Electrolux Z65/66 wet and dry vacuum cleaner (Nailsea BS21)

This is a powerful (1200W) machine which is designed for use either as a conventional dry vacuum cleaner, or for shampooing carpets. It recently celebrated its 30th birthday, but we have not used its wet function for a couple of decades. It comes complete with a full set of accessories for both wet and dry use (other than the long and bendy extension shown in the last photo, which we are keeping), as well as 11 new dust bags and the instruction manual.

The only problem is with the head which is used for dry vacuuming floors; the mechanism that enables you to switch between the settings for carpets and hard floors is broken, so the metal face (used for contact with carpets) is the only one available for use. The retractable brushes for use on hard floors are permanently retracted.

However, you can still clean hard floors successfully with it, but I wouldn’t advise its use on easily damaged floor surfaces. For that reason it was some time ago demoted to garage, workshop and car cleaning, at which it has done very well. It appears to have plenty of life left in it.