80s whilst mother played with her brand new vacuum showing off to the neighbours!!

[@ibaisaic]

I'm glad the smelly vision app worked. Could you smell the stink the Vax made?

[@ibaisaic]

It was almost as tense as a game of Buckaroo. Anyway, we have a defibrillator on the pub wall in the village.

[@jonathanking3223]

ibaisaic just as well with all the suppressers that you have go wrong, you may benefit from it one day...

[@LlyleHunter]

When I was a tot there was a kid's show called Winky Dink and You where we'd place celifane on the tv screen and draw things like helicopters or airplanes to stop him from falling and things like the like. This conversation just reminded me of it for the first time in decades.

[@manFromPeterborough]

@@ibaisaic I should get the smell-o-vision installed on my laptop

[@jamiecollinge540]

Hi Roger I just want to congratulate you, it's been fifteen years today when you first joined KZbin also I love this video

[@ibaisaic]

I joined KZbin on the 11th June 2006 but didn’t upload anything until 18th July 2012, so I suppose that’s when my channel started. I have a couple of new vintage Vax videos coming up soon which you may enjoy.

[@jamiecollinge540]

@@ibaisaic oh okay Roger that's nice to know haha, and yes I will be looking forward to seeing your uploads of the Vax videos 🙂

[@gregoryggreen659]

Maybe it's the Suppressor vax 121 has a suppressor in it if you remove it may work with no burning smell

[@ibaisaic]

It is the suppressor. I talk about it on my instagram page.

[@maryaldaco7228]

Deep cleans vacuuming good where can I get the dirt devil vacuum bags???????

[@davidmartin6492]

Did you deliberately colour coordinate your socks to match the Vax? Apologies if you've mentioned it during the video, I'm dealing with speaker issues.

[@LlyleHunter]

It's a signature trademark of his in most of his reviews.

[@antonywakefield7415]

You didn't put non foaming solution in were ping pong ball is and also I think you take the filter out.

[@Lovewomensmoking]

I just Got a Rainbow E2 Vacuum Air Purifier Cleaning System

[@stringbean9039]

Hay fella what are you doing wearing Tennessee vols colors

[@manofweed1]

So are all 121's wet and dry ? My one doesn't seem to have a slot in the handle for the small liquid pipe ?

[@Mr_D2_1004N]

Uploaded on my birthday

[@ANONEMMS]

hello, can you tell me how the water is sucked into the pipe please? is there a pump?

[@Bunkysworkshop]

Did any of the water get into the motor some how?

[@billionairekyle9659]

I love you your the best vaccum cleaner chennel ever

[@MrWolfSnack]

I think what happened was that if it was left in an un-climate-controlled shed, that would have done the supressor in. I've had lots of 1980's electronics sadly die in my garage due to damp humidity and heat.

[@colinblackwell5059]

oh dear roger and have a look at the motor to see if that is somethink to do with it

[@raynaldloridan7513]

ou trouver des piéce detacher car j'ai égarer le systême de nettoyage tapis le manette et le tuyaux

[@Xenon777_]

The only think that I can think it could be is the Motor Brushes. But if you know what burning motor brushes smells like then you will know. I sure do when the brushed burned out in my Numatic NNV200. The motor revved like a car and lots of black carbon and smoke came out of the back.

[@ibaisaic]

It's the suppressor.

[@Xenon777_]

oh. The vacuum cleaner was not really repairable I think. The motor just hummed really loud and smelled bad. The vents were all black too. I am using a different NNV200 its the model that says NATIONWIDE on the front. Do you know anything about the Grey Nationwide NNV200. It looks like the Numatic James nv200 but Grey with Nationwide on the front.

[@ibaisaic]

It is repairable as you will see when I demo it properly next year. I think Nationwide is a cleaning company that had their logo put on a commercial Numatic.

[@Xenon777_]

This is not my picture, but this is what it looks like: i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tMcAAOSwZd1VZbAE/s-l1600.jpg

[@aaronblair9583]

Twas the motor brushes wearing in after sitting for so long. The corrosion on the commutator bars build up over years of sitting...

[@ibaisaic]

No it isn't. It's been established that it was the suppressor. I opened it up and the suppressor had started to melt, producing the smell.

[@glynroberts7365]

Glad I got to see one video today. Nice vax.. I like a big knob. Lol. You had guts keeping this switched on. Glad I got a bissell after all.

[@chazwalker7156]

I knew it was a lie - Kenny Everett *'IS'* alive and well, yay... Your TV shows were brill 👍

[@ibaisaic]

And it’s all done in the best possible taste!

[@markholland9607]

Have just got one of these on Facebook marketplace

[@ff1344]

Motor capacitor is to blame I think been known to go bang aswell

[@joshuapearce8100]

I love VAX design

[@FM60260]

It sounds far from alright because it sounds nothing like an Electrolux Contour, lol. It sounds like the 121 I've used in the past but I seem to recall it being quieter, unless it is because this was indoors and I've only ever used one outdoors.

[@ibaisaic]

The motor is fine, it's the suppressor causing the smell.

[@FM60260]

I didn't think they had suppressors in, or are they only in older vacuums?

[@ibaisaic]

This is an older vacuum, it's from 1989. The supressor is pictured on my Instagram.

[@FM60260]

Come to think about it I came across a Vax Mach 8 cylinder in the basement at work that had been abandoned down there. I got it out and found it had a blockage in the moulded pipe in the body, I managed to clear it out and get it running in the end but after a while it started to smell like burning clutch/brakes so I ended up sending it back down to the basement from where it came. Do the modern Vax cylinder cleaners have the same sort of suppressors?

[@dawnsims4353]

What is your day hoover

[@henmond199]

This "stand-in" looks uncannily similar to Roger.

[@mathewmarsh4163]

Yep the motor is fine as I have this model but never had the smell but touch wood I never do but I do like using it time to time

[@Nickelbender]

i have vax 101 and it has white hose

[@muhammadzubair7723]

Vacuum cleaner price

[@ibaisaic]

This is a vintage machine. It is not available to purchase brand new in any country.

[@LlyleHunter]

Thank You for memories of Pricilla.

[@ibaisaic]

Cock in a frock on a rock.

[@mikeyeastaugh7173]

Do another one

[@ring_dang_do]

Headless vacuum channel ......lol.

[@sallylouise9826]

This is the vax my parents had ; I had it until four years ago when the motor finally went I think it was 25 years old by then . Great machines esp the wet function .

[@paulrhodes715]

Do vax make them shoes... I wanna pair lol

[@benukasrYT]

THEIR SOCKS BRUH

[@7302ab]

what a kafuffle

[@Nickelbender]

i have vax model 101

[@rizwanaafkar16]

I think it is going to explode

[@dawnsims4353]

Hi

[@zainmohammed3393]

A fax vax

[@zainmohammed3393]

Hey is a very good vax

[@janetsunusedemporium1089]

is thisactually someone elese

[@zalayla]

Use oil gas ⛽️ in a car 🚙

[@Mr_D2_1004N]

No use carpet cleaner detergent lol