1966 Remington Holiday #EX346713
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Kewin Sanfridsson (JoxSoup)
Created: 10-07-2024 at 01:17PM
Last Edit: 10-07-2024 at 03:54PM
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Here we got Remington Holiday, a stylish little typewriter which I am very split about and I will go into why further down.
I really love the design of the Holiday! With the baby blue finish together with the cream keys and to top it all of both the Remington brand and the Holiday name in gold lettering, very classy! The shape of it is odd and almost resembles a spaceship and I think that's why I might like it. It feels retro but at the same time it wouldn't look all too out of place on a desk in 2024. A all plastic construction to make it cheaper to manufacture and lighter but it still do weigh quite a bit for being little typer but the weight comes from the internals of course. As with any plastic typewriters it can easily break and even though the plastic on this typewriter is tough it still have managed to get damage in a few places. The last picture in the gallery is taken of the right back side corner which have broken off and the bottom at the feets have cracked and were glued crudely in the past but it works well (no a picture of it, because I forgot). The case/lid for it is vey easily to put on but the locks could be improved as they are a bit tricky to get to open with only one hand. Isn't it weird that the paper rest usually is the thing missing from budget typewriters, I don't want my papers dragging on the table. Oh yeah the Holiday don't have a paper rest as well. Also both a larger carriage release lever and carriage return lever would have been nice as they are minimal.
There aren't any striking features to name. It can only type in one colour but I don't mind as I always write in black anyways. I don't have much to add to it except it got a carriage lock for when transporting it around.
Ok now let's take a look on the typing experience of the Holiday which leaves me feeling split about the whole typewriter. It got the familiar Remington keys which I am used to on my Monarch and Travel-Rite, they are comfortable to type on! But when not using them on a regular basis while typing too fast then they might easily get miss and type in between. I would say the force you have to put in when typing is just a tad more than on Monarch and Travel-Rite in comparison though when the key is depressed and the type slug is fired off than it sure is fast and snappy! It writes well! The shift and shift-lock needs to be pushed in so far down into machine but I can disregard that because of all the typewriters I have tried there are only a handful with "perfect" shifts and shift-locks.
But that thing which really makes me dislike the typing experience and not want to write on the Holiday is the bottom edge of the ribbon hood, I don't like complaining and usually I don't find anything deal breaking about a typewriter but this I cannot ignore. Every time I hit the spacebar I hit my middle bone of my thumb on the bump/edge which is vey uncomfortable after typing for a while. If the bump/edge/lip or what you want to call it wasn't there than it would be quite a solid budget typewriter in my opinion minus the paper rest of course.😅 A separate number "0" and "1" keys would had been nice too. Oh I almost forgot to mention about the platen clicking sound! The clicks of it when manually turning the platen knobs is so satisfying, I think I could just sit a hour listening to it! Something else I noticed about the platen is when using the carriage return lever is that there is no clicks and the platen turns as smooth as if it had gotten disengaging oddly enough.
Sorry for sounding so ranty and complaining, but this is how I really feel about it. And if you reading this likes typing on it then good for you that it works out! Me on the other hand, I think I will keep to my Remington Monarch instead. Cheers!
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Hunter: Kewin Sanfridsson (JoxSoup)
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Hi my name is Kewin and I'm a 24 years old from Sweden. I have a few hobbies like drawing and playing guitar but I do also like myself some project here and there which is where my interest in typewriters fits in. I have always collected things through my life but I did not expect typewriters to be my next big passion in collecting. I started collecting typewriters in the beginning of 2022 and so far I have 95* of them (4 of which is currently disassembled) . I find it really enjoyable to pickup a typewriter at a thrift store/second hand and starting to clean it up and get it to a working condition to the best of my ability and knowledge. (Excuse all the dog hairs in my pictures, I do actually try to remove the hair before taking the pictures. xD) Cheers!
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