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| Post# 273455 , Reply# 1 3/25/2014 at 20:28 (3,676 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
More like mid to late 1970's. If the metal model plates say "The Eureka Company", then they were made after Sweden's Electrolux bought Eureka-Williams in 1974 and changed the company's name.
The floor brush with attached white neck is also an indicator of a late 1970's Eureka. Between 1960 and 1974, Eureka's bare floor brushes required the connection of a separate chrome curved wand. | ||
| Post# 273468 , Reply# 2 3/25/2014 at 22:25 (3,676 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma) | ||
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wall brush yeah that came off a newer machine my sister had when she died they sold alot of her stuff and they found this and gave it to me. kinda sentimental so i put it with my moms vac wich she is gone now also. | ||
| Post# 273505 , Reply# 3 3/26/2014 at 08:26 (3,676 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 273558 , Reply# 5 3/26/2014 at 18:08 (3,676 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I don't think the quality really decreased under AB Electrolux. There were several really successful vac designs that were top rated performers according to Consumer Reports - the Eureka Ultra upright, the Express canister, the Excalibur canister (using a Swedish Volta main vac combined with a Eureka power nozzle), the first Mighty Mite canister, the red World Vac canister, and even one of the later black Superbrooms with the large dust cup.
By the year 2007, when Sweden's Electrolux bought back the rights to use its brandname in North America, the only quality vacs with the Eureka name on them were commercial F&G uprights, the bagged SmartVac upright and some of the cordless Boss Lite stick vacs. In essence, the old traditional Eureka quality is now really only available in the Sanitaire line of products, and some Electrolux products like the UltraSilencer Green. Oh, one last note: you can still bring home a great classic upright labelled Eureka - it's the basic Boss Dial-a-Nap fan-first upright. | ||
| Post# 273566 , Reply# 7 3/26/2014 at 19:21 (3,675 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Though many at Vacuumland disagree with me, I often look to Consumer Reports to give me an objective analysis of performance on lots of products. Eureka Williams vacs did not always do well in the 1960's and 70's, but there were some outstanding products just before Sweden's Electrolux decided to buy Eureka in 1974: almost the entire line of new uprights from 1973 were at the top of the upright ratings the year later - models 2042 (a Best Buy), 2082, 2062, 2012. In the category of power nozzle canisters, Eureka topped the ratings again with a Best Buy on a basic red Princess with Roto-Matic powerhead (model 1225 I think), with the #2 ranked vac being the more deluxe orange Sweet Sixteen with Cordaway and Control Panel. One Power Team was rated unacceptable due to the danger of a hose wire disconnecting.
Though it was never highly-rated, I always loved the designs of the Empress and Empress II canisters! And the Golden Crown canister too! | ||
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