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Post# 225769 , Reply# 1 3/31/2013 at 02:00 (4,036 days old) by jfalberti  (Visalia, CA) |
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That looks like a Sanitaire | ||
| Post# 225816 , Reply# 3 3/31/2013 at 12:24 (4,036 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
It looks like the classic Eureka upright of the 1970's is no longer just Eureka's alone. The shape of the hood, front end dial for height adjustment and the top fill bag are all from the famous, high performing "Dial-a-Nap/Rugulator" uprights of that great era in Eureka Williams history.
I guess the copyright expired and now Oreck and Karcher and Rubbermaid and everyone else who wants to sell a Eureka/Sanitaire classic fan-first, "bag-in-the-back" upright can do it. :-( Just waiting for them to put a box-top bag and a cord reel on their versions! I guess we can all see a "Hoover Dial-A-Matic" underneath the design of most clean-air bagged uprights sold today too...... | ||
| Post# 225830 , Reply# 5 3/31/2013 at 13:53 (4,036 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
Same with the Hoover Insight - the SEBO G2 copy. List price in the U.S is around $540-00 compared to $649 for the G2 or $589 for the Essential G/G1. Though on Amazon.com, there seems to be a have problem with Hoover's handles for their Insight and the G1 on Amazon.com gets better reviews, still only two likewise with the Insight. 'Strange that there don't seem to be that many sellers who actually sell the Insight since it was launched.
Oreck have re-done SEBO commercial uprights before, so it doesn't surprise me that they are using other brands too for extended commercial ranges. CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK | ||
| Post# 225918 , Reply# 6 4/1/2013 at 08:31 (4,035 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
 Oreck have NEVER made a vacuum of their own. The original Oreck design was just a patent that David Oreck bought and started manufacturing under his own name. I believe it was an old Whirlpool design that had been sold under various names. The first Oreck was sold as McDonald Electric outside the US, due to a licensing agreement for McDonald to produce the Oreck design in his behalf whilst he was still making a name for himself.
Every single Oreck vacuum has been a slight modification of an earlier design or manufactured under licence by somebody else. 
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| Post# 225936 , Reply# 7 4/1/2013 at 11:14 (4,035 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 225939 , Reply# 8 4/1/2013 at 11:24 (4,035 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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