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Never knew Sanitaire made this |
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Post# 207514   11/23/2012 at 18:07 (4,142 days old) by daknx1994 (Southern Indiana)   |   | |
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I was browsing ebay when I came across this. It seems to be Sanitaire labeled Eureka Excalibur. It seems pretty cool if only i had the $$$ i would get it. I will provide a link the auction. CLICK HERE TO GO TO daknx1994's LINK on eBay |
Post# 207557 , Reply# 1   11/24/2012 at 09:43 (4,141 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)   |   | |
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i had the original excalibur and still have the kent version... Durable machine but bulky and heavy... also the suction didn't seem all that great at the hose at the base is another story |
Post# 207564 , Reply# 2   11/24/2012 at 12:00 (4,141 days old) by vacuumfreak95 (Aransas Pass, Tx)   |   | |
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Post# 207584 , Reply# 3   11/24/2012 at 16:25 (4,141 days old) by daknx1994 (Southern Indiana)   |   | |
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that may be why they discontinued them. I would like to have an Excalibur though just to have. When i was younger my babysitter had one and yes they were heavy. |
Post# 207592 , Reply# 4   11/24/2012 at 19:18 (4,141 days old) by ryan1994jeep (Georgia)   |   | |
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Post# 207593 , Reply# 5   11/24/2012 at 19:34 (4,141 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Love the fact that the Excalibur allowed you to shut off the separate brushroll motor with a switch on the upper part of the body. Another neat feature: a Eureka version of Kenmore's "Quickdraw" attachment hose. In carpet mode, the suction went directly from the bag chamber to the brushroll cavity without meandering through the on-board hose. When you removed the hose handle for above the floor cleaning, the suction was automatically diverted away from the floor and up the hose, while automatically shutting off the brush roll.
This was Eureka's first and only upright to store ALL attachments including the bare floor brush. It offered a full set of "World Vac" style full-size attachments including a separate dusting brush and upholstery nozzle. The Excalibur never did very well in Consumer Reports tests. And it seemed to have a lot of electrical burnout problems at the multimode switch - may have had to do with overloading the system with a 12 amp suction motor added to a separate brush roll motor. But I love 2-motor uprights - the only safe way to offer bare floor cleaning and above the floor cleaning without convoluted clutch systems or double belt systems! |
Post# 207595 , Reply# 6   11/24/2012 at 20:12 (4,141 days old) by ryan1994jeep (Georgia)   |   | |
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Post# 207597 , Reply# 7   11/24/2012 at 20:44 (4,141 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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There should be a little square plastic box on the back in which you could slip one end of the brush - kind of sitting vertically with one end up and the other end down. I'll try to Google a pic for you.....
If I can find an owner's manual online, I'm sure that would show where the floor brush stores. |
Post# 207767 , Reply# 8   11/25/2012 at 17:44 (4,140 days old) by kirbylover1600 ()   |   | |
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I have a rainbow e2 and works better than my Dyson dc25 |