As the disco sun of the 70s set, the 80s had to find its own identity. As with any new identity, it first required a hair cut.
The obvious answer was to invent an entirely new way of cutting hair – something so incredible that it would change the face of cutting things forever.
The Flowbee, a vacuum attachment capable of cutting hair, was that answer.
The Flowbee worked by sucking hair into itself and then cutting it to loosely defined lengths known as "layers." The original prototype had utilized the suction of pool filters, and though it had incredible suction, it lacked the ability to "cut" the hair.
Some saw that first prototype as a failure – a painful way of premature baldness – others saw it as the beginning of something amazing.
The inventor went back to the drawing board – combining several household objects and attempting to cut hair with them. Blow torches, knives, toaster ovens – they all came up short in one way or another.
Finally he hit pay dirt – combine the cutting power of razors with the suction power of a shop-vac. Perhaps the strangest part was that nobody had thought of it before.
Now we don’t think twice of firing up our vacuum and sucking our hair, but in the 70s it was unheard of.
The bald spots keep me aerodynamic.
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