Vacuum Exposition Episode 57: The 1975 Bison Mark II
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2024
- Happy Sunday everyone! And an early St. Patrick’s Day as well! For today and to start this month’s new series on green vacuum cleaners, I thought I’d break out one of my all time favorite machines, the Bison Mark 2! This interesting machine was meant to be a Kirby crusher, but instead lead to more advancements in the industry. I hope you all enjoy the video and don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!
I just love how it manages to be incredibly ugly AND incredibly beautiful at exactly the same time!
Oh for sure! Such a strange and menacing looking machine! Thanks for watching!
What an incredible looking machine!
Oh yes! One of my favorite looking machines and a huge inspiration for my collecting :) thanks for watching!
That’s a cool machine I don’t think I’ve ever seen in use. It sounds like a tornado siren winding up when you turn it on.
Thank you! That’s a big reason I fell in love with it :)
Love the sound of the Start Up/Shutdown.
Me too! I always loved the look of this machine, but the motor completely sold it for me :) thank you for watching!
Wish we had had these in the UK They are such cool looking machines, congrats on having one in such good condition
Thank you so much! It’s definitely one of my favorites! And thank you for watching!
what a great vacuum
It’s definitely a fun one! Thank you for watching!
Very cool backstory of the Bison MI & demo - especially the buffing wheelI & it's so awesome that you'd wanted one since your childhood & finally got one - congrats! I like how your sweatshirt matches it, too. :) It's interesting that Bison selected a similar avocado green color to the Kirby DS80. There is a scanned1968 Bison users manual available for purchase at Automatic Ephemera in case you're interested. It may feature the Mark I. Thanks, Karl, for an informative green vac vid - tis kind of ya, lad!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’ll have to check that out! Thanks again for watching! :)
I only have one kirby - a tradition model and i love it - it does remind me of my kirby so very much here in the UK 🇬🇧
That’s awesome! I love hearing about Kirbys that make it over to the UK! Thanks for watching!
@@Konstellation_Karl_55 my grandparents used to own a legend 2 they got from the estate of a retired dentist, purchased in 1989 in what was still communist Poland.
@@Kubulek17 that’s so cool! I’ve always wanted to open up a UK spec Kirby and check out what they did to adjust it to the different electrical currents :)
WOW! One of the most exciting vacuums what I have ever seen. I wish quality control were better. Absolutely a gem. I have Kirby Tradition and G6.
Thank you so much for watching!
A vac I've been chasing for a long time is an American Lincoln Super Sweep. I wish I could find one
Those are cool!
Pretty machine
Thank you so much!
Yes bison used a general electric motor that's why it's so high speed but the bad thing is that kirby did sue bison because one of the workers that used to work at kirby made bison a little identical to kirby so the kc sued them and they went out of business and I also think royal the maker of dd did go in competition with the kirby company
Oh interesting! Thanks for watching!
The major issue Kirby did not like was that Bisons had a removable floor head, that was the major thing they sued over
Does your headlight lense go all the way down?
It can if I push it down, but it slowly comes back up, so I let it rest where it’s at so that it doesn’t break.
@@Konstellation_Karl_55 I have the Mark three and a tool Cady, but unfortunately I could only find a centurion hose, it works great, though my rheostat does not work because the circuit board has a blown resistor, so it only has full power
@@redwolfpiping5701 oh awesome you found one! Yah parts for these are so hard to find :/ it took me years to find a hose for mine
@@Konstellation_Karl_55 I have a video of my Mark III on my CZcams site running, along with several kirbys
@@redwolfpiping5701 that’s awesome! I’ll check it out :)
Nice, I also have one.
Oh awesome! Thanks for watching!
@Konstellation_Karl_55 No problem, oh, and also, how do you find the year on these like you did with yours?
@@oldcrankman6164 I’ve been studying these for a long time, so I have a general idea of the dates, but mine is dated 1975 in the manual and warranty letter.
@Konstellation_Karl_55 Oh, cool. I didn't know if the serial number says much for a year.
@@oldcrankman6164 I’m actually not sure haha I’ll take a look and see if there’s any correlation :)
Do you have a Regina steemer?
I do not unfortunately. I just have some Regina vacuums
@@Konstellation_Karl_55 I used to have many Regina steemers as a kid, they were quite powerful, even with the 7.0 Amp motor on the last model they made
@@redwolfpiping5701 way cool! I’ve heard they’re very good machines!