Thread Number: 32087
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Found a fairly nice trash find yesterday afternoon. |
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Post# 353244 , Reply# 1   6/4/2016 at 08:19 (2,854 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Around 1995. Coincides with the World Vac canister era of the Eureka Company as it uses the same World Vac attachments.
I always thought this concept was great: a two motor upright that offers a brush shut off mechanism without the need for belt acrobatics or double belt pulley systems. I also loved the "quick-draw" tool conversion: by pulling the hose handle out of its slot, the Excalibur automatically shut off the brush roll motor and redirected the suction into the hose. In upright mode, the dirt had a shorter more direct route to the bag instead of having to travel all the way through the long hose as most clean-air uprights require. The model never did that great in Consumer Reports tests. Also, this Eureka seems to have had electrical engineering problems: the on-off switch panel would overheat or burnout or something due to the heavy electrical load of the two motors, if I remember correctly. |
Post# 353246 , Reply# 3   6/4/2016 at 08:24 (2,854 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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I couldn't tell you, but my 1996 JCPenney catalog has the green one. There was also a red Sanitaire version that's in the Sanitaire pamphlet I have.
I believe Brian is correct on the switch, I do remember that being an issue since these had two motors. Does yours have the bare floor brush? I read that they came with one. I remember this, the ProFormance and the MVP and the Lift Off. I always liked these designs when they came out, because to me they were how uprights should have been - with a brushroll shut off that allowed bare floor or attachment use and no worries about damaged carpet of linoleum. I do have the red and white Lift Off, haven't really used it, but it's loud. |