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Thread Number: 15682
Electrolux Aptitude |
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| Post# 166828 1/23/2012 at 15:32 (4,468 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
I stopped in Goodwill yesterday, expecting to find nothing, but happened to run across this. Valpo's Goodwill never has any vacuums, and if they do, its new and/or overpriced. But this Electrolux Aptitude was there for $18, so I decided to get it. It's a really neat vacuum, but I'm not sure it's really my cup of tea. There is no on/off brushroll, which really confuses me. And when the handle is reclined, the back raises up very far, so I'm sure this terrible on bare floors. I have a feeling I'll also have issues finding bags for it, and it needs a new one very bag. I don't think I've ever used a vacuum that smells this bad. But it is neat, and I really like the switches and bag light on the handle.
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| Post# 166862 , Reply# 2 1/23/2012 at 17:35 (4,468 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 166876 , Reply# 4 1/23/2012 at 19:04 (4,468 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Benny - not sure what North American vacs were sold in the UK, but I distinctly remember that the British-built Aptitude did not do very well in Consumer Reports testing in competition with a range of other North American upright vacuums. There was always some Hoover WindTunnel or Kenmore Progressive that deep cleaned carpets better than the Aptitude.
On the other hand, the next Swedish Electrolux upright was an excellent performer! It was called the Oxygen Three and it was top-rated by Consumer Reports. It had everything - two motors, brush roll on-off, LED headlights, great filtration, sleek design for storing on-board tools, etc. It was discontinued because there were a lot of problems with the electronics and computer chips that controlled the power levels and powerhead height levels. Here's a video: CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
| Post# 166878 , Reply# 5 1/23/2012 at 19:15 (4,468 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Actually Benny - I just remembered: The UK made Electrolux upright was marketed as the Eureka Oxygen Upright here in North America as soon as we started getting Eureka Oxygen canisters. This may have been in the early 2000's - way before the vac was relabelled as the Electrolux Aptitude. The model number was 6230 and here is a pic (nice colours, by the way....)
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| Post# 166879 , Reply# 6 1/23/2012 at 19:17 (4,468 days old) by szymonrules (Philadelphia, PA ) | ||
I'm so... | ||
| Post# 166880 , Reply# 7 1/23/2012 at 19:25 (4,468 days old) by Davinator1977 () | ||
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| Post# 166904 , Reply# 9 1/23/2012 at 22:19 (4,468 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 166908 , Reply# 10 1/23/2012 at 22:29 (4,468 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
Actually vintage, you'll find my review about the Z2255DZ pet lover here:
www.dooyoo.co.uk/vacuum-cleaner/e... and previously before the DZ pet lover model came out: www.dooyoo.co.uk/vacuum-cleaner/e... and the short lived Eco model: www.dooyoo.co.uk/vacuum-cleaner/e... The older Widetrack model you mention wasn't so bad really - to repair them it was a nightmare, that I'll grant you, but it was a good model before they were eventually replaced and the U.S had them under the "Boss" tag. I used to use a white one (see below) but there was also a blue one and a silver one. Compared to a lot of rivals at the time, Electrolux instilled top hood removal for changing the belt rather than the underside of the soleplate - a good design element that was kept over for the Z2250 series. Pity Electrolux didn't keep the existing upholstery brush as the one supplied with the Z2250 series mimics Panasonic UK upholstery tools that are pretty useless. It is true that there aren't that many good bagged uprights on the UK market BAR the SEBO X series which in my opinion is truly the best. Last year I bought the Argos Value bagged upright and though annoyed at having to screw driver assembly the handle then assemble the dust bin to the main part of the vacuum, in use it's not a bad vacuum - it is based on TTI Vax/Dirt Devil as is the bagless version where Vax have their own Essentials VEU model sold alongside it. 
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| Post# 167083 , Reply# 11 1/24/2012 at 17:57 (4,467 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
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| Post# 167105 , Reply# 12 1/24/2012 at 19:42 (4,467 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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These are the bags you need for the Aptitude: they are called Eureka Style DX......
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